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Chicago: Privately Published, 1915. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Folding Map at Rear. Xiv, 277 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In White. Good Source For History Of Formation Of Liberia. Privately Published By The Author. Near Fine. Almost No Wear At All. White Lettering Strong And Unworn, Spine Not Faded, No Fraying, Hinges Tight. Inscribed "With Best Wishes" By Author On Front Endpaper. Frederick Starr (1858-1933) Was Professor Of Anthropology At The University Of Chicago From 1892 Until His Retirement In 1923. Starr Was Born In Auburn, New York, The Fourth Son Of A Presbyterian Minister. He Was Educated At The University Of Rochester And Received A Ph.D. In Geology From Lafayette College In 1885. He Served In Various Academic Posts Including Registrar And Professor Of Geography At Chautauqua Where He Became Acquainted With William Rainey Harper. In 1892, Harper Asked Starr To Help Organize A Program In Anthropology At The New University Of Chicago. Starr Taught Anthropology In The…
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The Black Interpreters; Notes on African Writing
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Johannesburg, South Africa: SPRO-CAS/RAVAN, 1973 Rare first printing -- includes the censored text excerpts by the poet Mandlenkosi Langa (pgs. 54, 60), which was subsequently blacked out in later printings. Slight browning to glossy pictorial wraps.
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Liberia: Description, History, Problems
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[SIGNED] A Guest of Honour
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Small Quarto (9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 240 x 160 mm), 504 pages, in quarter cloth over illustrated boards, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket.SIGNED by Nadine Gordimer on the half title. A novel about an Englishman who returns to the African country where he once worked as a colonial administrator. A white liberal, he had supported the country's independence movement and now he's back to see what has happened in the 10 years since independence.
This is a review copy of the first American edition, with a photo of Gordimer and promotional material laid in. The novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in Britain in 1971. SCARCE SIGNED.
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MOTHER OF MINE, ODE TO THE NEGRO WOMAN
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New York: August Valentine Bernier, Printer. Very Good. 1923. First Edition. Soft Covers. Fulton was a popular and respected writer in the Brooklyn African-American Community, he was known as a defender of his people especially women's rights. Mother of Mine; Ode to the Negro Woman was commissioned to be read at the annual Convention of the New York Colored Women's Club in 1923. Illustrated with the author's portrait. Green soft covers with black title. Cover edges slightly faded with minor edge wear. Afro-American ; Portrait; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pages .
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Kenya Mountain
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Plates; Large Folding Map. Xv, 219 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Inscribed To "Young Thing" Silvia James, Sister Of The Poet, Artist And Patron Of The Surrealists, And Son Of Edward Vii, Edward James: " Dear Silvia, Since You Chose The Illustrations And The Binding, And Passed The Printing And The Paper, (And Everyone Says Those Are The Successes) All That Remains For Me To Do Is To Beg You To Be Lenient With The Rest Of The Book. Yours Ever, Eric Dutton 1929". Also With The Publisher's Inquiry Card Laid In Loosely. Book With Light Wear, But Repaired Chipping To Area At Upper Top Edge Of Spine And Front Upper Tip.
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Liberia: Description, History, Problems
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Chicago: Privately Published, 1915. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Folding Map at Rear. Xiv, 277 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In White. Good Source For History Of Formation Of Liberia. Privately Published By The Author. Near Fine. Almost No Wear At All. White Lettering Strong And Unworn, Spine Not Faded, No Fraying, Hinges Tight. Inscribed "With Best Wishes" By Author On Front Endpaper. Frederick Starr (1858-1933) Was Professor Of Anthropology At The University Of Chicago From 1892 Until His Retirement In 1923. Starr Was Born In Auburn, New York, The Fourth Son Of A Presbyterian Minister. He Was Educated At The University Of Rochester And Received A Ph.D. In Geology From Lafayette College In 1885. He Served In Various Academic Posts Including Registrar And Professor Of Geography At Chautauqua Where He Became Acquainted With William Rainey Harper. In 1892, Harper Asked Starr To Help Organize A Program In Anthropology At The New University Of Chicago. Starr Taught Anthropology In The…
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[SIGNED] A Guest of Honour
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Small Quarto (9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 240 x 160 mm), 504 pages, in quarter cloth over illustrated boards, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket.SIGNED by Nadine Gordimer on the half title. A novel about an Englishman who returns to the African country where he once worked as a colonial administrator. A white liberal, he had supported the country's independence movement and now he's back to see what has happened in the 10 years since independence.
