first edition
[1962] · Paris
by MATIP, Benjamin
Paris: Présence Africaine, [1962]. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); original green pictorial wrappers, yapp edges; 91,[2]pp. A Fine, unopened copy. Traditional African folktales adapted into the French language by Cameroonian author, though many have been changed in order to "illustrate...political ideas borrowed from the West" (Albert S. Gérard, European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa I, p. 485). (Inventory #: 24896)