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ALL GOD'S CHILDREN NEED TRAVELING SHOES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth and final (so far) volume in Angelou's autobiography - in this she recounts how she joins a 'colony' of Black American expats in Ghana only to discover that you can't go home again. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-394-521439.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped, 2 short closed tears , spot where color has bled from cover to inside of dj)
Book ID: 7356More details Price: $21.50 -
ALL GOD'S CHILDREN NEED TRAVELING SHOES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth and final (so far) volume in Angelou's autobiography - in this she recounts how she joins a 'colony' of Black American expats in Ghana only to discover that you can't go home again. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-394-521439.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (one tiny closed tear.)
Book ID: 55490More details Price: $30.00 -
SOCIAL CHANGE AT LARTEH, GHANA.
Edition: First printing.
Oxford: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), 1966. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Presentation copy INSCRIBED by the author "Ruth Brandwynne, Many thanks for all your help during the preparation of this book." A study of changing social institutions in a small rural Ghanian town, based on three years of research. A title in the Oxford Monographs on Social Anthropology series.Photographs, map, charts. Glossary, bibliography, index. xx, 294 pp.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 38895More details Price: $50.00 -
THE SEASONS OF BEENTO BLACKBIRD.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, (1996.). First edition - First novel by this actress and writer who was born in Ghana. Set in New York City, the Caribbean and Africa, this is the story of a man who writes best-selling children's books under the title 'Beento Blackbird.' 365 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 44778More details Price: $20.00 -
THE SEASONS OF BEENTO BLACKBIRD.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this actress and writer who was born in Ghana. Set in New York City, the Caribbean and Africa, this is the story of a man who writes best-selling children's books under the title 'Beento Blackbird.'. ISBN: 0-316-114952.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 23702More details Price: $18.00 -
A HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA 1000-1800.
Edition: Revised edition - trade paperback.
London: Longman, (1977). A classic work, a title in the Growth of African Civilisation Series, originally published in 1965. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Includes Notes on the sources, references, questions, a table of comparative dates, a subject index and guide to the chapters and index. xvi 318 pp. ISBN: 0-582603404.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 80374More details Price: $19.50 -
A HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA 1000-1800.
Edition: New and expanded edition - trade paperback.
London: Longman, (1970). A classic work, a title in the Growth of African Civilisation Series, originally published in 1965. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Includes List of maps, notes on the sources, references, questions, a table of comparative dates, a subject index and guide to the chapters and index. xii 320 pp. ISBN: 0-582602432.
Condition: Very good overall - some underlining on a few pages.
Book ID: 80376More details Price: $15.00 -
HIS DAY IS MARCHING ON: A Memoir of W. E. B. Du Bois.
Edition: First printing.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1971.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An intimate biography of the great African American leader by his wife. Index. 384 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good- dust jacket (some creasing to the dj, closed tear on front panel.)
Book ID: 32403More details Price: $50.00 -
SOME ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF NKRUMAISM.
Edition: First thus - a pocket paperback.
London: Panaf Books, (1975). First edition - Originally published in 1964, this is a new and expanded edition of this authoritative summary of the views of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana (1960-1966),who led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957, as compiled by the editors of his party's theoretical journal, The Spark, published in Accra, Ghana. This edition includes additional material after 1964, and especially from the post-coup period spent in Conakry, Guinea. 167 pp. ISBN: 0-901757-15-9.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 79375More details Price: $17.50 -
BLACK PILGRIMAGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Lothrup, Lee and Shepherd, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - A deeply felt book by this award-winning artist and illustrator, telling the story of his trip to Africa where he worked for 3 years in Ghana , and of his discovery there of his ancestral home. Illustrated with both black and white drawings and with full-color paintings, this is both a beautiful book and a moving one, as he discusses the impact of racism on him and on black children and the black community in the US. Large format. 72 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped, spine label)
Book ID: 59040More details Price: $25.00 -
THE PYTHON KILLER: Stories of Nzema Life.
