Shiva Naipaul — Fireflies

London, Andre Deutsch, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Shiva Naipaul's sprawling novel about the Khoja family in Trinidad, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A novel following the Khoja family, one of Trinidad's most important Indian families, who are not so worthy of veneration as they believe. Written by Shiva Naipaul, an Indo-Trinidadian and British novelist and journalist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the extremities and a mark to the front board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear to the extremities. A price sticker to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with residue of previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.