A Turn in the South (SIGNED)
by Naipaul, V. S
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1989 SIGNED by Nobel Prize-winning author, V.S. Naipaul. Limited edition. Brown leather with gilt decoration and lettering. Issued without dust jacket. Tight, clean and crisp. The book appears unread and looks new.. Signed by Author. First Edition. First Printing.. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Eliabooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 05979
- Title
- A Turn in the South (SIGNED)
- Author
- Naipaul, V. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing.
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1989
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Crisp
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- Fine
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