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TEA IN THE HAREM.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
London: Serpent's Tail, (1989.). First edition - Algerian-born author's first novel, one that explores the conflict between growing up in an Arab family on the outskirts of Paris and wanting to be accepted as French. The first and best of the 'beur' novels (slang for 'Arab.'), translated from the French by Ed Emery. Basis for the prize winning movie of the same name (winner of the Prix Jean Vigo Award for best first film at Cannes.) 157 pp. ISBN: 1-852421517.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers with French flaps. (crease to lower corner of front cover, usual light toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 68603More details Price: $17.50 -
TAMRART: 13 Days in the Sahara.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Stuart Wright, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of a trip by camel into the Sahara to climb the Hoggar mountains of southern Algeria, joining a caravan to Tamanrasset, where the Touareg nomads gave her the name of Tamrart Ð meaning dominant female. Illustrated with drawings by Lily Hamlin. Although Clark's career as a writer was eclipsed by that of her husband, Robert Penn Warren, her writing, and especially her evocative travel accounts, have been highly praised. Clark and Warren were the only couple where both were awarded the National Book Award for separate works. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page "with lots of love, good wishes, admiration" and dated in the year of publication. 106 pp. ISBN: 0-913773-158.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (corners slightly bumped)
Book ID: 64580More details Price: $50.00 -
FREEDOMWAYS; Quarterly Review of the Freedom Movement, Vol. 9, no. 4, Fourth Quarter, 1969.
Edition: First printing, a magazine.
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1969. First edition - Includes A Selected Bibliography on Mexican Americans and Native Americans by Ernest Kaiser; Chief Joseph and His People by John Henrik Clarke; a selection of cartoons by Brumsic Brandon, Jr; poetry by Mari Evans, Eric Burroughs and others, book reviews and more. pp 295-384. Cover art by Elizabeth Catlett.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (light university library stamp on front cover, no other markings).
Book ID: 79342More details Price: $30.00 -
RACING THROUGH THE TALL GRASS.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (crease to front flap of dj)
Book ID: 67002More details Price: $25.00 -
MYSTERIES OF ALGIERS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York & London: The Viking Press, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, a political thriller set in the winter of 1959-60 as the French settlers in Algeria are making their final stand against the liberation forces of the F.L.N. A book which explores both the psychology of a traitor and the inevitable failure of imperialism. 203 pp. ISBN: 0-670818224.
Condition: Ex-library with relatively fewl markings, ttape ghosts, and overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dj.
Book ID: 86664More details Price: $16.50 -
FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION: Men-at-Arms Series.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc. (1973.). First edition - Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and reproductions of old engravings and drawings, plus a section of eight full color plates by Michael Roffe. A title in the "Men-at-Arms Series" a very high quality, accurate and attractively produced and well-illustrated series of slightly oversized, but slim, trade paperbacks, measuring 7 1/4 inches wide by 9 3/4 inches tall, bound in glossy illustrated white covers (heavy cardstock) and printed on good quality paper. 40 pp. ISBN: 0-88254-1609.
Condition: Near fine in stiff glossy pictorial wrappers (prev owner's embossed seal).
Book ID: 38592More details Price: $16.00