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  • THE ESSENTIAL GESTURE:Writing, Politics, and Places. by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    THE ESSENTIAL GESTURE:Writing, Politics, and Places.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - A selection of 23 essays, covering 40 years by this South African writer. Edited and with an introduction by Stephen Clingman. 3560pp. with index and notes. ISBN: 0-394-573978.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 39864
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  • A SPORT OF NATURE by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    A SPORT OF NATURE

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A powerful novel, written before Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1991. The story of a young white woman who rejects the "privileges" she is born into in South Africa, and, among other things, marries a black activist. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-394548027.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (line on bottom edge, discoloration from old glue under dj flaps.)

    Book ID: 71385
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  • A WORLD OF STRANGERS. by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    A WORLD OF STRANGERS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel, fourth book, by this Nobel prize winning writer, set in her native South Africa. Shows the divided world of apartheit through the eyes of a young Englishman. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. 312 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some shelfwear to the lower edges of the boards, toning and some discoloration to the dust jacket.

    Book ID: 37707
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  • JUMP AND OTHER STORIES. by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    JUMP AND OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1991. dj. Hardcover - The eighth collection of short fiction by this Nobel Prize winning writer. ISBN: 0-374-180555.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 18260
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  • THE CONSERVATIONIST. by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    THE CONSERVATIONIST.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, (1975.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Winner of the Booker Prize; described as Gordimer's finest novel, set in South Africa. "A wealthy industrialist, attractive to women, not yet fifty, Mehring wants for nothing that white privilege in a black country can bring him." 252 pp,. ISBN: 0-670-23883X.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, sunning to dj, light rubbing, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 57459
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  • NONE TO ACCOMPANY ME. by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    NONE TO ACCOMPANY ME.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1994). First edition - Novel by this Nobel Laureate set in South Africa as apartheid is coming to an end. 324 pp. A rather uncommon advance issue.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 60458
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  • SOMETHING OUT THERE. by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    SOMETHING OUT THERE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A long novella and a collection of short stories by this South African Nobel Prize lauriate. ISBN: 0-670-656607.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 12859
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  • A SOLDIER'S EMBRACE: Stories, by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    A SOLDIER'S EMBRACE: Stories,

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of twelve short stories, most set in her native South Africa, by this Nobel Prize winning author. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-670656380.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (hint of sunning to the spine of the dj)

    Book ID: 79966
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  • A SPORT OF NATURE by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    A SPORT OF NATURE

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A powerful novel, written before Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1991. The story of a young white woman who rejects the "privileges" she is born into in South Africa, and, among other things, marries a black activist. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-394548027.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.(light toning to the edges of the text block)

    Book ID: 60457
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  • A SOLDIER'S EMBRACE: Stories, by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    A SOLDIER'S EMBRACE: Stories,

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of twelve short stories, most set in her native South Africa, by this Nobel Prize winning author. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-670656380.

    Condition: Good in a dust jacket (some shelfwear to boards, corners slightly bumped, price-clipped).

    Book ID: 78698
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  • LIVINGSTONE'S COMPANIONS: Stories, by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    LIVINGSTONE'S COMPANIONS: Stories,

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of sixteen short stories, all but three set in Africa, by this Nobel Prize winning author. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-670435708.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (discoloration from glue on rear endpaper, otherwise very tight and clean)

    Book ID: 83285
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  • THE HOUSE GUN. by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    THE HOUSE GUN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - "A house gun is like a house cat: a fact of ordinary life today." Compelling novel set in South Africa of a couple whose son is arrested for murder. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-374-173079.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 24626
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  • Gordimer, Nadine.
    THE ESSENTIAL GESTURE:Writing, Politics, and Places.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - A selection of 23 essays, covering 40 years by this South African writer. Edited and with an introduction by Stephen Clingman. 3560pp. with index and notes. ISBN: 0-394-573978.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (rem line, 1 closed tear.)

    Book ID: 26570
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  • Gordimer, Nadine.
    MY SON'S STORY.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of conflict between a father and his son, set against a modern South Africa where racial laws had been abolished, but racial tensions still remain. Nobel prize winning author. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-374-217513.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 20520
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  • LIFE TIMES: Stories, 1952 - 2007. by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    LIFE TIMES: Stories, 1952 - 2007.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A significant collection of the short fiction of this South African Nobel Prize winning author, containing 35 stories from 10 collections, spanning her career from 1952 to 2007, and including two new post 2007 stories. 549 pp. ISBN: 9780374270537.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 56067
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  • JUMP AND OTHER STORIES. by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    JUMP AND OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - The eighth collection of short fiction by this Nobel Prize winning writer. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-374-180555.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 35555
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  • A WOMAN'S PART IN A REVOLUTION. by Hammond, Mrs. John Hays [Natalie Harris, 1861-1931].
    Hammond, Mrs. John Hays [Natalie Harris, 1861-1931].
    A WOMAN'S PART IN A REVOLUTION.

    Edition: First printing.

