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New York: Astor-Honor/ An Obolensky Book, 1959. First edition of this "true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world" (Barack Obama). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Review copy, with the slip laid in, fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. First editions are rare and desirable signed. Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful…
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Things Fall Apart.
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New York: Astor-Honor/ An Obolensky Book, 1959. First edition of this "true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world" (Barack Obama). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. First editions are rare and desirable signed. Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more…
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua, Achebe
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London: William Heinemann, 1958. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth with spine lettered in gilt.. Very Good. Cloth mottled and spine sunned, textblock edge foxed and pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning, heavy foxing to the white portions and light creasing to the flaps. The Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe's magnum opus, the most widely-read modern African novel.
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New York: Astor-Honor,, 1959. First US edition, hardcover issue, of Achebe's first book which was rapidly established as a foundation text of post-colonial African literature. It was first published in the UK the previous year. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in green and red, green patterned paper strip to front board, top edge brown. With dust jacket. Spine ends a touch bumped, the binding otherwise sharp, faint toning to endpapers, else internally crisp. A near-fine copy in very good jacket, corners a trifle nicked, bright, unclipped.
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
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New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. SMALL RED STAMP TO REAR INSIDE COVER 'DAMAGED COPY' WITH SLIGHT BLEED TO REAR ENDPAPER. used brown cloth hardcover copy WITH DARK GREEN CENTER BAND, lacking a dust jacket. light shelfwear, corners slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight, and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws save for the lack of the original jacket.
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Things Fall Apart
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McDowell Obolensky, 1959. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing of the first edition, featuring gray boards, reviews on rear panel of dust jacket, and $3.95 price on front flap (the first printing shows $3.75). Near-fine with slight foxing to endpapers and top page edges, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket with slight rubbing to extremities and a touch of soiling to rear panel. A beautiful copy of this scarce title, one of the most important novels to come out of Africa in the 20th Century.
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London:: Folio Society,. Near Fine. 2008. Hardcover. First edition thus. Fine in a near fine slipcase. ; 175 pages .
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THINGS FALL APART Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah
by Chinua Achebe
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New York: Everyman's Library. 1992. Everyman's Library Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679446230 . Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Owner name on FEP marred out. ; Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics; 8.1 X 5.2 X 0.9 inches; 216 pages .
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Fawcett, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 6x4x0. Thank you for supporting Earthlight Books and independent bookstores. Mass market paperback. Good condition. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers and pages. Fawcett T450 1st Printing Thus.
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New York: Penguin, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed at the edges. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Achebe's classic novel of colonization in 19th century Nigeria. Named to Time's list of 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005.
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Things Fall Apart.
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Anchor Books, 1994. First Thus . Trade Paperback. Fine. Trade paperback, Very Fine.
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Things Fall Apart (Everyman's Library)
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Things Fall Apart
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New York, NY: Everyman's Library / Alfred A. Knopf, 1992 Everyman's Library / Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1992. Hardcover. Stated 22nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($19.95); slight bumping to head, tail, and tips. Rec cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine in a black shadowbox. Everyman's Library emblems on endpapers. Gold head and tail bands. Gold page marker sewn-in. 181 pp 8vo. This book was the first of three novels in the author's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. This books is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with European as they establish a colonial presence in Africa. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, this book explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political and religious forces and his despair as his community…
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Hampton-Brown, 2006. First Thus . Hardcover. Good. (Originally published, 1958) Larger, sturdy book, glossy covers with orange border to top and bottom, dark green and blue background, an illustration of mask to front left, 219 pages plus a glossary of African terms. Light crease down pages 15-61. Near Very Good.
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Things Fall Apart (African Writers Series)
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[ Edition: First ]. Good Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: Heinemann Pub Date: 6/1/1986 Binding: Paperback Pages: 152
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New York: Anchor Books; Random House, 1994. 209 pages; 21 cm. First published, 1959. Tight, clean copy. Browning. Nigerian author. "This is Chinua Achebe's classic novel, with more than two million copies sold since its first U.S. publication in 1969. Combining a richly African story with the author's keen awareness of the qualities common to all humanity, Achebe here shows that he is 'gloriously gifted, with the magic of an ebullient, generous, great talent.'--Nadine Gordimer." - Publisher.. Paperback. Good. 8vo.
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Things Fall Apart (Everyman's Library)
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