The Guide

Harmondsworth, Eng. ; New York : Penguin Books, 1988. Reprint. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 220 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Tour guides (Persons) India ; Fiction. Ex-convicts India ; Fiction. Impostors and imposture India ; Fiction. Indic fiction (English). Malgudi (India :… Saber más sobre este artículo

Mysore: Indian Thought Publications, 1968. Book. Good. Soft cover. Indian Edition Reprinted. 180mm Tall. Another of the author's novels about Malgudi and its people. 221 pages. Some light stains and soiling on covers. Small loss at base of spine. Small round bookshop stamp at lower corner of front free endpaper. .

Great Britain: Penguin, 1988. slight wear to covers and cover edges, clear adhesive cover, library marks, otherwise book clean and tight. Reprint. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Library.

New York: The New American Library, 1966. Book. Good. Soft cover. Another Edition. 180mm Tall. Another of the author's novels about Malgudi and its people. Described as 'Racy and wonderful' by New York Herald Tribune. 176 pages. Some creasing down spine and light wear at the top. Crease down back cover and lower corner of front cover with some wear… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paperback. Very Good.

Penguin Books, 1980. Very Good softcover, spine faded. Softcover. Very Good.

London: The Bodley Head, 1970. Hardcover. London, The Bodley Head, 1970 ('re-issued')/ 1958 (first UK edition). Octavo, 247 pages. Papered boards; edges very lightly marked; ownership signature and a small light mark to the head of the half-title; a near-fine copy with the lightly creased price-clipped dustwrapper. Personally inscribed to the original owner 'with best wishes | R.K. Narayan… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Penguin Books, 1980. Stamped and former owner's inked name on upper corner ffep. Else textblock is clean and tight. All page edges are crisp and sound. Illustrated front cover, light reading creases along spine on front cover, minor folding to corners and minimal shelf rubbing on back cover. 220pp.. Wraps. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Indian Thought Publications. Paperback. NEW. ilway Raju is a disarmingly corrupt tourist guide, who lives by his wits and falls in love with a beautiful dancer.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1980. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

methuen london 1958. ex-lib first edition 221pp VG (black cloth,d/w attached to pastedowns,usual stamps and labels,spine cracked) in VG d/w (attached to pastedowns,2cm clear adhesive tape across upper/lower edges,sl.soiled and sunned)

Penguin Books, 1980. 220 pp. Released from jail, Raju-once India's most corrupt tourist-guide-takes refuge in an abandoned temple. A Peasant mistakes him for a holy man, and gradualoly, reluctantly, Raju begins to play the part. Cover has minimal edge rubbing, no corner creases, one creas to spine. Sticker of former owner has been removed from first page. Text has some… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards straight and tight with bookstore stamp front endpaper, in a lightly rubbed and not price clipped jacket with mild edgewear, now in mylar. A quite presentable copy of this winner of the 1960 Sahitya Akademi Award.; MCF04399; 8vo 8"… Saber más sobre este artículo

Penguin Books. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

London: Methuen & Co., 1958. Hardback. Good+ — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper much sunned at the spine. Leans slightly. Remnants of a large book plate to the pastedown. Area of tipex on the rear pastedown.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with silver titling to the spine) Physically 7½” x 5¼” (0.7… Saber más sobre este artículo

Mysore: Indian Thought Publicaitions, 1958. paperback. Near fine digest size paperback. Later printing 1985. THE GUIDE floats as gently as a lily pad on the surace of Indian life and yet suggests the depths beneath...

Indian Thought Publications, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. 51st Printing, 2002. Spine is solid and firm, with no creasing. Interior text is straight and firm, and free of markings. This is a very nice copy.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Acceptable.