Guerrillas.
by NAIPAUL, V. S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Andre Deutsch,, 1975. With original photograph First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on the title page. From the library of historian and auctioneer Anthony Hobson and with a photograph of him and Naipaul (kept in an envelope with the autograph inscription: "AH looking Japanese with V.S. Naipaul at Tony Powell's 80th birthday lunch, Claridge's 8 April 19"). With Hobson's bookplate to the front pastedown. Octavo. Original brown boards, titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. An excellent copy in the dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102675
- Title
- Guerrillas.
- Author
- NAIPAUL, V. S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Andre Deutsch,
- Date Published
- 1975
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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