New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, [vii], iv, [iii], 139, [3] pp. Very good book; very good dust jacket, lightly scuffed with worn edges. Author-inscribed on front free endpaper.

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Bookseller: Better Read Than Dead (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2173
Title: Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams
Author: Ngugi wa Thiongo
Format/Binding: Hardcover, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, [vii], iv, [iii], 139, [3] pp
Book Condition: Used - Very good book; very good dust jacket, lightly scuffed with worn edges
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198183909
ISBN 13: 9780198183907
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1998
Keywords: Ngugi

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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