The African Kaleidoscope
by LESSING, Pieter
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: McBride Books, [1962]. First American Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 382pp.; six leaves of photographs printed on rectos and versos, maps in text. Light dust-soil and shelf wear to jacket, else Very Good or better. Though the American edition, issued (as usual) in the British jacket with the Collins imprint at spine foot and original price (30s.). Study of the economic and political state of the newly independent countries in postcolonial Africa.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41742
- Title
- The African Kaleidoscope
- Author
- LESSING, Pieter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- McBride Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1962]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Economics; Africa; Postcolonial Literature;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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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...
- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
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- Shelf Wear
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