The Mystic Masseur
New York: Vanguard Press, 1959. First Printing. Hardcover. First American Edition of the author's first novel, set in colonial Trinidad, where Naipaul was born. 8vo: xii,[2],7-215,[1]pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in French blue and mid-brown, upper cover with vignette of the mystic masseur; illustrated dust jacket, priced $3.50. Tightly..... more