India: A Wounded Civilization
by V S Naipaul
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
A pristine first printing of the first American edition [Knopf NY 1977], signed by Nobel Laureate V S Naipaul directly on the title page. The book is in fine condition with no remainder marks, a tight and square binding, with no owner inscriptions or highlighting and no staining or marking. The dust jacket is also in fine condition, not price-clipped ($7.95), with no creases, chips or tears and absolutely minimal shelf wear. It is now protected by an archival cover which is easily removable. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information concerning this collectible book, scarce signed.
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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- C&S Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001172.1
- Title
- India: A Wounded Civilization
- Author
- V S Naipaul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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