John reed translator (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Octavo; 167 pages; VG/VG; white spine with black lettering; dust jacket protected in a mylar covering, price clipped; light foxing to dust jacket and top edge of textblock; minor shelfwear; pages clean; shelved Below Front Counter. "Ferdinand Léopold Oyono (14 September 1929 - 10 June 2010) was a diplomat, politician and author from Cameroon. His literary work is recognised for a sense of irony that reveals how easily people can be fooled. Writing in French in the 1950s, Oyono had only a brief literary career, but his anti-colonialist novels are considered classics of 20th century African literature; his first novel, Une vie de boy-published in 1956 and later translated as Houseboy-is considered particularly important." (Wikipedia). 1364094. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First English Language Edition, First Printing.…

Limited edition. Limited edition. Signed by poet Leopold Sedar Senghor and artist Lois Mailou Jones at colophon, as issued. No. 3 of 300 copies thus; nice low number. Text in French and English. Folio, bound in publisher's full purple cloth lettered in gilt on front, housed in black cloth box with gilt spine lettering. Fine in slipcase with just a hint of sunning to spine. Prospectus laid in.A beautiful, oversize deluxe fine press edition of poetry celebrating Africa and the Black experience, penned by the Senegalese poet and president from 1960-1980. He was a key figure in the Francophone Negritude movement. Illustrated with six original silkscreen prints by Harlem Renaissance artist Lois Mailou Jones. Signed.…