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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… Read More

New York: Astor-Honor/ An Obolensky Book, 1959. First edition, early printing 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… Read More

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.

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Octavo, 215pp. A crisp, clean copy in the publisher's grey cloth (the second issue binding; sometimes called the second printing), near fine, with very gentle rounding to the corners. In a very good example of the fragile dust jacket, with a number of small chips at the extremities and attendant creases, but the spine almost entirely unfaded; genuinely scarce thus. Jacket is also the second issue, with $3.95 flap price and five blurbs on the rear panel. A very important debut novel by the Nigerian writer; one of the first post-colonial African novels to be widely read and engaged with by a Western audience. Despite its flaws, an attractive copy with appealing shelf presence.

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING. 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.

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.

London:: Folio Society,. Near Fine. 2008. Hardcover. First edition thus. Fine in a near fine slipcase. ; 175 pages .

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 .

London: Everyman's Library, 1992. First EL Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Octavo. States 'First included in the Everyman's Library in 1992.' The classic 1958 masterpiece of colonialism in Africa in a beautiful edition for the highly collectible Everyman's Library series, in the Mylar jacket with black silk ribbon. A pristine copy.

New York: Astor-Honor, Inc, 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Good +. 8vo. First American paperback edition, 1959. 215 pages. Binding is tight and square. Covers contain mild rubbing, corners bumped, edgewear along spine. Foxing to top edge of pages. Previous owner's name on FLEP. Fiction

London: Picador. Pan Books Ltd, 1988 A Very Solid Compilation. Marred Only By A Sticker Pull On The Top Front Corner And The Bear Bottom Corner., Clean, No Marks Or Inscriptions. . Binding Still Tight And No Reading Creases. Cream Card Covers With Brown, Green And Red Lettering On The Front Cover,

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.

[ 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

New York: Anchor Books; Random House, 1994. ***FALL CLEARANCE SALE*** 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.