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Naipaul, V. S.. In a Free State (Signed First). Andre Deutsch, 1971.
Price: US$322.86 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression of the 1971 Booker Prize winner, signed by V. S. Naipaul on a plate to the title page. Near Fine: tight and square binding in sharp black boards; gently pushed to the spine tips; toning to the edge of the page block and some mild offsetting to the endpapers; else, bright, crisp and clean, presenting as unread. The clipped dustwrapper is Near Fine: crisp and vibrant; a little wrinkling to the spine tips, otherwise excellent; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
Naipaul, V. S.. In a Free State. Andre Deutsch, London, 1971.
Price: US$678.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover, signed and dated ('London, December 13 1971') by author on title page without dedication. First edition, second impression, in Sam Houston-designed second impression jacket. Provenance of signature clarified by a letter laid in from J. N. Murphy of Bookers Books, dated 14th December, 1971, describing a "very splendid" lunch at which Naipaul "[ran] rings round everybody", and presumably signed this copy. Jacket unclipped, though slightly worn, with very few minor nicks, and one inch-long tear. Spine is a little worn. Boards, pastedowns and endpapers are slighty marked; page block is faintly foxed. Minor general marks recurring through pages, similar to foxing, never obscuring text. All content is clear. TS
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
VS Naipaul. In a Free State. Andre Deutsch, London, 1971.
Price: US$703.83 + shipping
Description: Andre Deutsch 1971, First Edition first impression. Booker prize winner, author signed to title page. VG+ with tight binding, some foxing and toning to textblock, owner's neat inscription to top of front end paper, very slight twist to spine, faint toning to end papers, minimal pushing to top of spine and corners of boards, slight shelfwear, in vibrant unclipped dustjacket with slight rubbing and toning to back otherwise Fine. A very attractive copy, presented in a clear removable protective wrap.
Seller: Blackbird First Editions, Bolton, United Kingdom
Price: US$897.55 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine UK first edition, first printing hardback - in a fine dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request
Seller: Zeitgeist Books, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Naipaul, V.S. In A Free State.. Andre Deutsch, London, 1971.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: 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.ÂJacket design by Sam Houston. Trinidadian essayist and novelist V.S. Naipaul has won both the 1971 Booker Prize and the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. In the same trend of excellence, In a Free State has garnered reviews that "V. S. Naipaul tells stories which show us ourselves and the reality we live in. His use of language is as precise as it is beautiful" (The London Times). "A Tolstoyan spirit.The so-called Third World has produced no more brilliant literary artist" (John Updike, The New Yorker).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.