A Turn in the South
by V. S. Naipaul
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fin, great copysigned by author.
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1989. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Full-Leather. A special Limited First Edition/First Printing preceding the trade edition in unread Fine condition. SIGNED by author and 2001 Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul; Naipaul's first book dealing with the United States is a revealing summary of his encounters with Southerners of all types, some eager to talk, others inclined to be guarded. An account of insights into a complex region and its culture of "order and faith and music and melancholy."
Raised bands, printed on acid free archival paper to prevent page yellowing over time. The leather bindings are stamped with gold letterings and/or designs, and the page edges are gilt in gold, which helps to protect the paper from humidity damage. This full leather bound books included silk pictorial end pages and sewn-in silk or satin ribbons as bookmarks,
Synopsis
A Turn in the South is a travelogue of the American South written by Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul. His first book about the United States is a revealing, disturbing, elegiac book about the hidden life and culture of the American South — from Atlanta to Charleston, Tallahassee to Tuskegee, Nashville to Chapel Hill. The book was published in 1989 and is based upon the author's travels in the southern states of the U.S..
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- Title
- A Turn in the South
- Author
- V. S. Naipaul
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fin, great copysigned by author.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library Edition
- Date Published
- (1989)
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions Signed by Authors; Christmas Catalog; FRANKLIN LIBRARY COLLECTION;
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