The Brave African Huntress
by Amos Tutuola
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Faber and Faber, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. 150 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrations by Ben Enwonwu. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Slightly more pronounced to text block edges. Ownership plate stuck to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Mild tanning to spine with slight crushing to ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket, priced 18s net. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears, chips, and creases. Visible tanning to spine. Faint black marks overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1666899951LEE
- Title
- The Brave African Huntress
- Author
- Amos Tutuola
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Date Published
- 1958
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...