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THE LOSS OF EL DORADO : A HISTORY.
by NAIPAUL, V.S. (Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018 :
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London : André Deutsch, (1969). First edition. The Port of Spain and the twinned stories of the dispossessed conquistador and the later Venezuelan revolution. Demy 8vo (22cm). [2],334pp. Frontispiece plan. Endpaper maps. Original brown boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; top edge orange; very good in the original Keith Rawling dust-jacket - a design in brown, gold and orange - a little sunned and just slightly nicked.
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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- Ash Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27400
- Title
- THE LOSS OF EL DORADO : A HISTORY.
- Author
- NAIPAUL, V.S. (Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : André Deutsch, (1969).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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