NO LONGER AT EASE
Scarce first edition of Achebe's second novel, set in contemporary Nigeria and following the grandson of Okonkwo, hero of THINGS FALL APART.
Scarce first edition of Achebe's second novel, set in contemporary Nigeria and following the grandson of Okonkwo, hero of THINGS FALL APART.
First edition of this novel set amid civil war-era Mozambique, chosen as one of the twelve best African books of the 20th century by the panel of African organizations that made the "Africa's 100 Best Books" list.
First edition of the first novel by "one of the foremost writers of Anglophone Cameroonian literature" (CAMEROON LITERATURE IN ENGLISH), the story of an African student in an interracial relationship while studying in Paris.
Rare first Kiswahili translation of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," sponsored by the Sherlock Holmes Society of Kenya, a scion society of The Bootmakers of Toronto.
First edition of Eggers's novelization of the true story of a Sudanese boy trying to escape his country's violence and political strife.
True first edition of Gordimer's novel, preceding both the US and UK editions; set in the midst of a near-future revolution, JULY'S PEOPLE was banned in South Africa after publication and remained controversial in later decades.
First US edition, publisher's review copy of this speculative fiction book about the aftermath of a civil war to end Apartheid, once banned in South Africa – with publisher's review slip and promotional newsletter.
First edition, first issue of this enormously influential Lost World work, formative in its genre.
First printing of Hemingway's travelogue of a hunting expedition in Africa, a great copy with green panel on spine largely unfaded.
First printing of the acclaimed social protest novel by the South African anti-apartheid activist.