Postcolonial Literature from Lorne Bair Rare Books

London: Chatto and Windus, 1994. Octavo. Pictorial stiff card wrappers; 140pp. Small crease at upper rear wrapper, else Fine. Uncommon pre-publication proof of the British-Guyanese author's Whitbread Award-winning first novel, preceded by two poetry collections.

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

London: Zed Books, 1984. First Edition. Softcover issue. Octavo; glossy pictorial card wrappers; 260pp. Near Fine, with some mild age-toning to text. Rear cover features a lengthy blurb by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

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, 1956. First Edition. First Impression, regular issue, a review copy, with a printed "Hommage de L'Auteur" card laid in, and the publisher's perforated S.P. punch mark to upper rear wrapper and upper margins of the final eight pages. Octavo (19.25cm); original printed card wrappers, with die-cut window on front cover; [6],7-125,[3]pp. Slight forward lean, modest… 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

[New York]: The Johnson Forest Tendency, 1947. First Edition. 12mo. Buff wrappers; 63pp. Slight age-toning and soil to covers; text browned as usual, but not brittle; just VG. A key statement of the Jonnson-Forest Tendency, headed by the Trinidadian socialist C.L.R. James (whose theoretical works were generally published under the pseudonym). Uncommon.

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: 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: Faber and Faber, 1996. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 260pp. Tight, straight copy, fine but for the usual mild toning to the text. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced £15.99 at base of front flap), with a trace of rubbing at extremities but still Near Fine. The Trinidadian author's fifth novel, winner of the 1997… Read more about this item

Oxford: Blackwell, 1996. First Edition. First impression. Octavo; black cloth hardcover in dustjacket; 393pp. Fine -- a straight, unmarked copy with little or no evidence of use.

London: Macmillan, 1967. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (21cm); forest green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [12],13-315,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To Doug / who brought the breath of Fowler to this book / with gratitude / Zulfikar Ghose." Base of spine slightly nudged, corners gently tapped (though still sharp),… Read more about this item

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1965. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); dark brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[6],7-155,[3]pp. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Harold M, fellow poet, writer, and human being / Samuel Selvon / Winnipeg, April 1979." Base of spine gently nudged, vintage bookseller's ticket removed from lower… 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: 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

London, Trinidad, and Jamaica: Longman Group Limited / London Caribbean Limited, 1972. First U.K. & Caribbean Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); dark green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in lime green on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-350,[2]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "Especially for Jeremy / Peace and love / George Lamming." Slight lean, gentle bump to crown,… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1975. First Edition. First Impression, a review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Octavo (20.5cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [12],13-83,[5]pp. Small ink marks to margins of five passages in the text, rubber-stamp of the Essex S.U. Bookshop to front pastedown, else Near Fine in a Near… Read more about this item

Harlow, Essex: Longmans, Green & Company, 1969. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.25cm); dark blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; [viii],160pp. Base of spine gently nudged, hint of sunning to upper board edges, with faint foxing to text edges; about Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 25/- net), showing trivial wear to extremities, a… Read more about this item