A TURN IN THE SOUTH
by NAIPAUL, V.S,
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- Hardcover
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PENNSLYVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1989. 1ST SPECIAL EDITION. HARDCOVER. FINE/NO JACKET. PENNSLYVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1989. 1ST SPECIAL EDITION. FINE/NO JACKET. PENNSLYVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1989. 1ST SPECIAL EDITION. FINE/NO JACKET. PENNSLYVANIA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1989. 1ST SPECIAL EDITION. FINE/NO JACKET. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1989. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in full leather with three raised bands and decorative stamping in gold and red on the spine and both boards, all edges gilt, a silk ribbon place holder, marbled endpaper. One of an unspecified number of copies of the first edition Signed by the author with a message to subscribers from the author not found in the trade edition 1ST PRINTING
Synopsis
A Turn in the South is a travelogue of the American South written by Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul. His first book about the United States is a revealing, disturbing, elegiac book about the hidden life and culture of the American South — from Atlanta to Charleston, Tallahassee to Tuskegee, Nashville to Chapel Hill. The book was published in 1989 and is based upon the author's travels in the southern states of the U.S..
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- Title
- A TURN IN THE SOUTH
- Author
- NAIPAUL, V.S,
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE
- Jacket Condition
- NO JACKET
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1ST SPECIAL EDITION
- Publisher
- FRANKLIN LIBRARY
- Place of Publication
- PENNSLYVANIA
- Date Published
- 1989
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