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The Mystic Masseur
by V. S. Naipaul
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1959. VG/G. First American Edition. First printing with no other printings listed. The book is tight with solid hinges and clean black boards. Light crease to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Pages lightly age-toned. The dust jacket is unclipped ($3.50) with a price tag shadow to the upper front panel, chipping to extremities and mid-spine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 214 pages. 5½ x 8¼". Author's first book.
In colonial Trinidad, a frustrated writer of Indian descent rises from an impoverished background to become a successful politician on the back of his dubious talent as a 'mystic' masseur — a masseur who can cure illnesses.
Synopsis
V. S. Naipaul lives in Wiltshire, England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4335
- Title
- The Mystic Masseur
- Author
- V. S. Naipaul
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 214
- Size
- 5.5 x 8.25
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- trinidad, vs naipaul, mystic masseur, first edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Armadillo Alley Books
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
Biblio member since 2020
Carrollton, Texas
About Armadillo Alley Books
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
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- 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"...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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