The Palm-Wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads' Town Uncorrected Proof Copy

by Postcolonial Literature, Amos Tutuola

$3,500 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1952. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20cm ; original light brown wrappers, titled in black on front cover; 6 ,7-125, 3 pp. Pronounced forward lean, some light overall wear, crown gently bumped, with some of the expected subtle tanning to the text edges; still a clean, Very Good+ copy. The Nigerian author's best-known book, the first African

• Printing: first
• Binding: Wrappers

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