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DEATH SOLVES NOTHING.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1938. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Nazi Germany where many are being drawn to Communism, but the focus is more on the evils of Communism, and how it entraps idealists, than on the oppression of the Nazi regime. Translated from the German by Barbara Barclay Carter. 272 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some age-toning, minor edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 58741More details Price: $60.00 -
HOLY WEDNESDAY: A Nahua Drama from Early Colonial Mexico.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1996). First edition - "Identified only in 1986, the Nahuatl Holy Week play is the earliest known dramatic script in any Native American language. In Holy Wednesday, Louise Burkhart presents side-by-side English translations of the Nahuatl play and its Spanish source. An accompanying commentary analyzes the differences between the two versions to reveal how the native author altered the Spanish text to fit his own aesthetic sensibility and the broader discursive universe of the Nahua church.". Illustrated with photographs.A title in the New Cultural Studies series. Notes, references, indes. xii, 314 pp. ISBN: 0-8122-15761.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 58714More details Price: $18.00 -
THE 27TH KINGDOM.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Book ID: 58654More details Price: $125.00 -
AFRICAN DIARY.
Edition: First printing.
Glasgow: Burns Press, 1962. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author was a Catholic priest from Liverpool who was recuperating from several operations by sailing around Africa in 1960: his comments on the vovage and on the places where they stopped are very interesting. He chose to visit Africa because he thought it was the 'crossroads of the world' and 'possibly the place where the future of mankind will be decided.' He expresses strong anti-apartheid sentiments, describes visiting the site of the Sharpeville massacre, the pro-Nkrumah sentiment in Kenya, as well as discussions of the history and customs of Africa. Illustrated with photographs. 183 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (edgewear at top of spine and lower corner). Uncommon.
Book ID: 24168More details Price: $20.00