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Between Father and Son: Family Letters  - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
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Between Father and Son: Family Letters - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

by Naipaul, V. S.

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375407308 . An most attractive first printing of the first American edition in unread Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author V. S. Naipaul directly on the title page; After leaving his homeland of Trinidad at the age of 17 to pursue an education at Oxford, "Vido" Naipaul carried on a faithful correspondence with his father for four years. Father and son candidly conversed about life, loneliness and hardships, and they encouraged each other to persevere with their writing. Seepersand Naipaul's aspirations went unrealized, but Vido's triumphant career vindicates his father's sacrifice; 8vo; xiv, 297, [7] pages; Signed by Author .
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Between Father and Son: Family Letters  - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Between Father and Son: Family Letters - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

by Naipaul, V. S.

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375407308 . An attractive first printing of the first American edition in Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author V. S. Naipaul directly on the front flyleaf; After leaving his homeland of Trinidad at the age of 17 to pursue an education at Oxford, "Vido" Naipaul carried on a faithful correspondence with his father for four years. Father and son candidly conversed about life, loneliness and hardships, and they encouraged each other to persevere with their writing. Seepersand Naipaul's aspirations went unrealized, but Vido's triumphant career vindicates his father's sacrifice; 8vo; xiv, 297, [7] pages; Signed by Author .
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Half A Life  - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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Half A Life - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Naipaul, V. S.

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9780330485166
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0330485164
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London: Picador. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0330485164 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; Willie Chandran's father rejected his Brahmin heritage to marry a lower caste woman, much to his regret. As an adult, Willie contrived a new identity as a bohemian writer in 1950's London. At the brink of exhaustion, he is rescued by the love of a woman who carries him to her home in Africa where he stays for 18 years, living a life not quite his own; 8vo; [viii], 227, [5] pages .
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Half A Life  - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
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Half A Life - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0330485164 . An attractive first American edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author V. S. Naipaul directly on the title page; Willie Chandran's father rejected his Brahmin heritage to marry a lower caste woman, much to his regret. As an adult, Willie contrived a new identity as a bohemian writer in 1950's London. At the brink of exhaustion, he is rescued by the love of a woman who carries him to her home in Africa where he stays for 18 years, living a life not quite his own; 8vo; [vi], 211, [7] pages; Signed by Author .
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Literary Occasions: Essays  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Literary Occasions: Essays - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Naipaul, V. S.

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9780375415173
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New York and Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0375415173 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike, lightly rubbed dust-jacket; A collection of eleven essays of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul cover more than hald a century of personal investigation of written expression and fiction. From his boyhood experiences of reading books to his celebrated Nobel Prize Lecture "Two Worlds"; 8vo; [2], xvi, 202, [4] pages .
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Magic Seeds  - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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Magic Seeds - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Naipaul, V. S.

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9780330485203
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London: Picador. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0330485202 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author V. S. Naipaul directly on the title page; In this sequel to Half A Life, the peripatetic life of Willie Chandran continues as he joins an underground movement in India ostensibly devoted to helping the lower castes. After 7 years of fighting and some time in jail, Willie is disillusioned and returns to London where he begins to discover his true self; 8vo; Signed by Author .
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The Overcrowded Barracoon And Other Articles  - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

The Overcrowded Barracoon And Other Articles - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

by Naipaul, V. S.

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9780394482903
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0394482905
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1973. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394482905 . First American edition/first printing in Very Good, sunned condition in alike dust-jacket, else Fine. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number and signature on front paste down; The Overcrowded Barracoon is a book by Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul. The book is a collection of essays, some of which were first published in magazines and newspapers. The essays explore the themes of colonialism, race, and identity.; 8vo .
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A Turn In The South  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

A Turn In The South - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Naipaul, V. S.

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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. 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." This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands and marbled endpapers. Features gilded, sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Simply superb quality; Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [20], 307, [3] pages; Signed by Author .
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A Turn In The South  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

A Turn In The South - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Naipaul, V. S.

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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing copy preceding the trade edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR and 2001 Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul in As New condition, never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; 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." This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [20], 307, [3] pages; Signed by Author .
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A Turn in the South  - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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A Turn in the South - 1st Edition/1st Printing

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London: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670824151 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition with slightly yellowed pages in Fine dustjacket, SIGNED by author V. S. Naipaul directly on the title page; Naipaul travels the American South in an attempt to explore and explain this unique region. In places as diverse as Atlanta and rural Mississippi, he develops contacts and sources which span race, class, and sex. The South seems infinitely varied in outlook and attitude, vaguely unified only by a common past that tends to emphasize a sense of order, reverence for "the land," and intense religious faith; 8vo; Signed by Author .
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A Way in the World - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Naipaul, V. S.

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9780434510290
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0434510297
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London: Heinemann. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0434510297 . An attractive first edition/first printing in about Fine condition with slightly yellowed page edges in alike dust-wrapper, SIGNED and dated "4-5-94" by author V. S. Naipaul directly on the title page; The New York Times says this work "spans continents and centuries to create what is at once an autobiography and a fictional archaeology of colonialism…a brilliant new prism through which to view (Naipaul's) life and work." It is a series of extended essays, meditations and dramatized historical events about historical figures such as Sir Walter Raleigh and Francisco de Miranda, a precursor to Bolivar's revolution; 8vo; [viii], 368, [8] pages; Signed by Author .
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