Athmani: a novel of African village life
by Browne, Robert
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London, Macmillan, 1972). Pictorial dustwrapper, pp. 192. Text-edges lightly foxed. Novel. 'Athmani was a happy young man. He was born in the year of the great flood in a small African village on the banks of the Lawana river. His mother kept a small trading store. His wise old father sat all day in the sun, plaiting straw mats and counting the interest which had accrued on his nagging wife's dowry, wisely invested. [???] Athmani loved life. He ran a transport service on the river and carried anything that paid, whether corpses or the District Commissioner. ...' .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2518
- Title
- Athmani: a novel of African village life
- Author
- Browne, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- (London, Macmillan, 1972)
- Keywords
- South African literature South African Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- South African Literature;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...