Africa from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1930). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's brown cloth; dustjacket; xiv,318pp; color frontispiece and seven unnumbered leaves of b/w plates after André Durenceau, who also designed the endpapers and dustwrapper. A sound, generally clean copy; text over-opened at p.70, a few faint spots of foxing; Very Good. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped but tattered… Read more about this item

New York: Vanguard Press, (1958). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Russet cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 208pp. Mildly dusted on upper edge of text block, else clean, tight and unmarked; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.95 at base of front flap); a shade darkened on spine, with mild rubbing at folds and extremities, small chip at base of… Read more about this item

New York: Negro Universities Press, (1969). First Edition. Facsimile reprint. Octavo (23cm). Gilt-titled cloth; black and white zebra-patterned endpapers; [xxx],290,[x]pp; folding map, illus. Tight, clean and unmarked. Selous, a popular author who wrote mostly about big game hunting, was a prominent figure in the Bulawayo Field Force and wrote this eyewitness account of the war. MENDELSSOHN p.302.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1958. First Edition. First Impression, one of 2,000 copies. Octavo (19cm); reddish-brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],185,[3]pp. Spine a bit sunned, some light, scattered spotting to cloth, scattered foxing to text edges, with an early owners ink name to front pastedown; a solidly Very Good copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently… Read more about this item

London: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, (1991). Advance proof in printed wrappers. Octavo; 311pp. Mild rubbing to covers, else tight and clean - a Very Good copy. An uncorrected proof in certain need of correcting, as the author's name is misspelled "Shcoeman" on both cover and title page. A mid-career work by the acclaimed South African novelist, originally published in… Read more about this item

Oxford: Myriad Editions, 2019. First Edition. First impression. Signed by Busby on title page; additionally signed by three others (presumably contributors, but all indecipherable). Octavo; black cloth hardcover, dustjacket, 805pp. A fine copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper. Updates Busby's landmark 1984 anthology, gathering work from woman writers of four centuries across the African diaspora, beginning with… Read more about this item

Paris: J.C. Lattès, 1987. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed and signed on half title to an indecipherable recipient. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 173pp. A straight, clean and solid copy, Near Fine in the original wrappers. Mid-career work by the acclaimed Algerian novelist, filmmaker, and feminist activist Assia Djebar (1936-2015); the work was translated into English as A… Read more about this item

Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1961. First Edition. First Impression, regular issue, a review copy, with the publisher's perforated S.P. stamp at upper left corner of rear wrapper and final six pages of text. Octavo (18.5cm); original printed card wrappers; [8],9-93,[1]pp. Early owner's name ink to half-title page ("A. Allary / "L'oeil écoute" Paris"), gentle sunning to spine, with light… Read more about this item

Paris: J.C. Lattès, 1985. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed and signed to Pierre Bernard (possibly the French graphic designer) on half title. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 260pp. A straight, clean and solid copy; a previous owner has applied a clear plastic liner which is affixed to the inside covers with clear tape. Very Good or better in the original… Read more about this item

London: Atlantic Books, 2008. First Edition. Advance, Uncorrected Proof. Signed by the author on title page, dated 2010. Octavo; pictorial wrappers (softcover); 215pp. Trace of wear to wrapper edges, else Fine. The South African authors's second book. Galgut was awarded the Man-Booker Prize for his 2021 novel The Promise.

London: Quartet Books, 1985. First English Language Edition. Octavo. Purple cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 227pp. Trivial bump to bottom board edge, else a tight, Near Fine copy, the text paper slightly toned as usual. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced £12.95 at base of front flap), faint evidence of use; Near Fine. Dated, apparently non-authorial ink inscription to front free… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1950. First Edition. First impression. Inscribed in ink on front endpaper: "For Louise Thomas with affectionate regards from the Author," dated May 1950. 12mo; red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 159pp. Spine gilt slightly dulled, else a clean, tight copy, Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 8/6 net at base of front flap), toned with… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); tan linen-covered boards titled in brown on the cover and spine; dustjacket; 269pp. Gentle lean to text block; board corners lightly tapped, still a tight, Very Good or better copy. In the original dustwrapper, price clipped, lightly foxed with slight chipping at spine ends; Very Good. … Read more about this item

Massachussetts: Bergin and Garvey, 1983. First Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's original purple leatherette, titled in gilt to spine and front board. [xivpp] 290pp. Clean and sharp with some bumping to extremities, a very good copy. Internally clean, with review slip (to A B Bookman's Weekly, no less) and blurb tipped in to front pastedown. An informative and highly academic… Read more about this item

Port Elizabeth: For The Author, 1888. First Edition. Folio. 38cm x 30cm. Publisher's full black morocco titled, ruled and decorated in gilt and blind to front board, with gilt compartments to spine. Respined to style, with some stabilising repair professionally performed to corners and fore-edge. An extremely handsome copy. 104 Woodburytypes, mostly half page, with several extremely imposing full… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); dark teal paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in copper on spine; dustjacket; [vi],245,[5]pp. A possible review copy, with the rubber-stamped address of the London-based Rogers, Coleridge & White literary agency on front endpaper, with a pre-publication date (1 May 2001) stamped at upper right corner of same. Spine ends… Read more about this item

London: 4th Estate, 2021. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (18.5cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],88,[2]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced £10), with a trivial surface scuff to lower front panel. The Nigerian author's extended essay on grief, expanded from its original appearance in the New Yorker, which she… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1961. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in white and gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-207,[1]pp. Early owner's ink name ("Madeline Currie, July 31/63, Lagos Nigeria") on front pastedown and endpaper, faint foxing to text edges and endpapers, with a small, faint splash mark to front cover; Very Good+. Dustjacket… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, 1975. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (18.5cm); original photo-illustrated card wrappers; [viii],180,[4]pp. Trivial surface wear, else a fresh, Fine copy. The Zimbabwean author's first English-language novel, preceded by a novel in Shona (Makunun'unu Maodzamoyo), and Coming of the Dry Season, a collection of short stories. "Lucifer is about to go overseas. His last visit… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1967. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); dark purplish brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],108,[4]pp. Early owner's ink name ("J. Braidwood, 28-5-69") to front endpaper, text edges and endpapers foxed; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 18s. net), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks and… Read more about this item