black orpheus press (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (Literature, Black Authors, Reference) 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.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: FINE. Book of the Month Club edition. One of the greatest works to come out of colonial Africa, this is also one of the first novels to depict Africans as they really were, and to reveal the smoldering hatred of the African and the white colonialists for each other. Originally published in 1921 in France, it won the Prix Goncourt in 1922 (Maran was the first Black writer to win this award). In 1938, the definitive edition was published in France, and this is the first US appearance of a translation of that edition. Translated by Barbara Beck and Alexandre Mboukou. Introduction by Donald E. Herdeck and a preface to the 1938 edition by Maran. Map endpapers. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition, as stated. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; corners bumped, minimal wear, very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clean, spine toned. Hist. Stax.

Zustand: Very Good. 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First English-language edition of the author's "definitive edition" (see below). Introduction by Donald E. Herdeck. Translated by Barbara Beck and Alexandre Mboukou. Bookplate of historian, author, and African scholar Prosser Gifford on the half-title. Page edges faintly foxed, very near fine in a modestly rubbed and tanned, very good or better dust jacket. First published in 1921, *Batouala* received the Prix Goncourt the following year. The author's "édition définitive," from which this edition was translated, was published in 1938. Published here as part of the Dimensions of the Black Intellectual Experience series.