V. S. NAIPAUL. — A House for Mr. Biswas. A novel. (SIGNED)

Andre Deutsch, London, Signed by Author(s), Fifth impression, issued here under 'The Russell Edition' imprint, twelve years after the original edition of 1961. This copy signed by the author on the front free endpaper beneath the inkstamp of the New Fiction Society ("Signed for a member of the New Fiction Society"). 8vo. 531pp. Black boards lettered and ruled in gold at the spine. Some light spotting to the edges, and a touch of bruising to the board extremities. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly rubbed and toned with a single tiny edge-tear and with the NFS imprint sticker over the original imprint at the base of the spine panel. A nice signed copy of the author's first major worldwide critical success., Very Good, Very Good