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NAIPAUL, V. S. (1932-2018). The Mystic Masseur. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1959]. 8vo. 215, [1, blank] pp. Publisher’s full black cloth, front board stamped in brown, spine lettered in brown and blue, publisher’s unclipped (“$3.50”) dust jacket (jacket spine a bit sunned, some light rubbing, minor soiling and toning to jacket). Near fine. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE AUTHOR’S FIRST NOVEL. Naipaul was one of the most critically acclaimed authors of the twentieth century, eventually winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.