London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. / Western Printing Services, 1980. First UK Edition. 442 pp. VERY GOOD. Modest sunning to spine; faint creasing to the lower right corner of several preliminary pages; some light dustiness to wrappers and text edges, with lower left corner of rear wrapper and five terminal leaves, affecting 3-4 letters in text. Scarce Uncorrected Proof.

Considered one of the most important novels published in the English language, Midnight's Children chronicles modern India through the lives of the one thousand and one children born within the country's first hour of independence on August 15, 1947. "An extraordinary novel. One of the most important to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation" (Robert Towers, The New York Times Book Review). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century. Winner of the Booker prize and subsequently, the winner of the "Booker of Bookers" - amongst all other booker prize winners. 

An uncommon proof, undoubtedly published in small numbers, as the first printing comprised only 2,500 copies.