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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.
de ARMAH, Ayi Kwei
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company,, 1968. First edition, first printing, of the author's debut novel. While the Ghanaian author published short stories and essays, it is his novels that have built his reputation and have "been central in the shaping of the canon of African literature" (Gikandi). Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt, black roundel to front with gilt floral vignette, blue endpapers. With dust jacket. Neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Spine ends and head of rear board bumped, tips a touch bumped, extremities a little rubbed, a few pencil notations to rear endpapers, else internally fresh and free from foxing, in the bright, unclipped jacket, chip to head of spine, extremities a little creased, occasional short closed tear to folds and extremities. A very good copy. Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge, 2002, pp. 38-40.
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- Título
- The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.
- Autor
- ARMAH, Ayi Kwei
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- Usado
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- Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company,
- Fecha de publicación
- 1968
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Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Octavo
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- Vignette
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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