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THE WORLD AND AFRICA: An Inquiry into the Part which Africa Has Played in World History.
Edition: Hardcover.
New York: Viking, (ca 1950, c. 1947). dj. Hardcover - A well-documented plea, backed by many little known facts, for a recognition of the important part played in history by Africa and for its dignity in a future world order. Map, index. xii, 276 pp.
Condition: Just about fine in a very good dust jacket (two closed tears to the front cover of the dj - the dust jacket has original price of $3.00, but reference to Du Bois in 1950 and a Liberty Book Club coupon on rear flap.) A very attractive copy of an important work by one of most important African American writers and activists of the early 20th century.
Book ID: 39238More details Price: $45.00 -
THE TURNING OVER.
Edition: First printing.
Sag Harbor, NY: Permanent Press, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, based on his own experiences in developing a cooperative fisheries station in West Africa. A "love story of two expatriates set against a lushly pictured West Africa in which the echoes of colonial, and even pre-colonial, life are still evident in the corrupting power of the Big Man and the equally corrupting privilege that surrounds white expatriate life." INSCRIBED on the title page. 231 pp. ISBN: 1-579620124.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81807More details Price: $28.50 -
THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD and His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Dead's Town.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Grove Press, (1982.). A novel originally published in 1953, perhaps the best known work by this important Nigerian writer. Cover praise from Dylan Thomas who called it a 'brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching story.' 130 pp. ISBN: 0-394-172353.
Condition: Good only (prev owner's name, toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 42852More details Price: $9.00