Down Second Avenue [Signed]
by [LITERATURE] MPHAHLELE, Ezekiel [Es'kia]
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London: Faber and Faber, 1984. Reprint. 12mo (20cm). Red paper wrappers, titled in black; 222pp. Signed by the author on front flyleaf, dated April 1985. Rubbed, upper front corner creased, two old price stickers to rear wrapper, a few leaves dog-eared, generally toned, but sound and clean: just Very Good.
Es'kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) was a distinguished South African writer and literature professor. Lauded as one of the founding figures in modern African literature, he was awarded the Order of the Southern Cross in 1998 by Nelson Mandela. Down Second Avenue, first published in 1959, is his autobiographical recollection of growing up under apartheid. [61995].
Es'kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) was a distinguished South African writer and literature professor. Lauded as one of the founding figures in modern African literature, he was awarded the Order of the Southern Cross in 1998 by Nelson Mandela. Down Second Avenue, first published in 1959, is his autobiographical recollection of growing up under apartheid. [61995].
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- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61995
- Title
- Down Second Avenue [Signed]
- Author
- [LITERATURE] MPHAHLELE, Ezekiel [Es'kia]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Africa; Apartheid;
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...