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A first Printing of the First Edition with no blemishing to the green boards in a dust-jacket that is equally handsome in Fine condition; volume is signed and dated by author V. S. Naipaul directly on the title page.

The New York Times says this work "spans continents and centuries to create what is at once an autobiography and a fictional archaeology of colonialism a brilliant new prism through which to view (Naipaul's) life and work." It is a series of extended essays, meditations and dramatized historical events about historical figures such as Sir Walter Raleigh and Francisco de Miranda, a precursor to Bolivar's revolution First Edition; 8vo; [i-viii] 1-368 [369-316] pages.