Search Results: things fall apart by achebe

London: William Heinemann, 1958. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth with spine lettered in gilt.. Very Good. Cloth mottled and spine sunned, textblock edge foxed and pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning, heavy foxing to the white portions and light creasing to the flaps. The Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe's magnum opus, the most widely-read modern African novel.

New York: Astor-Honor/ An Obolensky Book, 1959. First edition of this "true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world" (Barack Obama). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into… Read more

Ships in a box with insurance & signature confirmation .1958 hc 1st ediiton with dj protected in mylar. Edgewear, chipping & soil/tanninng on dj, light soil on cover, A LOT of foxing on edge & 1st (fep to pg 5) & last (pp. 167-185 & blank pages at end) pages, owner's name on ffep, book has a musty smell, else text clean, binding tight .

New York: Astor-Honor, 1959. First US edition, hardcover issue, of Achebe's first book which was rapidly established as a foundation text of post-colonial African literature. It was first published in the UK the previous year. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in green and red, green patterned paper strip to front board, top edge brown. With dust jacket. Spine ends a touch bumped, the binding otherwise sharp, faint toning to endpapers, else internally crisp. A near-fine copy in very good jacket, corners a trifle nicked, bright, not price-clipped.

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. SMALL RED STAMP TO REAR INSIDE COVER 'DAMAGED COPY' WITH SLIGHT BLEED TO REAR ENDPAPER. used brown cloth hardcover copy WITH DARK GREEN CENTER BAND, lacking a dust jacket. light shelfwear, corners slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight, and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws save for the lack of the original jacket.

McDowell Obolensky, 1959. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing of the first edition, featuring gray boards, reviews on rear panel of dust jacket, and $3.95 price on front flap (the first printing shows $3.75). Near-fine with slight foxing to endpapers and top page edges, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket with slight rubbing to extremities and a touch of soiling to rear panel. A beautiful copy of this scarce title, one of the most important novels to come out of Africa in the 20th Century.

Greenwich, Conn.: A Fawcett Premier Book / Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1959. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. c 1959. First published in this edition, no indication of later printings. Glossary of Ibo words and phrases at rear of book. Covers with light dust soiling, edges with very gentle rubbing. 2" abrasion at top edge of front cover, partially affecting publisher's insignia. Spine lightly sunned, no creases. Binding firm. Text block toned. Previous owner's name at top of first page, else unmarked and clean. Lightly toned..

Boston:: McDougal Littell., (1997.). Fine in glossy illustrated boards.. First thus. A title in the Literature Connections series, designed for use in schools. In addition to the novel by Achebe, this includes poetry by Senghor, Mark Strand and Simon Ortiz, an essay "Shooting the Elephant" by George Orwell and more, 222 pp.

Anchor Books, 1994. First Thus . Trade Paperback. Fine. Trade paperback, Very Fine.

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Penguin Books. 1st. Very Good. Very Good. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported

1994: Anchor Books (51st Ptg.), 1994. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Recent (51st) printing softcover. Bright and tight copy w/tiny dent to front cover. Pristine within Near Fine

HOLT MCDOUGAL. 1. Good. Good. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported

Heinemann. 1986 Heinemann African Writers series first edition thus paperback; very good copy, appears unread; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition Thus.. 1986.