The Mystic Masseur
by NAIPAUL, V.S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Near Fine
- Seller
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Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
(London): Andre Deutsch. (1960). Second printing of the first book by this Trinidadian author of Indian descent, who came to be regarded as one of the giants of contemporary English literature, and the most astute, if acerbic, Western commentator on Third World issues. Naipaul won the Booker Prize for his collection In a Free State and numerous other literary awards over the course of his 40-year writing career. Bookplate of poets Barbara Howes and William Jay Smith front pastedown; foxing to endpages and page edges; pencilled marginal markings; spine slant; very good in a near fine, second impression dust jacket with a vertical fold at the spine. Hardcover. Very Good.
Synopsis
V. S. Naipaul lives in Wiltshire, England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018689
- Title
- The Mystic Masseur
- Author
- NAIPAUL, V.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- (London)
- Date Published
- (1960)
Terms of Sale
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
All books are First Editions or First American Editions in dust jackets unless otherwise noted and are returnable within 30 days.
About the Seller
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Hadley, Massachusetts
About Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
We deal in rare books, specializing in modern literary first editions. We regularly issue catalogs of Modern Literature and less regularly issue catalogs of Native American Literature, the Literature of the Vietnam War and the 1960s, and Nature Writing. Ken is a former President of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. We maintain an office in Hadley, Massachusetts and welcome visitors by appointment. We are always interested in buying rare books, manuscripts, or related material in any of our areas of specialty and are happy to hear from anyone offering such items to us.
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