Midnight's Children - Complete with wrap-around band and SIGNED by artist and author by Rushdie, Salman - 1981

Cape, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. A first edition, first printing published by Jonathan Cape in 1981. A fine book (one minute spot to the bottom of the ffep) – a superb example of the book with the original 'rough cut' pages – no inscriptions, no marks or stains. SIGNED without dedication to the title page by the author and the dust wrapper artist, Bill Botten. In a near fine wrapper with the usual sunning (light sunning) to the spine and a little wear to the top of the rear end-flap. Comes complete with the rare wrap-around band announcing the book to be the 'Winner of the 1981 £10,000 Booker McConnell Prize for Fiction'. The band has seen better days and has loss to the ends, but is a nice addition to this signed book. Rare signed by the author and illustrator in fine condition and with the band and the only copy with these features.