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1997 · rif. C104167 — New York: Harper Collins 1997. First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Fine. First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 405. Frontis of author. 10987654321 number line. Signed presentation copy to Tom Maschler on half-title ÔTom love Doris 28th August 1997.Õ With the Maschler bookplate by Quentin Blake. Tom Maschler - a legendary figure in British publishing Cape responsible for championing some of the most important writing of the twentieth century. Known as a brilliant talent-spotter Tom launched the careers of writers as various as Ian McEwan Edna OÕBrien Clive James and Bruce Chatwin. He famously purchased Joseph HellerÕs Catch-22 for £250 and persuaded Desmond Morris then working at London Zoo to write The Naked Ape. In 1967 Tom conceived the idea of the Booker Prize which launched in 1968. An incredible fifteen of his authors have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Tom was also known as an exceptional childrenÕs publisher especially of illustrated books: it was he who introduced Roald Dahl to Quentin Blake. Fine in fine dust jacket. No other inscriptions not price-clipped. Harper Collins,, hardcover