New Haven,CN: Yale University, 1976. First edition - Includes articles on the genesis of African folkloric literature, on the image of women in folklore, on writers such as Kane, Mongo Beti, Ouologuem, Soyinka and two essays on Aime Cesaire. Although the writers discussed wrote in French, all articles in this journal are in English. 212 pages.

New York: Viking, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 6 short stories, the first book by this Nigerian writer to be published in the United States.

London: Jonathan Cape / Vintage, (1992). A novel which blends the worlds of spirits and the world of the born in the story of Azaro, a spirit-child, an "abiku" in the Yoruba language or one born to die. Winner of the Booker Prize. 500 pp. Has an "Advance Reading Copy" sticker on it for the Doubleday 1992 edition.

New York: Doubleday, 1993. First edition - Sequel to Okri's Booker Prize winner novel, 'The Famished Road.' Although the cover indicates Doubleday as the US publisher, this advance issue is printed from the sheets of the first edition in the UK with Jonathan Cape shown on the title page.

New York: Doubleday, 1993. First edition - Sequel to Okri's Booker Prize winner novel, 'The Famished Road.' Although the cover indicates Doubleday as the US publisher, this advance issue is printed from the sheets of the first edition in the UK with Jonathan Cape shown on the title page.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to Okri's Booker Prize winner novel, 'The Famished Road.' A magical novel of a nation struggling to be born. ISBN: 0-224-036300.

New York: Doubleday, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to Okri's Booker Prize winner novel, 'The Famished Road.' A magical novel of a nation struggling to be born. 297 pp. ISBN: 0-385-471548.

New York: Picador, (2017). First edition - The first novel to be published in the United States by this award-winning author, born in Barbodos, who grew up in Nigeria and now lives in South Africa. The story of two women, neighbors. "One is black, the other white. Both are successful women with impressive careers and both have recently been widowed. . . Sworn enemies, the two share a hedge and a deliberate hostility, which they maintain with a zeal that belies their age. But, one day, an unexpected event forces Hortensia and Marion together." This novel was a finalist for many prizes. Issued as a trade paperback original in the US. 278 pp.

London: 1967. dj.

Nairobi, Kenya: East African Publishing House, (1976.). First edition - Second novel by Pierce, #32 in the Modern African Library series. The story of an African born, but American educated novelist and playwright who is invited by the Ministry of Culture to help develop a film industry and of the conflicts that develop between the native film group and the expatriate cultural consultants. 220 pp.

New York: Crown, (1963) dj. Hardcover first edition - A showcase for four talented writers from South Africa, this includes 4 stories each by Richard Rive, Alex La Guma, Alf Wannenburgh and James Matthews. Compiled and edited by Richard Rive. Introduction by Alan Paton. Biographical notes. 223 pp.

London: Allison & Busby, (1989.). First edition - A fresh look at African literature by a writer who many years in Africa and has written many books on the subject - the book is both an exploration of how the African novel was influenced by African oral tradition, the western novel and the political realities of Africa and an appeal for the reader to be willing to explore beyond one's cultural boundaries. Notes, bibliography and index of authors and works discussed. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-85031-8548.

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A fresh look at African literature by a writer who many years in Africa and has written many books on the subject - the book is both an explorationof how the African novel was influenced by African oral tradition, the western novel and the political realities of Africa and an appeal for the reader to be willing to explore beyond one's cultural boundaries. Notes, bibliography and index of authors and works discussed. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-929587-367.

New York: The Penguin Press, (2013). First edition - The author's first novel , one which focuses on the complicated relationships among members of an African family and the "transformative power of unconditional love." 318 pp.

New York: The Penguin Press, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel , one which focuses on the complicated relationships among members of an African family and the "transformative power of unconditional love." 321 pp. ISBN: 978-1594204494.

New York: The Penguin Press, (2013). First edition - The author's first novel , one which focuses on the complicated relationships among members of an African family and the "transformative power of unconditional love." 321 pp.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964. dj. Hardcover first edition - A selection of 37 of Senghor's poems translated from the French and introduced by John Reed and Clive Wake. Although Senghor, the first President of Senegal, is often held up as a poet of negritude, a term which he and Aime Cesaire coined, in their introduction, the translators make the point that it is also 'genuine' poetry. Uncommon in any edition, but especially so in this, the true first edition.

New York: Lawrence Hill & Co., 1984. Hardcover first edition - An anthology, selected and introduced by Sergeant, presenting the works of 45 contemporary African poets. Although such major writers as Soyinka and Okara are included, the emphasis is on young poets who are mostly unknown outside of Africa. Includes brief notes about the contributors.

New York: Random House, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second memoir by this Nobel laureate - an affectionate evocation of his father, Essay, who died while Soyinka was in political exile. Isara was the native village of his father and friends. SIGNED on the title page. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-394540778.

New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. First edition - A powerful collection of essays by this Nobel Laureate writer, originally delivered at Harvard University in 1997 as the inaugural lectures at the W. E. B. DuBois Institute Macmillan series. " In the face of centuries-long devastation wrought on the African continent and her diaspora by slavery, colonialism, apartheid and racism, what form of recompense could possibly be adequate? .... Soyinka examines the question, illuminating the principle duty and 'near intolerable burden' of memory to bear the record of injustice." Leopold Senghor, Martin Luther King, the genocide in Sudan, the atrocities in Nigeria are just a few of the topics Soyinka touches on. Publisher's material laid in. 192 pp

London: Methuen, (1969) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The first collection of poems by this Nobel Prize winning author, published when he was in prison in Nigeria for allegedly supporting secessionist Biafra. SIGNED on the title page and uncommon thus. Notes, 88 pp. ISBN: 0-416-46310x.

New York: Random House, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second volume of memoirs by this Nobel Prize winning author, the first African writer to win a Nobel in literature. This covers his turbulent life both in Nigeria, where he was imprisoned for his opposition to dictatorship and in exile from his country. Maps, chronology. xx, 499 pp. ISBN: 978-0375503658.

New York: Random House, (2007). The second volume of memoirs by this Nobel Prize winning author, the first African writer to win a Nobel in literature. This covers his turbulent life both in Nigeria, where he was imprisoned for his opposition to dictatorship and in exile from his country. Maps, chronology. xx, 499 pp. ISBN: 978-0375503658.

New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A powerful collection of essays by this Nobel Laureate writer, originally delivered at Harvard University in 1997 as the inaugural lectures at the W. E. B. DuBois Institute Macmillan series. " In the face of centuries-long devastation wrought on the African continent and her diaspora by slavery, colonialism, apartheid and racism, what form of recompense could possibly be adequate? .... Soyinka examines the question, illuminating the principle duty and 'near intolerable burden' of memory to bear the record of injustice." Leopold Senghor, Martin Luther King, the genocide in Sudan, the atrocities in Nigeria are just a few of the topics Soyinka touches on. SIGNED on the title page. Index. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5122054.

New York: Hill & Wang, 1972. SIGNED first edition - Early collection of poems by this Nobel Prize winning author - this is the publisher's paperback edition, but in a glossy hardcover binding. SIGNED on title page and uncommon thus. 89 pp. ISBN: 0-8090-13649.

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.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, (1988.). Originally published in the UK in 1955, this is the story of Simbi, the most beautiful girl in the village, daughter of the wealthiest woman, who tires of her privileged existence and goes in search of Poverty and Punishment. 156 pp. ISBN: 0-87286-2143.

New York: Reader's International, 1984. First edition - Novel originally published in 1974 by this Angolian writer and revolutionary leader, who was imprisoned by the Portuguese for more than a decade. ISBN: 0-930523-431.