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FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE.
Considering the novel to be blasphemous, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a death fatwa against its author.
Price £12.95 on dust jacket, ISBN incorrectly printed on first edition only.
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON A BUTTERFLY.
Enclosed is a pamphlet by the Rushdie Defense Committee USA (1994) calling for the fatwa to be lifted.
Very nice copy.