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India: A Million Mutinies Now
by NAIPAUL. V.S
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- first
- Condition
- Fine
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
(New York): Viking, 1991. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Octavo. Yellow printed wrappers. A fine copy.
Synopsis
V. S. NAIPAUL was born in Trinidad in 1932. He went to England on a scholarship in 1950. After four years at University College, Oxford, he began to write, and since then he has followed no other profession. He has published more than twenty books of fiction and non-fiction, including A House for Mr. Biswas , A Bend in the River and A Turn in the South , and a collection of letters, Between Father and Son . He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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- Seller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 505112
- Title
- India: A Million Mutinies Now
- Author
- NAIPAUL. V.S
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- (New York)
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- UncorrectedProof, NobelLaureate, EnglishLiterature
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Uncorrected Proof
- An uncorrected proof is a printed copy of a book that needs to be reviewed for errors and corrections. They are released prior...
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