Things Fall Apart
by Achebe, Chinua
Things Fall Apart is a 1958 English-language novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It is a staple book in schools throughout Africa and widely read and studied in English-speaking countries around the world. It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English, and one of the first African novels written in English to receive global critical acclaim. The title of the novel comes from William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming".
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua, Achebe
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1958
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Things Fall Apart
by Achebe, Chinua
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- Used - Good-
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- Very Good-
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- 1958
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BROOKLYN, New York, USA
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Ships in a box with insurance & signature confirmation .1958 hc 1st ediiton with dj protected in mylar. Edgewear (some tears closed with medical tape), chipping & soil/tanning on dj, light soil on cover, A LOT of foxing on edge & 1st (fep to pg 5) & last (pp. 167-185 & blank pages at end) pages, also foxing on dj,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Things Fall Apart.
by Achebe, Chinua
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- 1959
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$9,800.00
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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. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design… Read more about this item Item Price
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Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe
by Achebe, Chinua
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
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- 0141023384
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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Things Fall Apart.
by ACHEBE, Chinua.
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- 1959
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London, GBR
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New York: Astor-Honor,, 1959. First US edition, hardcover issue, of Achebe's first book which was rapidly established as a foundation text of post-colonial African literature.
It was first published in the UK the previous year. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in green and red, green patterned paper strip to front board, top edge brown. With dust jacket. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe
by Achebe, Chinua
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
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Things Fall Apart (African Writers Series)
by Achebe, Chinua
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
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- 0435909886
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Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Chinua Achebe
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- 0141186887
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Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe
by Achebe, Chinua
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Paperback
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Things Fall Apart
by Achebe, Chinua
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1986
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- Paperback
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- 0435909886
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Vars, Ontario, CAN
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Heinemann. Very Good. 1986. Paperback. 0435909886 . Trade Paperback in Very Good++ condition, the binding is tight and the pages are clean with age tanning to the page edges. One name written on the top of the front free end paper. Moderate cover wear. "The story of Okonkwo, an important man in the Obi tribe, in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Things Fall Apart
by ACHEBE, Chinua
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- Used - Near fine
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- very good
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- First American Edition
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Rocky River, Ohio, USA
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Things Fall Apart.
by ACHEBE, Chinua.
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- 1962
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London, GBR
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London: William Heinemann Ltd,, 1962. First edition, second impression, of the author's first book, a foundation text of postcolonial African literature. Things Fall Apart was first published in 1958, the year after Ghana became the first African nation to gain independence. It is the first part of a trilogy set in the late 19th century, in the midst of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Things Fall Apart (African Writers Series)
by Achebe, Chinua
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0435909886
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Things Fall Apart
by Achebe, Chinua
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Sacramento, California, USA
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$1,350.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe; Kwame Anthony Appiah
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- Used - Near Fine
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- None
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- Second Printing
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 0679417141
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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1992; Alfred A. Knopf, New York; Second Printing, Near Fine Hardcover, ribbon marker, no dust jacket. "Everyman's Library: #135. Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming of the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways. Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah." 181 pp. ISBN: 0679417141. Well… Read more about this item Item Price
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
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- Used - VG
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$1,120.50
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New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Chinua Achebe
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
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- 0141186887
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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Things Fall Apart (African Writers Series)
by Achebe, Chinua
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0435909886
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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Things Fall Apart: A Novel
by Chinua Achebe
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- As New
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- 2nd Printing
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- 2009
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- Soft cover
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- 0385667833
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WESTBANK, British Columbia, CAN
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$17.95
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Anchor Canada, 2009. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first of these stories traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world in which he lives, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Things Fall Apart
by Achebe, Chinua
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- Used - Nearly fine copy
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- Later prt.
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- 1966
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- Softcover
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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$600.00
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London: Heinemann Educational Books. Nearly fine copy. 1966. Later prt.. softcover. 8vo, 187 pp., Signed by the author on the front free endpaper., The first volume of the African Writers Series. . Item Price
$600.00