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Beyond the Dragon's Mouth: Stories and Pieces
by Naipaul, Shiva
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670803928
- ISBN 13
- 9780670803927
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1985. BZ1 - A first American edition ex-library hardcover book in good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has light fading on the spine, some light overall wrinkling, some light glue staining on the front endflaps, and light shelf wear. Book has some very light fading along the top and bottom board edges, some lightly bumped corners, some light glue staining on fixed endpapers, a patch of glue staining on the front free endpaper, usual library marks, stamps, and labels on the top and bottom outside paper edges, front free endpaper, and the copyright page, and minor shelf wear. A collection of short stories, essays on Third World culture and politics, and literary memoirs drawn from the author's twenty years of writing. By the author of "Fireflies," "The Chip-Chip Gatherers," "Love and Death in a Hot Country," "North of South," and "Journey to Nowhere." 421p. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
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- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW09947
- Title
- Beyond the Dragon's Mouth: Stories and Pieces
- Author
- Naipaul, Shiva
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670803928
- ISBN 13
- 9780670803927
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Fiction Literary Literature Short Fiction Short Story Short Stories Memoir Autobiography Third World Culture Third World Politics Essay Essays Rastaman Gandhi Sanjay Fez Liverpool Bombay Puerto Rico Seychelles
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Short Stories; Biography / Authors & Writers; Biography / Memoirs; Literature / Literary Anthologies; Literature / Literary Short Stories;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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