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The Mystic Masseur
by Naipaul, V. S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Like New/Like New
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Vanguard Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.95 price intact). Published by Vanguard Press, 1959. Octavo. Black cloth boards stamped in pink. Signed by author on title page (flat signed not inscribed). Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear and small nicks. A very scarce signed copy of Naipaul's first book. Book placed in custom acetate protector. 215 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
Synopsis
V. S. Naipaul lives in Wiltshire, England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 108712
- Title
- The Mystic Masseur
- Author
- Naipaul, V. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Used - Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Vanguard Press
- Date Published
- 1959
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Terms of Sale
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Southampton, New York
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Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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