Sorrow in Sunlight
by Ronald Firbank
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Brentano's, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of Ronald Firbank's tale of a black family's attempts at social climbing in the Caribbean. The first edition of this work, no. 94 of 1000 copies printed in the first edition.Set in an unnamed Caribbean republic, a socially ambitious black family move from their rural home to the capital, with the novel following their attempt to enter 'society'. The work was especially successful in America, where it was renamed 'Prancing Nigger' at the suggestion of the publisher.The work of innovative British novelist Ronald Firbank. Significantly inspired by Oscar Wilde, Firbank's novels consisted largely of dialogue, with references to religion, social-climbing, and sexuality.With the former owner's inscription of Diana Anderson, 1932 to verso of front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with light mark to front board. Former owner's inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd spot. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 795F50
- Title
- Sorrow in Sunlight
- Author
- Ronald Firbank
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Prancing Nigger Cuba Carribean Cuba
Terms of Sale
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.