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TEXACO.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated from the French and Creole by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokurov. Winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize. Traces one hundred and fifty years of post-slavery Caribbean history through the events of the Texaco quarter of Fort-de-France in Martinique. Translators' afterword, glossary. 401 pp. ISBN: 0-679-432353.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (a new copy but with a remainder dot.)
Book ID: 36697More details Price: $16.00 -
TEXACO.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Granta, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated from the French and Creole by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokurov. Winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize. Traces one hundred and fifty years of post-slavery Caribbean history through the events of the Texaco quarter of Fort-de-France in Martinique. Translators' afterword, glossary. 401 pp. ISBN: 1-862070075.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69231More details Price: $21.50 -
BATOUALA.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition.
Washington, D.C.: Black Orpheus Press, 1972. dj. Hardcover - One of the greatest works to come out of colonial Africa, this is also one of the first novels to depict Africans as they really were, and to reveal the smoldering hatred of the African and the white colonialists for each other. Originally published in 1921 in France, it won the Prix Goncourt in 1922 (Maran was the first Black writer to win this award). In 1938, the definitive edition was published in France, and this is the first US appearance of a translation of that edition. Translated by Barbara Beck and Alexandre Mboukou. Introduction by Donald E. Herdeck and a preface to the 1938 edition by Maran. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-87953-006.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 18933More details Price: $35.00 -
BATOUALA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1922. Hardcover first edition - One of the greatest works to come out of colonial Africa, this is also one of the first novels to depict Africans as they really were, and to reveal the smoldering hatred of the African and the white colonialists for each other. Winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1922 (Maran was the first Black writer to win this award). Translated from the French by Adele Szold Seltzer. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-87953-006.
Condition: Very good in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover (some rubbing to lettering on spine, bit of wear to spine ends, and small stamp on title page, but overall a tight and clean copy.) No dust jacket.
Book ID: 88161More details Price: $65.00 -
CRONUS' CHILDREN.
Edition: First English language printing.
New York & London: Riverrun Press / John Calder, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel, winner of France's Prix Goncourt in 1991. Translated by Howard Girven. ISBN: 0714540137.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (some of the inevitable toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 16111More details Price: $20.00
