Batouala
by Maran, Rene
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards dampstained, front hinge cracked, foxing to endpapers.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Thomas Seltzer. Good with no dust jacket; Boards dampstained, front hinge cracked, foxing . to endpapers.. 1922. Second Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. Winner of the Prix Goncourt medal. A novel by the Afro-Caribbean author set in the former colony of French Equatorial Africa. #61 in Charles L. Blockson's "A Commented Bibliography of One Hundred and One Influential Books by and about People of African Descent (1556-1982). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36164
- Title
- Batouala
- Author
- Maran, Rene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards dampstained, front hinge cracked, foxing to endpapers.
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Thomas Seltzer
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Afro-caribbean Literature, 1920s Novels, French Equatorial Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.