Edition: First printing.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty stories of life, beliefs and customs of the Nzema tribe of southern Ghana in Western Africa. The Nzema inhabit the forests and lagoons along the Atlantic coast, and Grottanelli was the only anthropologist to live among them - as he did intermittently over a period of more than 30 years. Map, phototgraphs, an appendix on "Witchcraft as an Allegory," notes, glossary, index. xi, 223 pp. ISBN: 0-226310051.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36713More details Price: $28.00 -
THE PYTHON KILLER: Stories of Nzema Life.
Edition: First printing.
Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, (1988). Hardcover first edition - Twenty stories of life, beliefs and customs of the Nzema tribe of southern Ghana in Western Africa. The Nzema inhabit the forests and lagoons along the Atlantic coast, and Grottanelli was the only anthropologist to live among them - as he did intermittently over a period of more than 30 years. Map, phototgraphs, an appendix on "Witchcraft as an Allegory," notes, glossary, index. xi, 223 pp. ISBN: 0-226310051.
Condition: Very near fine in brown cloth, lacking the dust jacket (synopsis from front flap is pasted inside the front cover.)
Book ID: 54589More details Price: $17.50 -
THE COW OF NO COLOR: Riddle Stories and Justice Tales from Around the World.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (1998) dj. Hardcover - A multicultural collection of stories in which "readers must try to outsmart evil kings, answer questions from Death, even puzzle with angels over the justice of God. Every tale returns to the most basic question: What is fair?" Illustrated by Whitney Sherman. Source notes, bibliography. 161 pp. ISBN: 0-805037365.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74509More details Price: $12.50 -
WOMAN OF THE AEROPLANES.
Edition: First edition.
London: Heinemann, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Ghanaian author's second novel . Glossary. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-434-402184.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 47214More details Price: $25.00 -
THE ATLANTIC SOUND.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 29458More details Price: $20.00 -
WIFE OF THE GODS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An exceptionally good debut set in Ghana (where the author was raised), and introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson. This novel makes very real the conflicts between traditional beliefs, including witchcraft and "modern" ways. Dawson is a likeable and very real protagonist, struggling not just with his job, but living with the knowledge that his young son has a defective heart. Author's notes, glossary. x, 317 pp. ISBN: 9781400067596.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a bit of toning to the pages)
Book ID: 77625More details Price: $25.00 -
WIFE OF THE GODS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An exceptionally good debut set in Ghana (where the author was raised), and introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson. This novel makes very real the conflicts between traditional beliefs, including witchcraft and "modern" ways. Dawson is a likable and very real protagonist, struggling not just with his job, but living with the knowledge that his young son has a defective heart. SIGNED on the title page. Author's notes, glossary. x, 317 pp. ISBN: 9781400067596.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (bookseller's orange lines on bottom of textblock and front endpaper.)
Book ID: 55373More details Price: $32.50 -
WIFE OF THE GODS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An exceptionally good debut set in Ghana (where the author was raised), and introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson. This novel makes very real the conflicts between traditional beliefs, including witchcraft and "modern" ways. Dawson is a likeable and very real protagonist, struggling not just with his job, but living with the knowledge that his young son has a defective heart. SIGNED on the title page. Author's notes, glossary. x, 317 pp. ISBN: 9781400067596.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a bit of toning to the pages)
Book ID: 58449More details Price: $45.00 -
THE SPLENDOR THAT WAS AFRICA.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.
Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications, 1967. First edition - A look at the African empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai., and also of the 'highways' provided by the Niger River and the Sahara Desert. Maps, glossary, bibliography, index. Cover by Nigerian artist Solomon Irein Wangboje. 86 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 30627More details Price: $15.00 -
GHANA MUST GO.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
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.
Condition: Fine in printed wrappers.
Book ID: 77530More details Price: $21.50 -
GHANA MUST GO.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
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.
Condition: Fine in printed wrappers.
Book ID: 59644More details Price: $21.50 -
GHANA MUST GO.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 67884More details Price: $21.50