Mar 12, 2009 - Sale 2173

Sale 2173 - Lot 110

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
THE FIRST BOOKER PRIZE WINNER NEWBY, P. H. Something to Answer For. 8vo, orange cloth lettered in blue; dust jacket; small ink notation on lower front endpaper. London, 1968

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first edition of the first novel to win the booker prize, signed by newby and dated January 9th 1969. The prize is awarded annually by the Booker McConnell company for a full-length novel by an English language writer from the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth countries, the Republic of Ireland, or South Africa.