    London & New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1897. Hardcover first edition - A memoir of an important event leading up to the Boer War by American woman whose husband, John Hays Hammond, was a mining engineer, diplomat, philanthropist and business partner of Cecil Rhodes in South Africa. As one of the four leading reformers,he was first sentenced to death after the abortive Jameson Raid of December 1895, with the sentence later reduced to 15 years imprisonment, and finally to release in 1896 with payment of a stiff fine. As Mrs Hammond explains in her brief preface, this book, which is based in large part on her diaries, is an account of her personal experiences. "The causes of the…

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    London & New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1897. Hardcover first edition - A memoir of an important event leading up to the Boer War by American woman whose husband, John Hays Hammond, was a mining engineer, diplomat, philanthropist and business partner of Cecil Rhodes in South Africa. As one of the four leading reformers,he was first sentenced to death after the abortive Jameson Raid of December 1895, with the sentence later reduced to 15 years imprisonment, and finally to release in 1896 with payment of a stiff fine. As Mrs Hammond explains in her brief preface, this book, which is based in large part on her diaries, is an account of her personal experiences. "The causes of the Revolt in Johannesburg, and the ensuing political questions, are but lightly touched upon, in deference to the silence enforced upon my husband as one of the terms of his liberation by the Boer Government." 159 pp plus a 32 pp publisher's catalogue at end.

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    Condition: Very good overall in deep red cloth covers with gilt lettering - covers are in near fine condition, pages have the usual rather severe toning, with some pages still unopened and others with marginal tears from careless opening.

    Book ID: 40038
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  • BLOODSONG And Other Stories of South Africa. by Havemann, Ernst.
    Havemann, Ernst.
    BLOODSONG And Other Stories of South Africa.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of short stories which make the voices of the African laborers and the Afrikaaners come alive. From the dustjacket: "Violence comes in many forms, not all of them bloody. These extraordinarily moving stories from South Africa report not on the violence of the evening news but on the quiet anguish and brutality suffered by all the nation's inhabitants, both black and white.". 134 pp. ISBN: 0-395432960.

    Condition: Fine in a poor dust jacket (large piece has been torn from back cover - it is still present, but detached.)

    Book ID: 61579
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  • Havemann, Ernst.
    BLOOD SONG And Other Stories of South Africa.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of short stories which make the voices of the African laborers and the Afrikaaners come alive. From the dustjacket: "Violence comes in many forms, not all of them bloody. These extraordinarily moving stories from South Africa report not on the violence of the evening news but on the quiet anguish and brutality suffered by all the nation's inhabitants, both black and white.". 134 pp. ISBN: 0-395432960.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (initials at bottom edge of textblock, some spotting to the spine of the dj, tear at upper edge.)

    Book ID: 32744
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  • BLOODSONG And Other Stories of South Africa. by Havemann, Ernst.
    Havemann, Ernst.
    BLOODSONG And Other Stories of South Africa.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of short stories which make the voices of the African laborers and the Afrikaaners come alive. From the dustjacket: "Violence comes in many forms, not all of them bloody. These extraordinarily moving stories from South Africa report not on the violence of the evening news but on the quiet anguish and brutality suffered by all the nation's inhabitants, both black and white.". 134 pp. ISBN: 0-395432960.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (light toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 32865
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  • Hughes, John.
    THE NEW FACE OF AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & London: Longman's, Green & Co., 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the African revolutions by a journalist who had been living in and reporting from Africa since 1946. Describes events in the Congo, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopa and more - and includes information on the African leaders - Kasavubu, Toure, Tshombe, Lumumba, Kenyatta and Nkrumah. Map endpapers. Index. 296 pages.

    Condition: Near fine in a somewhat edgeworn, but overall good, dustjacket.

    Book ID: 16151
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  • AFRICAN PULSE: Scenes from an African Hospital Window. by Jarrett-Kerr, Martin.
    Jarrett-Kerr, Martin.
    AFRICAN PULSE: Scenes from an African Hospital Window.

    Edition: First printing.

    London & New York: The Faith Press / Morehouse-Barlow Co., (1960). Hardcover first edition - Anecdotes from years at a hospital in South Africa, including a discussion of the differences between traditional medicine and Western medicine. Illustrated with black and white photographs on glossy paper. Preface, prologue. 127 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in green cloth (sunning to the spine, corners slightly bumped, address stamped on front end paper), lacking the dj.

    Book ID: 54586
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  • Krepps, Robert W.
    BABOON ROCK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1959. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of adventure set in 1872 in the diamond mines and the remote back country of South Africa. Dust jacket art by H. Lawrence Hoffman. 384 pp.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (corner of dj clipped, but price of 3.95 present, fading to spine of dj.)

