Too Long in the West by Rajan, Balachandra - 1961

New York: Atheneum, 1962. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book cocked. Dj is in an attached wrap. Usual library markings. Light soiling.

New York: Atheneum. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1962 (c.1961). First American Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, slight fading to boards at bottom edge, spine just a bit turned; jacket a bit soiled, minor edgewear, tiny ink stain at top edge of front panel]. "A hilarious and sharply satirical novel about India today. Nalini returns from America where she has spent three enlightening years at Columbia. She has chosen to come back to the perils of Mudalur, a remote and featureless village which her father has selected for his summer residence for reasons which rang from chaotic benevolence to a misjudged expectation of self-aggrandizement. Nalini skims across the mud to find the bizarre ramparts of her father's villa, Hillview, the scene of a reluctant house-party of suitors, brought to this outpost of lunacy in response to an advertisement offering Nalini in marriage." .

New York: Atheneum, 1962. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 234 pages. Hardcover binding with minor sunning along the top edge. The unclipped dustjacket has a few small tears and creases, and is moderately soiled and yellowed from sunning, remaining attractive; protected in archival mylar. Previous owner's stamp neatly on the front endpaper. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

London: Heinemann, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hilarious and sharply satirical novel about India today". Stock lightly toned but otherwise in VG internal order. Red boards lightly shelfworn. Good unclipped d/l a little worn to edges and toned to rear. 12mo. 234pp

Heinemann, London, 1961. first edition, red cloth, ex lib, minimal markings, 234pp, VG (v sl cocked, sl gum stains to boards and feps, v sl bumped & sunned spine head and foot, v sl soiled & v sl sunned edges) d/w in plastic, VG+ (v sl wear to spine head, v sl sunned & soiled)

London: Heinemann, 1961. Book. Very Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. VG+, Shelfwear, mild foxing, light browning/VG, Edgewear, tape stains to interior, scuffing, mild foxing. Satire, set in India. Jacket design by Peter Edwards. Photos on request..

London: Heinemann, 1961. 1st edition. As New. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 234pp., Fine copy in like unclipped, superb Peter Edwards Dust Jacket