Saunders (George) Lincoln in the Bardo, later impression, signed presentation inscription from the author to Dotti Irving, 2017; and others, Booker Prize winners and shortlists, many signed or inscrib

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Saunders (George) Lincoln in the Bardo, later impression, signed presentation inscription from the author to Dotti Irving on title, Man Booker Prize 2017 winner sticker on upper panel, 2017 Barry (Sebastian) Old God's Time, signed presentation from the author to Dotti Irving on title, spine ends and corners fractionally rubbed, 2023 Enright (Anne) Actress, pre-publication proof printed for the Booker Prize judges, original stiff wrappers (upper cover acetate, lower card), lower panel lightly soiled, 2020; and others, Booker Prize winners and shortlists, many signed or inscribed to Dotti Irving, several with numbered stickers on spines, and many Booker Prize award pamphlets, 8vo (c.70) *** Dotti Irving is the founder of the communications agency Colman Getty which handled the Booker Prize from 1993 to 2022. During her 30 years of working on the prize, Irving got to know many of the writers involved and accumulated a library of winning books and shortlisted titles, many of which were signed by the authors. Colman Getty handled the submissions process, ensuring publishers’ books reached the judges. With around 150 titles and seven copies of each arriving annually, they devised a simple numbering system to track the books using small, numbered stickers.

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