The Palm-Wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Dead's Town.
by Amos Tutuola
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394172353
- ISBN 13
- 9780394172354
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Grove Press: Evergreen, 1953. Paperback First Edition Thus [1953], Seventeenth Printing (1978). Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: very slight spine lean; moderate wear to the extremities; a hint of a crease near the lower corner of the rear panel; faint foxing to the inside of the front cover and to the outside edges; a price has been neatly removed from both panels; the pages have tanned fairly heavily, due to aging; mild rubbing and faint overall soiling to wrapper covers; a former owner's name at the top edge of the text block and the title page; the binding remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Shows moderate wear, but remains clean, sturdy, presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches). 130 pages. Language: English. Weight: 5 ounces. Wrapper covers designed in orange, black and brown. E-328. First Edition Thus [1953], Seventeenth Printing (1978). Trade Paperback.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 55558
- Title
- The Palm-Wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Dead's Town.
- Author
- Amos Tutuola
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus [1953], Seventeenth Printing (1978).
- ISBN 10
- 0394172353
- ISBN 13
- 9780394172354
- Publisher
- Grove Press: Evergreen,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1953.
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- Literature: World; Authors Q-Z;
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- Rubbing
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