The Oath of Fontomfrom and Other Poems
by Okai, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0671208500
- ISBN 13
- 9780671208509
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
2 Copies Available from This Seller
(You can add more at checkout.)
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. Hardcover. 158p., remainder mark on bottom edge, some lean to spine otherwise a very good first edition in boards and unclipped, lightly rubbed and sunned dust jacket. Ghana-born poet's first book. He earned an MA in literature at the Gorky Literary Inst. in Moscow.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 213837
- Title
- The Oath of Fontomfrom and Other Poems
- Author
- Okai, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0671208500
- ISBN 13
- 9780671208509
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern first edition; Poetry; 1970S; Africa; Ghana;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
All books subject to prior sale Major Institutions can be billed. ALL BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OR BETTER UNLESS NOTED. All books returnable for any reason within thirty days of receipt.
About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...