signed first edition
1996 · New York & Oxford
by SOYINKA, Wole
New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); red paper-covered boards and green cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; vi,[3],4-170pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Tiny split to cloth at upper front joint, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $19.95), light surface wear, tiny tear to upper front flap fold with a small attendant crease; Very Good+. A chronicle of the various corrupt regimes in Nigeria during the 20th century, written in the aftermath of General Sani Abacha's execution of dissident writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists in (truncated)
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