NAIPAUL, V. S. The Middle Passage. [London:] Andre Deutsch, [1962]. 8°. Half title. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket by William Belcher with price of 25s unclipped (jacket with edges and corners rubbed, a few very short tears). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author on the half title. With the same author’s An Area of Darkness ([London], 1964, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author on the half title).