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V.S. Naipaul – Miguel Street – First US Edition 1960
£175.00
First US edition, first printing of Miguel Street by VS Naipaul, published by The Vanguard Press, New York in 1960. A near fine copy free from inscriptions, boards bound in publishers original yellow cloth with red and black lettering to the spine, some rubbing to the lower edges of front and rear boards, toning to the text block and minor spotting to bottom edge. In a very good price clipped wrapper, open tears and losses to spine tips, fading to the spine, chipping to the knuckles of front and rear flap folds, hinges of flap folds a little rub-worn with open tear to rear hinge.
Miguel Street by VS Naipaul is a vibrant collection of interconnected stories set in a working-class neighbourhood of Port of Spain, Trinidad. Through the eyes of a young narrator, Naipaul depicts the lives, dreams and struggles of the street’s colourful residents, blending humour, pathos and social observation. The stories explore themes of ambition, failure, love and resilience, capturing both the limitations and the vitality of ordinary lives. It is a vivid portrait of Caribbean life.
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First US edition, first printing of Miguel Street by VS Naipaul, published by The Vanguard Press, New York in 1960. A near fine copy free from inscriptions, boards bound in publishers original yellow cloth with red and black lettering to the spine, some rubbing to the lower edges of front and rear boards, toning to the text block and minor spotting to bottom edge. In a very good price clipped wrapper, open tears and losses to spine tips, fading to the spine, chipping to the knuckles of front and rear flap folds, hinges of flap folds a little rub-worn with open tear to rear hinge.
Miguel Street by VS Naipaul is a vibrant collection of interconnected stories set in a working-class neighbourhood of Port of Spain, Trinidad. Through the eyes of a young narrator, Naipaul depicts the lives, dreams and struggles of the street’s colourful residents, blending humour, pathos and social observation. The stories explore themes of ambition, failure, love and resilience, capturing both the limitations and the vitality of ordinary lives. It is a vivid portrait of Caribbean life.