This is a review copy of the first American edition, with a photo of Gordimer and promotional material laid in. The novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in Britain in 1971. SCARCE SIGNED.
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CONDITION: Some rubbing to the spine, small ink spot to page 157 (bleeding through to 158), small stain to top edge. The unclipped dust jacket has some soiling to the panels, a one-inch (22 mm) tear to the front flap fold, a pin hole to the rear flap fold, and a closed tear to the top of the spine. Very Good or better in a Good only dust jacket.
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MOTHER OF MINE, ODE TO THE NEGRO WOMAN
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New York: August Valentine Bernier, Printer. Very Good. 1923. First Edition. Soft Covers. Fulton was a popular and respected writer in the Brooklyn African-American Community, he was known as a defender of his people especially women's rights. Mother of Mine; Ode to the Negro Woman was commissioned to be read at the annual Convention of the New York Colored Women's Club in 1923. Illustrated with the author's portrait. Green soft covers with black title. Cover edges slightly faded with minor edge wear. Afro-American ; Portrait; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pages .
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Kenya Mountain
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Plates; Large Folding Map. Xv, 219 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Inscribed To "Young Thing" Silvia James, Sister Of The Poet, Artist And Patron Of The Surrealists, And Son Of Edward Vii, Edward James: " Dear Silvia, Since You Chose The Illustrations And The Binding, And Passed The Printing And The Paper, (And Everyone Says Those Are The Successes) All That Remains For Me To Do Is To Beg You To Be Lenient With The Rest Of The Book. Yours Ever, Eric Dutton 1929". Also With The Publisher's Inquiry Card Laid In Loosely. Book With Light Wear, But Repaired Chipping To Area At Upper Top Edge Of Spine And Front Upper Tip.
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The Black Interpreters - Notes on African Writing
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SPRO-CAS / Ravan, 1973. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Poor/No Jacket. 76 pages (complete). In very poor condition throughout. It is yet stoic and resolute and sure. The cover is shabby and grubby but tight and secure. Inside, there is a plate indicating previous ownership by the University of Cape Town Libraries. The book is repaired throughout by scotch-tape. However, the contents are competent, able, clear, clean, defiant and dutiful. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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SPRO-CAS/ Ravan Press, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. 9x5x0. This collection of essays from the late laureate Nadine Gordimer about African fiction and poetry is in general good condition. There are general marks about its covers from usage and shelving. There is little wear. The spine has light discolouration. The front pages have handling marks. Thereafter the pages are in very good condition - clear, clean, bright and most readable. Tightly bound. fk. r*22/01/2024 [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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The Black Interpreters
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The Black Interpreters: Notes on African Writing
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Spro - Cas / Raven, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 74 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Cover slightly foxed.. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Literature & Literary; South Africa; ISBN: 0869750267. ISBN/EAN: 9780869750261. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 33709. . 9780869750261
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The Black Interpreters - Notes
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Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.A.: SPRO-CAS, 1973 Binding very weak on title page. The cover is a bit worn, torn and stained, with some insect damage on front cover. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. 76 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paperback. Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).
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The Black Interpreters
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The Black Interpreters
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No DW. Name cut from top of fep. Second issue with text censored (pp54, 60); preferred state, with laid-in Addendum leaf headed: "Spro-cas / Ravan deeply regret that the quotations on pages 54 and 60 were incorrectly deleted, due to a mistaken belief that Mandlenkosi Langa had been banned. It was actually Mr Langa's brother, Benjamin, who was banned in October 1973." Followed by the text of..
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The Black Interpreters: Notes on African Writing (inscribed by the author)
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Johannesburg, SA: SPRO-CAS / Ravan, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Inscribed by the author on the title page. 1973, Softcover. 76 pp. First Edition, second issue, with blacked out passages on pages 54 and 60; however, this copy includes the laid-in addendum with the text of the censored passages. Very Good copy. Light soil and fading to the wraps; mild wear to the crown of the spine; light fading and creasing along the spine. The text is clean, bright and unmarked. Signature of the former owner, Greg Gatenby, on the first blank page. Gatenby was the founding artistic director of the International Festival of Authors in Toronto, a hugely successful annual event that helped "Time Magazine" declare that Gatenby had made Toronto one of the literary capitals of the world. He also directed the readings at Harbourfront in Toronto, and is the author of "Literary Guide to Toronto." Digital images available upon request.
