Search Results: African Literature from Charles Agvent

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Slight rubbing to the spine and corners with a small strip of leather peeled off on the rear cover. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase specially made for this copy by the publisher. Miguel Covarrubias. Small folio (8-1/2" x 13") bound in full blind-stamped brown leather. Illustrated with beautiful line drawings and full-page color plates by Miguel Covarrubias. The first great novel about Africa by a black writer. Winner of the Prix Goncourt, one of France's highest literary awards, making Maran the first black author to win that honor. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered (in place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies. Laid in is the proof of one of the pages with a penciled comment in the upper corner in an unidentified hand about the page's appearance.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Minor defects to the leather. About Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Miguel Covarrubias. Small folio (8-1/2" x 13") bound in full blind-stamped brown leather. Copy #743 of 1500 with beautiful line drawings and color illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. The first great novel about Africa by a black writer. Winner of the Prix Goncourt, one of France's highest literary awards, making Maran the first black author to win that honor. One of the more attractive early titles from the press, not often found in acceptable condition let alone as nice as this copy with the leather still supple and bright.

New York: Longmans, Green, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Some very light edgewear to the dustwrapper, but very attractive. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. According to the dustwrapper flap, "Miss Manners-Sutton has lived in the Congo, and knows the mysterious ways of the blacks."