Verlag: Africasouth Paperbacks, SOUTH AFRICA, 1984
ISBN 10: 0864860269 ISBN 13: 9780864860262
Anbieter: Shadetree Rare Books, Chatham, VA, USA
Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. VERY GOOD SIGNED SOFTCOVER. By Author.
Verlag: Africasouth Paperbacks, 1984
ISBN 10: 0864860269 ISBN 13: 9780864860262
Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.79.
Verlag: Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1962
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 240pp. Bookplate and owner signature of historian, author, and African scholar Prosser Gifford on the front fly. Binding cocked and boards very slightly bowed, topedge and front cover with a bit of soil, very good in a near very good dust jacket with the brown portion of the spine sunned, small chips and tears, and a slightly larger chip on the rear panel.
Verlag: Faber and Faber, London, 1984
Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USA
Signiert
Reprint. 12mo (20cm). Red paper wrappers, titled in black; 222pp. Signed by the author on front flyleaf, dated April 1985. Rubbed, upper front corner creased, two old price stickers to rear wrapper, a few leaves dog-eared, generally toned, but sound and clean: just Very Good. Es'kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) was a distinguished South African writer and literature professor. Lauded as one of the founding figures in modern African literature, he was awarded the Order of the Southern Cross in 1998 by Nelson Mandela. Down Second Avenue, first published in 1959, is his autobiographical recollection of growing up under apartheid. [61995].
Verlag: Johannesburg : Ravan Press, 1985
ISBN 10: 0869752375 ISBN 13: 9780869752371
Anbieter: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, Vereinigtes Königreich
Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 260 pages ; 18 cm.
Verlag: East African Publishing House [1967], [Nairobi], 1967
Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USA
12mo (18.5cm). White paper wrappers; 208pp. Lightly rubbed with mild dustsoil, old Scribner price label to rear wrapper, else Near Fine. Es'kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) was a distinguished South African writer and literature professor. Lauded as one of the founding figures in modern African literature, he was awarded the Order of the Southern Cross in 1998 by Nelson Mandela. "In this exciting collection of short stories he has chiefly drawn on his experiences in Nigeria and South Africa. The book ends with a disturbing short novel called MRS. PLUM which is one of the most damning and bitter indictments of the white 'liberals' in South Africa yet printed" (from rear cover). [62773].
Verlag: East African Publishing House, Nairobi, 1967
Anbieter: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. First ed. "First published 1967". Small octavo in white illus wraps; 208 pages; 19 cm. Contents: The barber of Bariga -- Man must live -- Grieg on a stolen piano -- A point of identity -- The living and the dead -- The master of Doornvlei -- In Corner B -- Down the quiet street -- The coffee-cart girl -- He and the cat -- A ballad of Oyo -- Mrs. Plum. / "In this exciting collection of short stories he has chiefly drawn on his experience in Nigeria and South Africa." -- Back cover. / Manners and customs. Short stories, South African (English)ictional Work short stories. Short stories. Fiction. Fiction. Short stories. Romans. Nouvelles.Geo graphic: Africa -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. Nigeria -- Fiction. South Africa -- Fiction. Afrique -- MÅ"urs et coutumes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. South Africa. Nigeria. Africa. Africa -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. Near fine with tny bump to upper outer cornre and faint soiling to wraps. Now in custom mylar.
Verlag: Macmillan, (London), 1973
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First English edition. Octavo. 215pp. Tiny bit of soil on the page edges else fine in lightly worn, near fine dust jacket with a tiny tear on the rear panel. Nicely Inscribed to author and editor of *The Greenfield Review* Joseph Bruchac on the title page: "for Joe / for a stimulating association / Ezekiel Mphahlele Feb 1974." Mphahlele has collected several titles, including Dean of African Letters and Father of African Humanism.