    Book ID: 38190
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  • Kuzwayo, Ellen (1914-2006)
    CALL ME WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    Johannesburg, SA: Ravan Press, (1985.). SIGNED first edition - The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never specified.…

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    Johannesburg, SA: Ravan Press, (1985.). SIGNED first edition - The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never specified. In addition to her fight against apartheid, Kuzwayo also fought for equal rights for both men and women. In 1979, she was chosen Woman of the Year by the Johannesburg newspaper, The Star. This book is more than just her own story: it is also the larger story of the other women among her people who have to struggle to survive, to break free of traditional and restrictive roles and to pursue their own choices. Kuzwayo became the first black writer to be awarded the CNA Literary Prize, South AfricaÕs premier literary prize, for this work. Includes a foreword by Bessie Head, and a preface by Nadine Gordimer (who states "This is a true testimony from a wonderful woman. .. she is one of those people who give me faith in the new and different South Africa they will create." SIGNED by the author and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes lists of South African black women lawyers and medical doctors. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-86975-2790.

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    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Uncommon in this, the true first edition, and especially so signed.

    Book ID: 35251
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  • CALL ME WOMAN. by Kuzwayo, Ellen (1914-2006)
    Kuzwayo, Ellen (1914-2006)
    CALL ME WOMAN.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: The Women's Press, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never…

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    London: The Women's Press, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never specified. In addition to her fight against apartheid, Kuzwayo also fought for equal rights for both men and women. In 1979, she was chosen Woman of the Year by the Johannesburg newspaper, The Star. This book is more than just her own story: it is also the larger story of the other women among her people who have to struggle to survive, to break free of traditional and restrictive roles and to pursue their own choices. Kuzwayo became the first black writer to be awarded the CNA Literary Prize, South AfricaÕs premier literary prize, for this work. Includes a foreword by Bessie Head, and a preface by Nadine Gordimer (who states "This is a true testimony from a wonderful woman. .. she is one of those people who give me faith in the new and different South Africa they will create." Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes lists of South African black women lawyers and medical doctors. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-7043-28488.

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. The very uncommon hardcover first edition.

    Book ID: 35252
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  • CALL ME WOMAN. by Kuzwayo, Ellen (1914-2006) Preface by Nadine Gordimer .
    Kuzwayo, Ellen (1914-2006) Preface by Nadine Gordimer .
    CALL ME WOMAN.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    San Francisco: Spinsters Ink, (1985.). The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never specified. In addition to her…

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    San Francisco: Spinsters Ink, (1985.). The autobiography of a woman whose entire life has been a testimony to courage, survival and devotion to others. In 1930, her family farm - one they had farmed for over 100 years - was taken from her when the area in which it was located was declared a "White Area" under the apartheid rule. For many years, she devoted her time to teaching, but, even though she was not a political radical, after the massacre of the students in Soweto, she became actively involved in the demonstrations and, at age 63, was detained for 5 months in 1977 under the so-called 'terrorism act' for offences which were never specified. In addition to her fight against apartheid, Kuzwayo also fought for equal rights for both men and women. In 1979, she was chosen Woman of the Year by the Johannesburg newspaper, The Star. This book is more than just her own story: it is also the larger story of the other women among her people who have to struggle to survive, to break free of traditional and restrictive roles and to pursue their own choices. Kuzwayo became the first black writer to be awarded the CNA Literary Prize, South AfricaÕs premier literary prize, for this work. Includes a foreword by Bessie Head, and a preface by Nadine Gordimer (who states "This is a true testimony from a wonderful woman. .. she is one of those people who give me faith in the new and different South Africa they will create." Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes lists of South African black women lawyers and medical doctors. 266 pp. ISBN: 09-33214-19x.

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    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers

    Book ID: 62380
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  • THE DEVIL'S CHIMNEY by Landsman, Anne
    Landsman, Anne
    THE DEVIL'S CHIMNEY

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: SOHO Press, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a novel set in South Africa in the 50's - Coetzee stated that in this book "South Africa is for the first time seen through the lens of magic realism and the effect is exhilarating." Glossary, 292 pp. ISBN: 1569471010.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 55964
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  • Landsman, Anne
    THE DEVIL'S CHIMNEY

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. First edition - Author's first book, a novel set in South Africa in the 50's - Coetzee stated that in this book "South Africa is for the first time seen through the lens of magic realism and the effect is exhilarating."

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers, as issued.

    Book ID: 6651
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  • THE GRANDMOTHERS: Four Short Novels. by Lessing, Doris.
    Lessing, Doris.
    THE GRANDMOTHERS: Four Short Novels.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of four short novels by this Nobel award winning author, set in her native South Africa, each of which explores different aspects of the human condition. In addition to the title story, this includes "Victoria and the Staveneys", "The Reason for It" and "A Love Child." 311 pp. ISBN: 0-060530103.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (previous owner's name)

    Book ID: 82383
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  • Lomax, Louis E.
    THE RELUCTANT AFRICAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, (1960.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the front cover of dustjackt: 'One of the decade's most impressive and shocking close-ups of crisis: an American Negro journalist's firsthand report on the storm of racism and revolution raging through Africa from Cairo to Capetown.' Map insert and map endpapers. 117 pp.

    Condition: Very good+ in very good- dust jacket (some creasing and edgewear to the dj.)

    Book ID: 38432
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