London: W.h. Allen, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. Somerset Maugham's nephew, Robin, a successful travel writer, describes in this book his search for, as he says in his Preface, "a place of contentment in which one intends to live until one dies." The book, written when Maugham was 60 ends up as part adventure and part memoir through both the captivating and seedier parts of North Africa, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The book's 236 pages include more than 30 pages of black and white photographs of places visited and friends met in his search. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia The blue cloth boards well so the gilt lettering on the spine is still very bright. The binding is tight and there do not appear to be any imperfections in the clear text.

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Bookseller: The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
Bookseller's Inventory #: AS9
Title: Search For Nirvana
Author: Maugham, Robin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: N/A
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
ISBN 10: 0491017049
ISBN 13: 9780491017046
Publisher: W.h. Allen
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1975
Keywords: Adventure Biography Spirituality
Bookseller catalogs: Asia - Travel;

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The Penang Bookshelf was set up in mid 2010 principally to introduce Malaysian residents to the variety of books there is available about the country both past and present. We only stock fiction and non-fiction related to Malaysia and the rest of Asia. Much of our current stock of over a thousand different titles is not available in Malaysia. Conversely much of our stock published in Malaysia is difficult to find outside the country. So if there\'s something Malaysia related that you\'re looking for, do please contact us and we\'ll do our best to help. At present details of most of our stock is not on line; we hope it will be eventually!

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