Galgut (Damon) The Promise, pre-publication proof printed for the Booker Prize judges, 2021.

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Galgut (Damon) The Promise, pre-publication proof printed for the Booker Prize judges, with 2 BBC wristbands loosely inserted, the odd spot and finger-soiling, reproduction of published upper cover to first page, original stiff wrappers (upper cover acetate, lower card), small numbered sticker on spine, lower panel lightly soiled, 8vo, 2021. *** Extremely scare pre-publication proof of Galgut's Booker Prize winner. We have traced no other example for sale. One of approx. 7 copies printed especially for the Booker Prize judges. 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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