African Fiction
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart is a 1958 English-language novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It is a staple book in schools throughout Africa and widely read and studied in English-speaking countries around the world. It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English, and one of the first African novels written in English to receive global critical acclaim. The title of the novel comes from William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming".
Anthills Of the Savannah
by Chinua Achebe
Anthills of the Savannah is a 1987 novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. A finalist for the 1987 Booker Prize for Fiction, it has been described as the "most important novel to come out of Africa in the [1980s]."
African Fiction Books & Ephemera
Things Fall Apart
by Achebe, Chinua
New York, U.S.A.: Anchor Books, 1994. Mint. Completely clean. As new condition.
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$6.00
The Insurance Salesman and Other Stories
by SAROYAN, William
London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good + /Good. Small, thin 8vo. Pp. 159. Bound in taupe cloth with lettering stamped in red on front cover and spine. Very slight toning to prelims, else Fine in a dust jacket with chips at head and tail of spine and top right fore-edge. Only published in England, the collection presents 18 short stories. A worthy copy, despite detracting qualities to dust jacket. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival...
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$75.00
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
1994-01-02. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!
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$123.05
Albino
by Cope, Jack
Heinemann, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. jacket is worn, torn and chipped. edge wear and knocking on boards. thorough tanning, soiling and marks. both book and jacket are damp marked and a bit scarred. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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$7.00
The Rights of Desire
by BRINK A P ( ANDRE )
Secker & Warburg, 2000 1st English ed. Very good condition in hardcover with good dw, inscribed by author on tp. Masterful storytelling of life in the new South Africa - haunted by its past and falling prey to the brutality of the present; by prize-winning author 311 pp
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$40.00
A Time To Die
by Smith Wilbur
London: Heinemann, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 24x16x4.5cm+848g. 24x16x4.5cm+848g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Heinemann London: 1st edition 2nd printing 1989. Pp461. Black hard cloth boards with gold lettering to spine in original dust jacket- repaired tear to bottom corner. Both book and jacket in good condition: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless...
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AU$45.40
Touchdown To Adventure
by Leslie Ward S
London: Kingfisher Books, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 19x13x2cm+262g. 19x13x2cm+262g . . Kingfisher Books; London: 1st edition 1958. Green hard cloth boards in original clipped dust jacket. Pp184. Cover and frontispiece by L.F.LUPTON. Book condition: Award plate on front free endpaper; both book and jacket in very good condition: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless...
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AU$22.70
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
by Smith Alexander McCall
London: Abacus Software, 2012. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 20x12.5x2cm+213g. 20x12.5x2cm+213g . . Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted.. As the countdown to Mma Makutsi's wedding begins. all is not as it should be at the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. While investigating unpleasant occurrences on a southern cattle-post. Mma Ramotswe. always on the side of the weak against...
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AU$22.70
Farce about Uys. A Legal Assembly in two Riotous Acts
by Uys, Pieter Dirk
., .. .. Paperback. English. ISBN 0868500771. Publisher: Jonathan Ball / Ad Donker. 1983. In good condition. .
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$5.00
Lion in the Evening
by Scholefield, Alan
., .. .. Hardback. English. Heinemann. 1974. In good condition. .
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$10.00
Songs of Enchantment.
by OKRI, Ben
London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket..
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$16.00
River God
by Smith Wilbur
London: Macmillan, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 24x16x4cm+905g. 24x16x4cm+905g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Macmillan London: 1st British edition 1993. Pp530. Hard boards in original dust jacket. Slight creasing to front endpapers. Both book and jacket in very good condition: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . ....
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AU$56.80
True At First Light
by Hemingway Ernest
London Uk: William Heinemann, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 24x16x3cm+575g. 24x16x3cm+575g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . William Heinemann London: UK 1st Edition 1999. Pp319. This is Hemingway's final novel with an introduction by his son Patrick. Black hard boards with gold lettering to spine in original dust jacket. Both book and jacket are in very good condition: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks....
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AU$51.10
The Miracle At Speedy Motors
by Smith Alexander McCall
London: Little Brown, 2008. British First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 22.5x14.2x3cm+404g. 22.5x14.2x3cm+404g . . Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$10.10
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AU$39.70
Bound to Violence
by Ouologuem, Yambo
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in very good+ dust jacket with tiny rubs and with short tear at head of front spine fold. African novel and winner of the Prix Renaudot. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pp .
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$20.00
Going Home
by Lessing, Doris
New York: Ballantine Books,. Paperback. 317pp. An account of Doris Lessing's return to Africa after a seven year exile. Pages tanned. Binding is sound. Good+, sound copy. . Paperback. 1968.
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£3.00
Umbulala
by BOTTRIELL L G & P
Questech Productions, 1993 1st ed. Very good condition in hardcover with dw. A magical story of a black leopard in Africa, its interaction with the landscape and other animals - could be called 'a Jungle Book from the heart of Africa' 214 pp with colour photos and numerous dwgs and iillustrations by Paul Bottriell
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$40.00
Reconstruction: 90 Years of Black Historical Literature
by Mutloatse, Miothobi (Compiled and Edited by)
., .. .. Paperback. English. Ravan Press. 1981. In fair condition. Previously owned by D. Pinnock. Name written inside. .
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$15.00
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
Barnes & Noble, Incorporated, 2014. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$3.89
Imaginings of Sand
by BRINK A P ( ANDRE )
Secker & Warburg, 1996 1st ed. Good condition in hardcover with good dw, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TP, but there is a faint mark inside front cover of a label (?) having been removed. Finely crafted novel of life and death on the very edge of the new dispensation in South Africa, along with all its promise and terrors. 354 pp
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$40.00
In Pursuit of the English
by Lessing, Doris
New York: Simon & Schuster,. Hardback. 240pp. First edition, first printing in the USA. Blue boards with black label and gilt titles to spine. Somewhat tanned to board edges. Very good- copy. . Hardcover. First edition. 1960.
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£9.00
A Sparrow Falls
by Smith Wilbur
London: Heinemann, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 22x13.5x4.5cm+749g. 22x13.5x4.5cm+749g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Heinemann London: 1st edition 1977. Pp539. Hard boards on original dust jacket. Slight foxing to edges of pages; seen when book closed. Both book and jacket in very good condition: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted....
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AU$102.20
