African Authors: A Companion to Black African Writing. Volume I: 1300-1973 [Signed and Inscribed]

Language: English

Published by Black Orpheus Press, Washington DC, 1973

0879530081 / 9780879530082

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Washington, DC: Black Orpheus Press, 1973. First Edition, stated. Volume I, though apparently all published. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's brown cloth with white lettering; map endpapers; [xii],605pp. Lacks dust jacket. Boards shelfworn with a few stray scuffs and smudges to cloth; bumping at corners and spine ends, with a brief run to cloth down spine. Boards open a bit shakily but binding is secure. Scattered thumbprinting and a bit of foxing to edges of textblock. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Signed by Herdeck on half title with inscription "For Ed James, an old friend. Donald E. Herdeck, Nov 22, 1974. Biographical dictionary covering 594 authors, primarily from sub-Saharan Africa, with four critical essays and three bibliographies among the sixteen appendices.

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Title
African Authors: A Companion to Black African Writing. Volume I: 1300-1973 [Signed and Inscribed]
Author
Donald E. Herdeck
Publisher
Black Orpheus Press, Washington DC
Publication year
1973
Condition
Very Good
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0879530081
ISBN 13
9780879530082
Edition
1st Edition
Seller catalogs
Africa / African Writers, Black Studies / Black Arts and Artists, Books on Books, Reference, Signed

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