William Conton (27 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (West Africans, Fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardback. Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Interior good, some stains to bottom portion of binding, only affecting a small corner of the prelims and last few pages.Corners and spine extremities a bit worn.Cut-up dustwrapper pieces laid-in. Good reading copy only.244 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st edition. Gift inscr., Very Good, Dust Jacket torn, foxed, Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Category: literature; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 15057.

Condition: Good. 1961. First Edition. 192 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are heavily tanned. Mild cracking to hinges, however binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Heavy tanning to spine. Notable scratching and marking to covers. Visible stains to front cover.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. ( african literature, west africans, gambian fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

First Edition, First Printing in U.S. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with very good dust jacket (small scuff, tiny hole). -- Author was born 1925, Gambian/Sierra Leonean novelist. This novel follows a native of a remote village in West Africa, educated by missionaries, becoming political leader.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reissue Edition; Second Printing. 213 pages; slightly cocked spine. Light foxing on the top exterior edge of textblock. Few speckles on the fore-edge. Minor fading and rubbing on the covers and spine. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 192pp. Soft pictorial cover with title and title on spine. First Printing, February, 1961. Heavy foxing. "An African novelist tells the moving story of a young man who leads his country toward independence in the suring up heaval of modern Africa.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. THE AFRICAN, William Conton, Little Brown, 1960, 244p, hc w/dj, xlib., usual lib. stamps/marks---novel of Ghana--15.00.

Condition: VERY GOOD. Early printing. a paperback. The first novel by this Gambian/Sierra Leonean writer and educator - partially autobiographical, it follows Kisimi Kamaraa from his remote village in West Africa, through his education by missionaries and in England where he meets Greta, a white South African girl, but prejudice puts an end to their growing friendship. Shocked and embittered, Kisimi returns home to dedicate his energies to the struggle for independence, becoming a political leader, but then giving up his position to travel incognito to South Africa in search of revenge, only to find his hate turned to pity. The twelfth title in the prestigious Heinemann African Writers Series. 213 pp. Very good in orange illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, small peeled spot on back cover, prev owner's name).…

First Printing. Signet D 1906. Very Good condition.

Condition: Very Good. 1965. Paperback. First edition. Dustwrapper with some nicks and tears. . . . .

Condition: Very Good. 1965. Paperback. First edition. Dustwrapper with some nicks and tears. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Near fine in a very good (minor shelf wear) dust jacket.

Hardcover. 244p., ownership signature, very good first US edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped, edgeworn dj.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo., 244pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with some mild wear to edges and spine ends. A hint of off-setting to paste-downs. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.00), has some edge-wear and a few short closed tears reinforced by thin unobtrusive tape repairs on the verso. Quite fresh and bright with no creases, chipping, fading. or tears. A very pretty collectable copy and uncommon in this condition.…

Condition: Good. 1960. Hardcover. Fine copy. Good, clean condition. Some shelf wear on dust jacket and page edges. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Good. 1960. Hardcover. Fine copy. Good, clean condition. Some shelf wear on dust jacket and page edges. . . . .

213pp VG+ (blue cloth sl.soiled,sl.foxed contents and edges,cracked spine) in g+ d/w (sl.soiled,sunned and foxed,sl.bumps to extrems,price clipped).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. PB/ pub. 1966/ VG condition/ 213 pages Kisimi Kamara, meets Greta, a white South African girl, but prejudice puts an end to their growing friendship and, shocked and embittered, Kisimi returns home to dedicate his energies to the struggle for inde pendence. (B1598). Book. …

Boston (1960). 8.5x5.5", two-tone cloth, 244pp, ink name, lower corners bumped else good in edge frayed dw. FIRST EDITION.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. jacket is worn, torn and chipped. edge wear and knocking on boards. thorough tanning, foxing and marks on both book and jacket. unevenness on page ends. well bound. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardback. Condition: New.

FIRST EDITION. Half title. Orig. blue cloth. Blue & red printed d.w., unclipped; a little marked with the odd tear. Zell, Bundy, & Coulon, p.177. A well-written and surprisingly humorous novel of racism, revolution, and romantic disappointment.