The Brave African Huntress
by Tutuola, Amos
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated by Ben Enwonwu. Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.75) but crossed out in pencil, toned at the spine, rubbed at the edges. Green buckram with a red ink panel and gilt lettering and rules on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. An early Tutuola novel, one about an African huntress who "inherits her father's hunting profession and sets out for the Jungle of the Pigmies to rescue her 'four senior brothers.'
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8475
- Title
- The Brave African Huntress
- Author
- Tutuola, Amos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- African Literature, 20th Century Literature, Modern Literature
Terms of Sale
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All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- 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...
- Fine
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...