"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it": First Edition of A Bend In The River; Inscribed by V.S. Naipaul
A Bend in the River.
Naipaul, V.S.
$1,450.00Item Number: 72006
London: Andre Deutsch, 1979.
First edition of Naipaul’s “brilliant novel” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “For William with all good wishes V.S. Naipaul.” The recipient, William Marsden was a friend of Naipaul’s for many years. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Moore.
In response to A Bend In the River, John Updike praised Naipaul as, "a master of fictional landscape, who here shows, in his variety of human examples and in his search for understanding social causes, a Tolstoyan spirit." Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century.
Other Books by this Author
First Edition of A House For Mr. Biswas; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
Naipaul, V.S.
A House For Mr. Biswas.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Fine in an excellent dust jacket with a few small closed tears and light wear. Jacket design by Stephen Russ. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $5,500.00
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First American Edition of V.S. Naipaul's A Way In The World; Signed by Him
Naipaul, V.S.
A Way In The World.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
First American edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00
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First Edition Of the Author’s Third Novel: Signed By The Nobel Prize-Winning Author V.S. Naipaul
Naipaul, V.S.
Miguel Street.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1959.
First edition of Naipaul’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear to the crown. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.
Price: $1,800.00
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First Edition of The Suffrage of Elvira; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author V.S. Naipaul
Naipaul, V.S.
The Suffrage of Elvira.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1958.
First edition of Naipaul’s second book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Robert Micklewright. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,600.00
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First Edition of V.S. Naipaul's Collected Short Fiction; Signed by Him
Naipaul, V.S.
Collected Short Fiction.
New York: Everyman's Library, 2011.
First edition of this collection of fiction by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. With an introduction by the author.
Price: $300.00
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First Edition of The Mystic Masseur; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author V.S. Naipaul
Naipaul, V.S.
The Mystic Masseur.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1957.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear to the crown of the spine.
Price: $2,500.00
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First Edition of the Everman’s Library of A House For Mr. Biswas; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
Naipaul, V.S.
A House For Mr. Biswas
New York: Everyman's Library/ Knopf, 1995.
First edition of the Everyman’s Library of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page.
Price: $400.00
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"Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision": First Edition of A House For Mr. Biswas; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
Naipaul, V.S.
A House For Mr. Biswas.
New York: McGraw Hill, 1961.
First American edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Very near fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear to the extremities. Jacket design by Stephen Russ. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $2,750.00
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"To know Indians was to take a delight in people as people; every encounter was an adventure": First Editions of each volume in Naipaul's India Trilogy; Each Signed by Him
Naipaul, V.S.
An Area of Darkness: An Experience of India; India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964-1990.
First editions of each of the author’s works in his acclaimed Indian Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Each volume is signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets.
Price: $2,000.00
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"The Only Lies For Which We Are Truly Punished Are Those We Tell Ourselves": First Edition Of In a Free State; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
Naipaul, V.S.
In A Free State.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1971.
First edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear. Jacket design by Sam Houston.
Price: $975.00
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"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it": First Edition of A Bend In The River; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
Naipaul, V.S.
A Bend in the River.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1979.
First edition of Naipaul’s “brilliant novel” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Tony Moore.
Price: $1,100.00
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"a marvelous prose epic that matches the best 19th century novels for richness of comic insight and final, tragic power" First Edition of A House For Mr. Biswas; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
Naipaul, V.S.
A House For Mr. Biswas.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Some foxing to the page edges, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small chip to the crown and foot of the spine. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.
Price: $3,500.00
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First Edition of V.S. Naipaul's The Middle Passage: The Caribbean; Revisited; Signed by Him
Naipaul, V.S.
The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1962.
First edition of this travel work, “which belongs in the same category as Lawrence’s books on Italy, Greene’s on West Africa and Pritchett’s on Spain” (New Statesman). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Name on the front free endpaper and stamp on the half-title page, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Belcher.
Price: $2,000.00
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"a marvelous prose epic that matches the best 19th century novels for richness of comic insight and final, tragic power" First Edition of A House For Mr. Biswas; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
Naipaul, V.S.
A House For Mr. Biswas.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with a small chip to the foot of the spine and some light wear. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.
Price: $4,800.00
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London: William Heinemann, 1967.
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