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First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 232. Bound in dark brown cloth covered hard boards, gilt lettering to spine, and in the original William Belcher designed dust jacket, un-clipped (25s net). End-paper colour maps. SIGNED by the Author to the title page, who has also struck out his printed name. Small bookseller's label to the bottom of the front paste-down of Muir Marshall, Trinidad. Naipaul's fifth book, a journey in the Caribbean at the behest of the Trinidad Government, exploring these colonial territories built on slave labour. 'The Middle Passage' was the name given to the slave-carrying voyages from Africa to the Caribbean. Book has very occasional spotting, jacket has some professional restoration at the extremities, overall a Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Uncommon signed.

A classic piece of travel literature, 'The Middle Passage' by V.S. Naipaul captures the essence of the Caribbean societies in the early 1960s through the author's sharp observations and evocative prose. Having won the Nobel Prize in Literature, Naipaul pens a narrative that is both deeply personal and universally resonant, providing a unique window into a world of post-colonial identity.