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The Palm-Wine Drinkard; and his dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Dead's Town
by Tutuola, Amos
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1953. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good/good. First American edition of The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola.. Small octavo, 130pp. Hardcover, title in white on cloth spine. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, dampstaining to front cover and spine, sunning to edges, foxing to endpapers. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on front flap, sunning to spine, dampstaining visible on verso, a touch of wear to edges. An important work in the African literary canon, despite initial criticism.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12701
- Title
- The Palm-Wine Drinkard; and his dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Dead's Town
- Author
- Tutuola, Amos
- Illustrator
- First American edition of The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Amos Tutuola first edition, The Palm-Wine Drinkard first edition, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Tutuola, The Brave African Huntress Tutuola, Feather Woman of the Jungle Tutuola
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