RUSHDIE, Salman (b. 1947). The Satanic Verses. [New York:] Viking, [1988]. 8vo. [549] pp. Publisher's black cloth backstrip over black boards, spine stamped in gilt, publisher's unclipped ("$19.95") dust jacket.

Cloth binding rubbed and somewhat sunned at edges, upper corners bumped; jacket somewhat toned and rubbed, upper corners bumped. Near fine. FIRST AMERICAN TRADE EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY RUSHDIE ON TITLE-PAGE. Laid-in is a program for a later (2010) book-signing by Rushdie at Kleinhans Music Hall. In 1989, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa (death warrant) against Rushdie for blasphemy; he was even stabbed in 2022, but survived. Others associated with the publication of this book were also threatened, and a few people were attacked or murdered.