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NAIPAUL, V.S.. Half a life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$4.48 + shipping

Description: A tidy copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Naipaul, V. S.. Half A Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$6.49 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Light reading creases to slanted spine. ; Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; 228 pages; Willy Chandran arrives in post war England to educate himself, but finds himself bound by his Indian family history and traditions. Why should the past dominate the future and can he break free?

Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

V.S. Naipaul. Half A Life. Picador, Australia, 2001.

Price: US$6.72 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The story of Willy Chandran, who moves from India to the immigrant community of post-war London, seeking something that will set him apart. Then his wife leads him to her home, a province of Portuguese Africa, a country whose inhabitants are all living out the last days of colonialism. Light tanning to page edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Fiction; ISBN: 0330485180. ISBN/EAN: 9780330485180. Inventory No: 261386.

Seller: Leura Books, Bowral, NSW, Australia

Naipaul, V. S.. Half a Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$8.25 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 228 pp black cloth with gilt title, green endpapers. Book clean and sound, dust wrapper a little rubbed and marked

Seller: Your Book Soon, Stroud, GLOS, United Kingdom

V S Naipaul. Half A Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$8.45 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 390 grams. Ninth impression.

Seller: Book Souk, Porstoy, United Kingdom

Naipaul, V. S.. Half a Life. Picador, UK, 2001.

Price: US$9.07 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Trade Paperback. 228 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Picador, UK, 2001. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The story of Willy Chandran, who moves from India to the immigrant community of post-war London, seeking something that will set him apart. Then his wife leads him to her home, a province of Portuguese Africa, a country whose inhabitants are all living out the last days of colonialism. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 0330485180. ISBN/EAN: 9780330485180. Inventory No: 16070624.

Seller: Manyhills Books, Traralgon, VIC, Australia

V. S. Naipaul. Half a Life. Picador, 2001.

Price: US$9.82 + shipping

Description: The story of Willy Chandran, who moves from India to the immigrant community of post-war London, seeking something that will set him apart. Then his wife leads him to her home, a province of Portuguese Africa, a country whose inhabitants are all living out the last days of colonialism. EAN: 9780330485180 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y ficción| Ficción contemporánea Título: Half a LifeAutor: V. S. Naipaul Editorial: Picador (21 septiembre 2001) Idioma: EN Formato: Tapa blanda Peso: 285 Año de publicación: 2001

Seller: Hamelyn, Madrid, Spain

Naipaul, V. S. Half a Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$10.08 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Printed in Australia. In a corner of India untouched by anticolonial agitation, Willie Chandran's father stood at odds with the world – aspiring to greatness whilst living out the dreary life marked out for him by his ancestors. In an attempt to defy his past, he marries as good as a low caste woman only to find himself at the mercy of his own fury. – Rear panel blurb No damage to describe apart from age yellowing of the page margins Full number line. Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0330485180. ISBN/EAN: 9780330485180. Inventory No: 0272053.

Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Naipaul,V.S.. Half A Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$10.40 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: This is a Fine Copy of this Uncorrected Book Proof in original wraps as issued.This is a lovely clean copy internally with no previous ownership inscriptions present,8vo 214pp Proof Copy

Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom

NAIPAUL, V.S.. HALF A LIFE. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$11.14 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 228pp; White covers slightly smudged else a fine copy; Size: 8vo

Seller: Weathered Stone Books, Skreen, SLIGO, Ireland

Naipaul, V.S.,. Half a Life. A Novel.. London, Picador., 2001.

Price: US$11.14 + shipping

Description: (8), 227 S., OPp. mit farb. ill. OUmschl. Gutes Exemplar in der besseren Einbandvariante (sonst: kartoniert). EA.

Seller: ANTIQUARIAT MATTHIAS LOIDL, Unterreit-Stadl, Germany

Naipaul, V.S.. Half A Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$11.70 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Slight surface wear on jacket - near fine. First printing.

Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom

Naipaul, V. S.. Half a Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$12.35 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Jacket is slightly marked; hardcover's spine is a little worn. Interior is clean and sound - a very good copy. TS

Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom

Naipaul, V.S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad) (1932-2018). Half a life : a novel. London : Picador, 2001.

Price: US$14.42 + shipping

Description: Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 228p. ; 22cm. Subjects: East Indians -- Africa -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

V. S. Naipaul. Half A Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Pristine proof copy. TM

Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.

Naipaul, V.S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad) (1932-2018). Half a life : a novel. London : Picador, 2001.

Price: US$25.54 + shipping

Description: Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 228p. ; 22cm. Subjects: East Indians -- Africa -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad (1932-2018). Half a life: a novel / V.S. Naipaul. London: Picador, 2001.

Price: US$27.84 + shipping

Description: Uncorrected proof. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: [vi], 228 p.; 22 cm. Subjects: East Indians Africa Fiction.East Indians England London Fiction. Colonies Fiction. Authors Fiction.Portugal Colonies Africa Fiction. Africa Fiction. Genre: Novel. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Naipaul, V.S.. Half a Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: | Pressure indentations on covers (little noticeable); otherwise fine -- black wraps (with author photo front cover). | 'UNCORRECTED BOUND PROOF', i.e. advance reader (there is however NO earlier state) '[A] devastating work of exceptional sensitivity, grace and humour. In its depiction of love fulfilled and thwarted, in its vision of the half-life quietly lived out at the centre of our restless world, V.S. Naipaul's new novel brings its own unique ill umination to another aspect of our shared humanity' -- so according to publisher's blurb. Publication date: 21 September 2001.

Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Naipaul, V.S.. Half a Life. London; Picador;, 2001.

Price: US$32.49 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dustjacket.

Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom

Naipaul, V.S.. HALF A LIFE.. PIcador., LONDON, 2001.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine in a fine dj.

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Naipaul, V.S.. Half a Life: A Novel.. London: Picador, 2001., 2001.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. As new in black boards and colour pictorial (cobra) cream dust jacket.

Seller: Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller, ABAC, Montreal, QC, Canada

Naipaul, V. S.. Half a Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$38.99 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Signed by the author on the title page, there is a small nick bottom of dw spine, otherwise vg unclipped condition

Seller: A.O'Neill, Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad (1932-2018). Half a life: a novel / V.S. Naipaul. London: Picador, 2001.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: Uncorrected proof. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: [vi], 228 p.; 22 cm. Subjects: East Indians Africa Fiction.East Indians England London Fiction. Colonies Fiction. Authors Fiction.Portugal Colonies Africa Fiction. Africa Fiction. Genre: Novel. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

NAIPAUL, V.S.. Half a Life. Picador, (London), 2001.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The advance reading copy. Very slight crown bump, else fine in wrappers, with a color photocopy of the cover art laid in. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.

NAIPAUL, V.S.. Half a Life. Picador, (London), 2001.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

NAIPAUL, V.S.. Half a Life (Signed). Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: Later printing. Hardcover. A later novel from the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. A clean and tight near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Naipaul on the title page.

Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.

Naipaul, V.S.. Half a Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine & unread -- black wraps (with author photo front cover). | 'UNCORRECTED BOUND PROOF', i.e. advance reader (there is however NO earlier state) '[A] devastating work of exceptional sensitivity, grace and humour. In its depiction of love fulfilled and thwarted, in its vision of the half-life quietly lived out at the centre of our restless world, V.S. Naipaul's new novel brings its own unique ill umination to another aspect of our shared humanity' -- so according to publisher's blurb. Publication date: 21 September 2001.

Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Naipaul, V. S.. Half a Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$42.89 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 227pp; cream d/j with fading at spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd, Rochester, KENT, United Kingdom

NAIPAUL, V.S.. Half a Life. Picador, (London), 2001.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: The advance reading copy. Fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.

V.S. Naipaul. Half a Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$49.38 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: This signed copy is in beautiful condition and only has a very mild dust staining on the top. It was published the year Naipaul was winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. DJ not price clipped. vii, 228pp This novel starts in India, progresses to the immigrant population of post-war London and then to Portuguese Africa.

Seller: Curtle Mead Books, Cowes, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom

Naipaul, V. S.. Half a Life. Picador USA, London, 2001.

Price: US$52.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition. This is a clean, fresh copy. Very Good in a very good dust jacket. ; 1 x 8.6 x 5.6 Inches; 228 pages

Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.

S. Naipaul, V.. Half a Life (Signed First Edition). Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$64.33 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st Printing. Signed to the title page.

Seller: Fialta Books, St Albans, United Kingdom

Naipaul, V. S.. Half A Life - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 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

Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.

NAIPAUL, V.S.. Half a Life. Picador, (London), 2001.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The signed limited uncorrected proof of the British edition, according to the cover text, although this copy is not signed. Long, shallow vertical crease to cover, else fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.

Naipaul, V S. Half a Life, a Novel. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$97.47 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: 228 pp.8vo as new first edition pristine and in unclipped dj, a novle on race relations & caste, and how they affect family life. Naipaul's 13th novel. Size: 8vo

Seller: Appleford Bookroom, Abingdon, OXON, United Kingdom

V.S.NAIPAUL.. Half a Life. A novel. (SIGNED). Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$97.47 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 228pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine and with green endpapers. Just a hint of wear to the spine ends, else a fine copy in very lightly dust soiled non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with a small area of corresponding wear to the spine panel ends.

Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom

Naipaul, V.S.. Half a Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$103.96 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: 1st, 1st printing. SIGNED WITHOUT DEDICATION to title page by Nobel Prize winning Author Beautiful, unread copy. DJ unclipped and protected in removable sleeve.

Seller: Black Box Books, ASHFORD, United Kingdom

V. S Naipaul. Half A Life A Novel. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: 8vo, 227 pages, dark blue cloth Signed by Naipaul on the title-page - in the year in which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature ! "His level of perception is of the highest, and his prose has become the perfect instrument for realising those perceptions on the page," Martin Amis said.

Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

V S Naipaul. Half A Life. Picador, London, 2001.

Price: US$171.54 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: A fine unread 1st impression in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the Author on the title page. Signed at the 2001 Cheltenham Literature Festival. Ticket for the event laid in.

Seller: Fiction First, Congleton, United Kingdom