Ake, The Years Of Childhood
by Soyinka, Wole
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. A memoir of the Nobel Prize-winning writer's childhood years (roughly 1934 to 1944) in a small town in Nigeria.
230 pages. First American edition (first printing, with no later printings noted). A near fine copy in a dust jacket with a bit of fading to the author's name on the spine, a one-inch closed tear at the spine-edge of the front panel that has been repaired on the back (verso) with transparent tape; a second piece of tape is affixed to the base of the spine. Signed by Soyinka on the dedication page.
230 pages. First American edition (first printing, with no later printings noted). A near fine copy in a dust jacket with a bit of fading to the author's name on the spine, a one-inch closed tear at the spine-edge of the front panel that has been repaired on the back (verso) with transparent tape; a second piece of tape is affixed to the base of the spine. Signed by Soyinka on the dedication page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 319339
- Title
- Ake, The Years Of Childhood
- Author
- Soyinka, Wole
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- mf35
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION;
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