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AKE: The Years of Childhood
by Soyinka, Wole
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in near fine jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0860361551
- ISBN 13
- 9780860361558
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Rex Collings, 1981. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of this classic memoir of Soyinka's childhood in Nigeria, winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Award and one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century as selected by a panel of judges at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair. 9'' x 6''. Original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (£8.50) dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Black and white plates. 230 pages. Jacket flap printed price covered by bookseller price sticker. Light edgewear and creasing to jacket, minor foxing to jacket verso, top edge, a bit to leaves. Two faint shadows on front pastedown. Tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50279
- Title
- AKE: The Years of Childhood
- Author
- Soyinka, Wole
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0860361551
- ISBN 13
- 9780860361558
- Publisher
- Rex Collings
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- 20th century,1980s,Africa,Africa (West),Nobel
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Leaves
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