A House of Mr Biswas

by V. S Naipaul

$4,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

First edition · Signed

London: Andre Deutsch, 1961. First edition, first printing. Signed by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul on the title page. Bound in publisher's original rose paper-covered boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with a lean to the binding, light sunning and light wear at edges, and foxing heaviest at textblock edge, preliminary and terminal pages. Pages toned. In a Good unclipped dust jacket with chipping to edges, soiling

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