LABYRINTHS WITH PATH OF THUNDER
by OKIGBO, CHRISTOPHER
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET
- Seller
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
NEW YORK/ IBADAN, NIGERIA: APC WITH MBARI PUBLICATIONS. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. PUB 1971. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. AUTHOR'S POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED COLLECTION INCLUDING "PATH OF THUNDER" WITH OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF PROFESSOR EDRIS MAKWARD . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL RED CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT SPINE TITLES AND UNATTRIBUTED ENDPAPER ETCHINGS DEPICTING "WATERMAID" "HEAVENSGATE" "NEWCOMER" AND "INITIATIONS". BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN PROFESSOR MAKWARD'S DATED SIGNATURE ON THE DECORATED FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY OF THIS ELUSIVE COLLECTION OF ALL OF OKIGBO'S PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BOOKS WHICH HE DECLARES IN HIS INTRODUCTION ARE ORGANICALLY RELATED AND THAT "THE VERSIONS HERE PRESERVED ARE, HOWEVER, SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT AND ARE FINAL". PATH OF THUNDER INCLUDES "ELEGY FOR ALTO" WIDELY REGARDED AS THE POET'S "LAST TESTAMENT" PROPHESYING HIS DEATH ON NSUKKA BATTLEFRONT IN 1967. .
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- Bookseller
- JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI014018I
- Title
- LABYRINTHS WITH PATH OF THUNDER
- Author
- OKIGBO, CHRISTOPHER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- APC WITH MBARI PUBLICATIONS
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK/ IBADAN, NIGERIA
- Date Published
- PUB 1971
- Keywords
- AUTHOR'S POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED COLLECTION INCLUDING "PATH OF THUNDER", WITH OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF PROFESSOR EDRIS MAKWARD, NIGERIA POET, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, POETRY
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JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
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