Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V S
Miguel Street is a semi-autobiographical novel by V. S. Naipaul set in wartime Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Naipaul wrote it while employed at the BBC using a BBC typewriter and "rustle-free paper. " Miguel Street won the 1961 Somerset Maugham Award.
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Miguel Street.
by Naipaul, V.S
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- 1959
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1959. Miguel Street is the Bowery, the Tenderloin, and the Catfish Row of Trinidads Port of Spainits citizens a loony multitude whose knavery often rises from real kinship with pathos and tragedy. . . . Naipaul is at his best in these swift caricatures of human depravity" (San Francisco Chronicle). Item Price
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Miguel Street.
by Naipaul, V. S.
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- 1966
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London New English Library Four Square Book, 1966, First Edition. paperback. First Edition this publisher. Softcover, pocket paperback. Condition: good-only (pages are tanned; mark on bottom-edge). -- Bright copy, spine uncreased of this novel of Port of Spain by Nobelist Naipaul. Item Price
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Miguel Street.
by Naipaul, V. S.
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- Used - VG/G. Very good book with spine slightly canted in good dust jacket with light shelf wear, several short edge tears, light soil
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- Good
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- 1st edition
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- 1959
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Melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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£279.84
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1959. 1st edition. hard cover with dust jacket. VG/G. Very good book with spine slightly canted in good dust jacket with light shelf wear, several short edge tears, light soiling, pages slightly browned./Good. Item Price
£279.84
Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V. S
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1977
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- Paperback
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- 9780140033021
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Newport, Washington, USA
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London, UK: Penguin Group, 1977. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Penguin Group, London, 1977. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Cover illustration by Francesca Pezilloi. Clean and unmarked cover with light wear to edges, no creases. Pages toned, more so along edges, quite clean and free from any markings. Glued binding solid and… Read more about this item Item Price
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MIGUEL STREET
by Naipaul, V.S.
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- Good
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- 1st American edition
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Rougemont, North Carolina, USA
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New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1959. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st American edition, 1959. A Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. 8vo., 222 pp., bound in publishers yellow cloth with illustrated dust jacket, $3.95. Jacket has some mild overall soiling. The top 20% of the spine is missing, base of spine is chipped.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V.S.
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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£1,020.50
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NY: Vanguard Press; (1960). First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First US edition of the author's second book. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The jacket has a tiny closed tear at the top of the rear flap fold. 1959 copyright date on copyright page, but 1960 LoC Catalogue number. A clean, crisp copy with no names… Read more about this item Item Price
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Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V.S
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Walla Walla, Washington, USA
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£40.78
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The Vanguard Press. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Thank you for supporting Earthlight Books and independent bookstores. Hard cover with DJ under mylar. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to boards and DJ. Clean, tight binding. DJ is not price clipped Item Price
£40.78
Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V. S.
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Didcot, Oxfordshire, GBR
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£40.00
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London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1959. Hardcover. No jacket. First edition. Light marks and scores on boards and spine. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped and worn, affecting pages. Minor nick on spine head. Pen on page block foot. Page block and a few pages are lightly marked. Label residue on rear pastedown. Text is clear throughout. Volume is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V. S.
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- Used - Good
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- 2002
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- Paperback
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- 9780375713873
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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£4.90
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Vintage, 2002. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V.S
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- 1984-10-11
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- Paperback
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- 9780394720654
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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
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£13.18
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Vintage, 1984-10-11. paperback. Good. 0x4x7. Good stiff glossy paper wraps; light rubbing along edges. Binding tight; contents clean and unmarked. except for owner's name in pen on first page. Light curl to whole book. Pages starting to brown from age. Cover has burning house on it. 171pp. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V.S.
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- Used - Very Good (-)
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- VG (+)
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- First U.S. Edition
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- 1959
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- Cloth
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Long Beach, Washington, USA
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£57.15
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New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1959 222 pp.; HB w/DJ. Ex-lib w/ usual, including several stamp maks that have been markered over, dewey notation to spine. Pages: clean, bright, tight, orange eps; fep has been neatly removed, t.e. slightly dusty, slightly cocked. Cover: yellow, red/green titles spine; v light shelfwear, mildly curved, front bottom corner lightly bumped, tape shadows… Read more about this item Item Price
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Miguel Street.
by NAIPAUL, V. S.
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- Used - Fair in Fair dust jacket
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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£32.66
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NY:: Vanguard Press,. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. First American edition. Ex-library copy with typical markings, spine slant, heavy wear, thus only fair in a fair dust jacket. . Item Price
£32.66
Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V. S.
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 2002
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- Paperback
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- 9780375713873
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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£4.90
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Vintage, 2002. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
£4.90
Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V. S.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1971
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- Mass Market Paperbac
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- 9780140033021
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Newstead. Victoria, Victoria, AUS
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£5.27
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London: Penguin. Very Good. 1971. Mass Market Paperbac. 0140033025 . Covered with adhesive plastic owner's name on front page. Clean text.172p 1987 reprint; 12mo . Item Price
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Miguel Street
by V. S. Naipaul
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- 2002
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- Paperback
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Aurora, Ontario, CAN
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New York: Vintage, 2002. Paperback. NEAR FINE. 20 cm. Remainder dot to lower edge of text block. Otherwise clean, unmarked. 222 pages. -- Please feel free to ask for additional information, or detailed photos. US orders ship USPS from Niagara Falls, NY. Canadian orders ship from Ontario. Item Price
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Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V. S
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Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Item Price
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Miguel Street (Caribbean Writers Series)
by Naipaul, V S
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
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- 9780435989545
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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Miguel Street
by NAIPAUL, V. S.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good+
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- First US Edition
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- 1959
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- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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£81.64
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New York: Vanguard Press, Inc, 1959. First US Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good+. 8vo. Pp. 222. Dark yellow cloth, titles stamped in red and black on the spine, ochre endpapers: just a suggestion of spine lean; ink check mark on front free endpaper. Leaves are crisp and bright, binding tight. In the three-color illustrated dust jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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Miguel Street (Caribbean Writers Series)
by Naipaul, V. S.
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- Used; Good
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- 1
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- Paperback
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- 9780435989545
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Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire, GBR
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£3.48
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Heinemann. 1. Paperback. Used; Good. Simply Brit welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring theres something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped… Read more about this item Item Price
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Miguel Street
by Naipaul, V.S.
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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£55.52
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London: Andre Deutsch. Good with no dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 222 pages. Stated first edition of the author's 3rd book, his first short story collection. Original black cloth covers are clean, slight bit of bump at bottom edge, spine gilt faded but legible, very slight bit of cocking to the spine causing front… Read more about this item Item Price
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