Accession number
PML 192614
Creator
Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1971 (Worcester, Eng. : Ebenezer Baylis and son, The Trinity Press)
Credit line
Man Booker Prize Collection, purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund and the Drue Heinz Fund, 2010.
Notes
Edition statement printed on label adhered to proof wrapper, with 'uncorrected' in brackets.
Proof copy of the 1st American edition, comprised of the earlier state of the bound proof for the 1st London edition, published by Andre Deutsch, 1971; with a Knopf label adhered to front wrapper and publication date given as Sept 15.
"ISBN 0 233 9"--T.p. verso.
Proof copy of the 1st American edition, comprised of the earlier state of the bound proof for the 1st London edition, published by Andre Deutsch, 1971; with a Knopf label adhered to front wrapper and publication date given as Sept 15.
"ISBN 0 233 9"--T.p. verso.
Description
256 p. ; 22 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by author on t.p.: For Peter Straus at Salterton, 12 July 2002, V.S. Naipaul. With some pencil annotations in an unknown hand throughout.
Provenance
Booker Prize collection of Peter Straus.
Binding
Tan printed wrappers, with publisher's label affixed to front of wrapper with tape.
Classification
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Department