New York: Grove Press, (2010). First edition - Novel set in 1950s Sudan, as British rule is coming to an end, by this award winning author, the story of a powerful dynasty trying to reconcile the pull of tradition and the need to move forward in a rapidly changing country. 308 pp plus author's note.

New York: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of contemporary Africa by this Nigerian writer. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-385-016646.

New York: Anchor Books, 1988. A novel of contemporary Africa, shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

New York: Picador, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - An autobiographical novel illuminating the profound and incomparable bonds forged between prisoners of war and is based on Tatamkhulu Afrika's own capture in North Africa and his experiences as a prisoner of war during World War II in Italy and Germany. Originally published in the UK in 2002 (just weeks before his death) this is the first appearance of this novel in the US. Publisher's note. vii, 220 pp. ISBN: 978-1250043665.

Los Angeles: African Activist Association, 1973. First edition - Includes articles on Nigerian writers, Arabic short fiction in Algeria, North African novels, Uncle Tomism and more.

Trenton, NJ. Africa World Press, (1992). First edition - An uncommon collection of poetry by this Ghanian writer, who was tragically killed in the terrorist attack on a Nairobi shopping mall. Cover and illustrations by Carles J Juzang. 87 pp. ISBN: 0-86453-3151.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1989, c 1969). An example of oral folk literature, this epic, sung and narrated in a Bantu language and acted out by a member of the Nyanga tribe in the remote forest regions of eastern Zaire, celebrated the feats of Mwindo. It is here presented in prose form, interspersed with song and proverbs in verse, and translated by the editors. Included is the original Nyanga text. Extensive footnotes, index. viii, 213 pp. ISBN: 0-520020499.

New York: Vintage International, (2013.). First edition - A Vintage Original. Novel set in 1832, the year before slavery is abolished in South Africa. Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master, and when Francois is going to marry a white woman, and Philida is about to be sold, she decides to risk her whole life by lodging a complaint against Francois. Based on the real story of a slave woman determined to take control of her own life, for better or for worse. Finalist for the Man Booker Award. 310 pp. Advance Readers Copy sticker on back cover.

New York: Hill & Wang, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Collected poems of South African jail and exile" by this exiled political activist and sportsman, jwho was jailed for his activities there, and whose books were banned in South Africa for over 20 years. 176 pp. Dust jacket design by Judith Turner. ISBN: 0-435-90115X.

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Pennywhistle Press, 1993. SIGNED first edition - A Pennywhistle chapbooks. A colllection of poems, many political and very moving, by this writer and activist who has been called the 'singing voice of the South African Liberation Movement.' With an Introduction by Lamont B. Steptoe. INSCRIBED on the title page, and dated in the year of publication. 32 pp. ISBN: 0-938631-098.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013). SIGNED first edition - First novel by this young author who was born in Zimbabwe, a story of the resillience of children and of displacement and arrival in a new country - winner of the Los Angeles Times award for First Fiction and short-listed for the Man-Booker. SIGNED on the title page. 280 pp plus a 2 pp conversation with author Justin Torres.

New York: Thomas Nelson, (1970.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology of modern African writing, both stories and poetry, but rooted in folklore: 'a Muslim of the Sudan, a prisoner in South Africa, an Ethiopian folklorist, a playwright of the Niger Delta, and many others.' Contributors include Amos Tutuola, Alex La Guma, Mongo Beti, Peter Abrahams, James Ngugi, Cyprian Ekwensi, John Pepper Clark, Camara Laye, Leopold Senghor and others. 183 pp

New York: Collier, 1964. Stories, poems, songs, folk tales and essays. Preface by Melville J. Herskovits.

Osogbo, Oyo State, Nigeria: A.P.I. Production, (1989). First edition - Presents selections from Odu Ifa concerning Obatala, the Yoruba God of creativity and arch-divinity.The author is a Yoruba and Nigerian writer, poet, author, linguist, and an Ifa priest, who has been recognized for his pursuit of the preservation of Yoruba culture and heritage. Illustrated, notes, glossary. 90 pp. ISBN: 0-916299082.

New York: George Braziller, (1979.). Nigerian-born author's fourth novel, a moving story of the struggles of one Ibo woman to keep her family together, through periods of extreme hardship and deprivation both in the village and in urban Lagos. In telling the story of Nnu Ego, Emecheta is writing about the plight of women everywhere. 234 pp. Cover art by Catherine Stock. ISBN: 0-807609501.

New York: George Braziller, (1979.). Nigerian-born author's fourth novel, a moving story of the struggles of one Ibo woman to keep her family together, through periods of extreme hardship and deprivation both in the village and in urban Lagos. In telling the story of Nnu Ego, Emecheta is writing about the plight of women everywhere. 234 pp. Cover art by Catherine Stock. ISBN: 0-807609501.

New York: George Braziller, (1975.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this Nigerian novelist, the story of a young girl determined to get an education- she marries a student, sends him to England and follows him to London after giving birth to their second child. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-8076-08017.

New York: George Braziller, (1989.). Award-winning, Nigerian-born author's ninth novel, the story of a young girl from Jamaica who comes to London to be reunited with the parents who deserted her years ago. . 239 pp. ISBN: 0-8076-12502.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2004. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this award-winning Somalian writer, set in the civil-war torn city of Mogadiscio which is now ruled by warlords and their gun-toting militias. Author's note. 336 pp. ISBN: 1573222658.

New York: Grove Press, (2007). A novel which portrays the lives of five Sierra Leonean women. "AbieÑa young woman born and raised in Sierra Leone, who now lives in London with her Portuguese-Scottish husband and their childrenÑreceives a letter from her aunts informing her they're bequeathing her the family coffee plantation. When Abie returns, her aunts offer her another gift: their stories." 317 pp plus a reading guide. ISBN: 978-0802143211.

New York: Macmillan, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first appearance in print of eight folktales which have been part of the oral tradition of the Mossi people of West Africa for centuries, illustrated with pen-and-ink line drawings by the author. The author was born in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), and he was its first Ambassador to the United Nations and to the US when it achieved independence in 1960. Glossary. xii, 113 pp.

New York: Free Press, (1966.). Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive study of the Mossi, subsistance farmers in West Africa. Photographs, maps, index and bibliography. 231 pp;

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.

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.

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.

Boston: McDougal Littell. (1997.). Hardcover first edition - A title in the Literature Connections series: in addition to the novel by Head (the first novel of this South African writer, the story of a South African refugee who finds a new life in a small village in Botswana), this includes stories by Grace Ogot, Nadine Gordimer, and Liam O'Flaherty, memoirs by Peter Abrahams and Dan Butterworth and poems by Alonzo Lopez and Anna Akhmaatova. While most of the selections are from Africa - by white, black and 'colored' writers - others are chosen to represent the universality of the themes. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-395-775469.

London: Heinemann Educational Books, (1976). Hardcover first edition - "The English tradition in the literature of southern Africa reflects the turbulent history of the past 150 years. From its 19th century origins to the present day, the work of South African writers like Olive Schreiner, Roy Campbell, Peter Abrahams, Nadine Gordimer, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Dennis Brutus, Athol Fugard, and many others has gained international acclaim." Includes articles by Alan Paton, Gordimer, Oswald Mtshali, Arthur Ravenscroft (on Bessie Head) and many others. Index. xv, 192 pp. ISBN: 0-435913409.