first edition 185 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
1959 · New York
by Achebe, Chinua
New York: Mcdowell, Obolensky, 1959. First American edition, first issue binding and dust jacket. 185 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth with green paper onlay to upper cover. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket by Ronald Clyne (back panel with list of ten titles), lightest tonign to back panel, a few scuffs at head of spine panel. First American edition, first issue binding and dust jacket. 185 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A sharp copy of the first American edition of Achebe's first novel, now acclaimed as a masterpiece of postcolonial literature.
(Inventory #: 372123)