congo diary de naipaul v s (7 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : As New. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original cloth, as new. One of 300 numbered copies signed by V.S. Naipaul. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Etat : As New. 1st. Red cloth stamped in black, in the original black slipcase. SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. This is copy H of the 26 lettered copies.

Hardcover. Etat : New. Sylvester & Orphanos, Los Angeles, 1980. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Unread. Limited SIGNED edition, 264 of 330 copies. No dustwrapper, as issued. What a beautiful book! (CK). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. US haardback limited edition with attractive board design in red and black. Fine condition. No 169 of 330 SIGNED copies. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Etat : FINE. First Edition. RALPH SYLVESTER PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and inscribed by Naipaul to publisher Ralph Sylvester on the colophon. 42pp. 8vo, red cloth stamped in black, title page in red and black with sun device. SIGNED by Naipaul on the limitation page. FINE in FINE slipcase, a pristine undistributed copy. Edition limited to 330 copies (300 numbered, 26 signed, 4 named). Letterpress printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press in Aldus and Bembo types on Arches mouldmade paper. As with all S&O editions the slipcases were handmade by Ralph Sylvester and only accompanied the lettered and named copies. 'They chose a red sun device for Naipaul's vignettes of the Congo, the 'red round sun' from his text. The cover is a startling red and black, receding boxes containing a maze to suggest the nightmare of his days and nights on a Congo journey' (Dan Luckenbill, Sylvester & Orphanos: Catalog of an Exhibit, UCLA 1990).

Hardcover. Etat : As New. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original cloth, as new. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Graham Greene. This is copy "A." In original publsiher's slipcase.

Etat : Fine. First edition. First edition, one of 330 copies. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the limitation page at rear. [vi], 42, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in black, printed on watermarked Arches paper. Fine condition with very light wear to covers. A beautiful copy of the first and only edition of Naipaul's account of visiting the Congo. Naipaul's novel A Bend in the River, set in an unnamed African country after its independence, had been published the previous year and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The publishers, Ralph Sylvester and Stathis Orphanos, produced twenty-five fine press signed editions of short works by major writers and won praise for their exquisite execution. Of the 330 copies of this book, three hundred were to be numbered, twenty-six lettered, and four printed with the name of the recipient. The space left for the number on this copy has been left blank.