John Pepper Clark (15 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. New impression. Very good in publisher's printed wraps with some light edgewear. A small kink in the spine. 12mo. 40pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The pages are in great condition, with few signs of age. A previous owner put a sticker detailing the book's errata on the front page. The dust jacket is also in good condition. The main complaint one would have regarding it would be the slight tears by the jacket edges.…

Paperback. 64p., 1974 reprint of a 1972 publication, 5.5x8.5 inches, interviews illustrated with b&w portraits of the authors, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps, spine mildly toned.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Cover by Dennis Duerden. Slim 12mo. Moderate wear, preliminary and terminal leaves foxed, smiling sun inked on one page, near very good. The plays are "Song of a Goat," "The Masquerade," and "The Raft." A Three Crowns Book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st edition - African name / address else about fine in near fine dust jacket, minor rubbing - Clark's 2nd book of poems. Sticker offset on the title-page from a publisher's pasted in errata slip, else very good in dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. viii, 40 pp; previous owner's name on ffep, paper-clip wrinkle to ffep, few small bumps to boards, stain to title/copyright page from errata label which is now loose, some soiling to dj with a little toning/sunning & one-inch tear. [05]. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated from linocuts by Susanne Wenger. Small quarto. 51, [5]pp. Lacking the pictorial card wrappers but with no evidence of them having been removed; presumably issued thus? Covers tanned with moderate wear and soil, very good. The interior is fine. Clark was a noted poet and playwright as well as the co-editor of the Pan-African magazine *Black Orpheus*.…

Saddle-stitched. First Edition. Octavo. In Good plus condition. Aged white covers with black designs and lettering. Covers have mild shelving wear, stains on the front and rear covers, mild rubbing wear along the rear head edge, and moderate age-toning along the extremities. Textblock has bending wear along the head fore corners of most pages, mild wear along the edges, and mild age-toning along the edges. ABS consignment. Shelved Room B. John Pepper Clark was a Nigerian poet and playwright who served as co-editor of the literary magazine Black Orpheus. 1395128. Special Collections.…

First Edition. Octavo, 51 pages. In Very Good condition. In illustrated stapled paper wraps. Light shelfwear and rubbing, particularly along extremities. Copyright page with purple ink copyright stamp, as usual. Northwestern University Press distribution sticker to copyright page, light shadow onto title page. Shelved case 0. John Pepper Clark was a Nigerian poet and playwright who served as co-editor of the literary magazine Black Orpheus. 1380259. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

FIRST EDITION. Half title. Orig. red cloth. White pictorial d.w., unclipped; edges v. sl. worn in places. Ownership inscription of J.S. Boyd on leading f.e.p. A nice copy. Zell, Bundy, & Coulon, p.145. John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, 1935-2020, was a Nigerian poet and playwright and co-editor of the periodical Black Orpheus, who went to the U.S.A. on a Parvin fellowship. America, their America is a broadside against life in that country, sufficiently relentless that it destroyed Clark's reputation and saw him effectively expelled from his fellowship by rather startled authorities. He is a wonderful observer with a smart, energetic prose style, and the work deserves to be revisited. As A. Bolaji Akinyemi wrote, 'the strength lies in the message'.…

First Edition. Octavo, 43 pages. In Very Good condition. In illustrated stapled paper wraps. Light shelfwear and rubbing, particularly along extremities. Gift inscription to title page. Shelved case 0. John Pepper Clark was a Nigerian poet and playwright who served as co-editor of the literary magazine Black Orpheus. This is his first published work. 1380260. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Brodart covered staplebound paperback in good condition, with illustrations by Susanne Wenger. Covers are sunned and marked. Booklet has become unattached from the covers, however 'second' front cover and remainder of the booklet are intact. Light pencil marginalia on a few of the pages, which are otherwise clear throughout. LW. Wenger, Susanne (illustrator). Used.…

Softcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket as issued. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Copyright stamp to verso of title. Original pictorial wrappers, barcode sticker to foot of spine. The Nigerian author's first published book of poetry, scarce in such condition. Clark (1935 - 2020) played an important role in the evolution and dissemination of African literature, not least as the co-editor of the Pan-African magazine Black Orpheus. Some minor browning and marking, overall very good. Illustrations and covers by Susanne Wenger. (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket issued. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers. The Nigerian author's first published dramatic work, scarce in such condition. Clark (1935 - 2020) played an important role in the evolution and dissemination of African literature, not least as the co-editor of the Pan-African magazine Black Orpheus. Some minor toning, overall very good. Covers by Susanne Wenger. (illustrator). Book.…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated from linocuts by Susanne Wenger. Small quarto. 51, [5]pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Top staple pulled through a bit, else near fine with a bit of light toning and wear. Interior is fine. English poet Geoffrey Hill's copy with his signature on the copyright page. Clark was a noted poet and playwright as well as the co-editor of the Pan-African magazine *Black Orpheus*.…