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The Suffrage of Elvira [Signed]
by [LITERATURE] NAIPAUL, V.S. [Vidiadhar Surajprasad, Sir]
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Andre Deutsch, 1958. First Edition. Signed by Naipaul on title page (undated). First impression. Crown octavo (19cm). Publisher's blue buckram, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 240pp. A tight, square copy with just mild wear at bottom board edges; Near Fine. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 15s net at base of front flap), lightly rubbed at extremities and with a couple of shallow nicks at head and heel of spine panel, Very Good+.
The Nobel Prize-winning author's second novel, set in colonial Trinidad. It was not published in the U.S. until 1982, when it was included in Knopf's omnibus volume Three Novels. Rather scarce in this condition and especially so signed.
The Nobel Prize-winning author's second novel, set in colonial Trinidad. It was not published in the U.S. until 1982, when it was included in Knopf's omnibus volume Three Novels. Rather scarce in this condition and especially so signed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57141
- Title
- The Suffrage of Elvira [Signed]
- Author
- [LITERATURE] NAIPAUL, V.S. [Vidiadhar Surajprasad, Sir]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- trinidad trinidadian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Great Britain; Postcolonial Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Dustwrapper
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- Spine
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- Buckram
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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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- 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...
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