Marjane Satrapi – Persepolis – First Edition 2003

First UK edition, first printing of ‘Persepolis’ published by Jonathan Cape, 2003. Royal octavo. 153, [1]pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white by the author and translated from the French by Mattias Ripa and Blake Ferris. Publisher’s pictorial boards in the original dust wrapper. A near fine book in a near fine original dust wrapper, with only light wear.

This first British edition presents the first two French volumes in English and recounts Satrapi’s childhood in Tehran through the Islamic Revolution and the Iran–Iraq War. A landmark of autobiographical graphic literature, later adapted into the Academy Award-nominated animated film.