The Loss of El Dorado: A History.
by NAIPAUL, V.S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a jacket with a few short tears and rubbing at corners.
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
[London]:: Andre Deutsch,, [1969].. First edition.. publisher's boards in dust jacket.. A fine copy in a jacket with a few short tears and rubbing at corners.. 8vo,.
Synopsis
V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He went to England on a scholarship in 1950. After four years at Oxford he began to write, and since then he has followed no other profession. He is the author of more than twenty books of fiction and nonfiction and the recipient of numerous honors, including the Nobel Prize in 2001, the Booker Prize in 1971, and a knighthood for services to literature in 1990. He lives in Wiltshire, England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44934
- Title
- The Loss of El Dorado: A History.
- Author
- NAIPAUL, V.S
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's boards in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a jacket with a few short tears and rubbing at corners.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch,
- Place of Publication
- [London]:
- Date Published
- [1969].
- Pages
- 334 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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