The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
by Ayi Kwei Armah
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 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). Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge, 2002, pp. 38-40. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First printing. 8vo. 213 pp. Black cloth. Very Good in Good dust jacket. A few small spots of fraying to extremities of boards and scuffing on the spine. Some small tears and chips to jacket at spine ends and tips, and along base. Previous owner's name (who was a high ranking State Department diplomat) neatly written in front free endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turn and Temper Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123
- Title
- The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
- Author
- Ayi Kwei Armah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Turn and Temper Books
Biblio member since 2023
Rockville, Maryland
About Turn and Temper Books
Turn and Temper Books specializes in non-fiction, high quality rare books in Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Nature, Technology, Business, and related fields. We also may have the occasional modern first edition and other fiction titles. We focus on quality and condition: with few exceptions (mostly relating to antiquarian stock), all books sold are in Very Good or better condition and are highly collectible.
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