SCOTT Paul

Staying on

William Heinemann, 1977. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered gree cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (spine faded - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 215 (no inscriptions). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 177134

Catalogue: Literature

SCOTT,P.

Staying on

9780099443193 Goed duidelijke leessporen, is editie uit 1985 !

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Book number: 205333

Catalogue: Zzz2

Scott, Paul (1920-1978)

Staying on: a novel / Paul Scott

London: Heinemann 1977. 1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. not price clipped. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: previous owner's inscription. Physical description: 215 pages; 23 cm. Summary: A striking portrayal of the twilight lives of a hard-up old British colonel and his lady still in India. when all the others have returned home. and it is now rich Indians who play bridge in the club. Subjects: British India; Fiction. British. English fiction. Anglo-Indian fiction. British India History 20th century; Fiction. India; Fiction. India History British occupation. 1765-1947. Fiction in English 20th century. Genre: Fiction. Historical fiction. ISBN: 043468113x.

MW BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 334024

Keywords: 043468113x

Scott, Paul

Staying On.

Heinemann, 1977. Hard Cover, Second reprint of the first edition. 216pp, dark green boards with gilt title. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Winner of the Booker Prize - Tusker and Lucy have stayed on in India after Independence... Very Good /No Jacket.

Hessay BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9466

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Keywords: India, Colonial India

Paul Scott

Staying on

London, Heinemann , 1977. First edition. Cloth. A bright third impression of this popular novel by Paul Scott. The first edition, third impression of this work in the same year as the first. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1977. Complete with price clipped dust wrapper, pricing present to sticker on front fly leaf £4.50 net. Story centred around the characters of Tusker and Lucy Smalley, the last British couple living in the small hill town of Pankot after Indian independence. Written by Paul Scott, English novelist best known for his tetralogy 'The Raj Quartet&apos. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with light bumping to head and tail of spin. Dust wrapper price clipped with some sunning to spine, light minor spotting internally to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to fore edge not affecting pages that remain bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 854A40

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: paul scott first editions novels first editions None

Paul Scott

Staying on

London, Heinemann, 1977 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of Paul Scott's award winning novel set in India after independence in 1947. First edition, first impression of Staying On by Paul Scott in original publisher's cloth binding with the original clipped dust wrapper.The novel is set in India after Indian independence in 1947. Its protagonists, who first appeared in Scott's well known Raj Quartet series, are the last remaining British couple living in the town of Pankot. It was adapted into a television film in 1980.Paul Scott was an English novelist who was posted in India during World War II. This is the clear inspiration for many of his famous works. In original publisher's cloth binding with clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. The dust wrapper is slightly worn to the extremities and there is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 827W11

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Paul Scott Booker prize dust wrapper First edition Booker prize None