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The Black Interpreters (Uncensored First isssue)
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Johannesburg: SPRO-CAS/RAVAN, 1973. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good. First issue, with the uncensored passages by Mandlenkosi Langa on pages 54 and 60. There's a smalll chip to the top right corner of the front cover otherwise near fine. This uncensored first issue is quite scarce.
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The Palm-Wine Drinkard: And his dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads' Town
by TUTUOLA, Amos; [NEWLYN, Walter & Doreen]
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FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [126]. Original red cloth, spine lettered in green. Spine and boards sunned (latter, unevenly), gentle bruising and wear to spine ends and top corners, rear board a little soiled. Shallow denting to fore-edges of text block, POI in blue ink to POI: "Doreen & Walter Newlyn/ Ibadan. 23.12.53," offsetting to endpapers. Else, clean and tight. A continent-hopping copy of Tutuola's first novel with an interesting academic provenance. Good+ Amos Tutuola's first novel � a ludic, irreverent tall tale of weird encounters inspired by Yoruba folklore � immediately brought him to (divergent) critical attention, and rapidly achieved cult status, "creating its own genre, setting its own rules, and enthralling its expanding coterie" (Soyinka, 2014). Occupying a contentious position in the canon of African literature(s), The Palm-Wine Drinkard has been subject to various interpretations, from "an extended folktale in search of syntax" to a forerunner of magical realism, a linguistic…
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[SIGNED] A Guest of Honour
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Small Quarto (9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 240 x 160 mm), 504 pages, in quarter cloth over illustrated boards, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket.SIGNED by Nadine Gordimer on the half title. A novel about an Englishman who returns to the African country where he once worked as a colonial administrator. A white liberal, he had supported the country's independence movement and now he's back to see what has happened in the 10 years since independence.
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Liberia: Description, History, Problems
by Starr, Frederick
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Chicago: Privately Published, 1915. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Folding Map at Rear. Xiv, 277 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In White. Good Source For History Of Formation Of Liberia. Privately Published By The Author. Near Fine. Almost No Wear At All. White Lettering Strong And Unworn, Spine Not Faded, No Fraying, Hinges Tight. Inscribed "With Best Wishes" By Author On Front Endpaper. Frederick Starr (1858-1933) Was Professor Of Anthropology At The University Of Chicago From 1892 Until His Retirement In 1923. Starr Was Born In Auburn, New York, The Fourth Son Of A Presbyterian Minister. He Was Educated At The University Of Rochester And Received A Ph.D. In Geology From Lafayette College In 1885. He Served In Various Academic Posts Including Registrar And Professor Of Geography At Chautauqua Where He Became Acquainted With William Rainey Harper. In 1892, Harper Asked Starr To Help Organize A Program In Anthropology At The New University Of Chicago. Starr Taught Anthropology In The…
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[INSCRIBED] The Soft Voice of the Serpent and Other Stories
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Kenya Mountain
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Plates; Large Folding Map. Xv, 219 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Inscribed To "Young Thing" Silvia James, Sister Of The Poet, Artist And Patron Of The Surrealists, And Son Of Edward Vii, Edward James: " Dear Silvia, Since You Chose The Illustrations And The Binding, And Passed The Printing And The Paper, (And Everyone Says Those Are The Successes) All That Remains For Me To Do Is To Beg You To Be Lenient With The Rest Of The Book. Yours Ever, Eric Dutton 1929". Also With The Publisher's Inquiry Card Laid In Loosely. Book With Light Wear, But Repaired Chipping To Area At Upper Top Edge Of Spine And Front Upper Tip.
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MOTHER OF MINE, ODE TO THE NEGRO WOMAN
by Fulton, David B
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New York: August Valentine Bernier, Printer. Very Good. 1923. First Edition. Soft Covers. Fulton was a popular and respected writer in the Brooklyn African-American Community, he was known as a defender of his people especially women's rights. Mother of Mine; Ode to the Negro Woman was commissioned to be read at the annual Convention of the New York Colored Women's Club in 1923. Illustrated with the author's portrait. Green soft covers with black title. Cover edges slightly faded with minor edge wear. Afro-American ; Portrait; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pages .
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