London: Andre Deutsch, 1959. First Edition. 222pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Book is in great condition, with no marks or inscriptions. There is a remnant of a bookseller sticker on the front pastedown. The dust wrapper is bright, with modest toning.

First edition of Naipaul's third book, a powerful collection of stories about colonial Trinidad and Tobago. Awarded the Booker Prize in 1971 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001, Naipal was knighted in 1990.