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portrait of two women, one black, one white
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Maria Thomas wrote three books: Antonia Saw the Oryx First (1987), Come to Africa and Save Your Marriage (1987), and African Visas (1991), all originally published by Soho Press. She died in a plane crash in Ethiopia in 1989 while accompanying a Texas congressman on a mission to a refugee camp.
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- PublisherSerpent's Tail
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 1852421355
- ISBN 13 9781852421359
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
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Softcover (with Flaps). Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated card cover with black and green coloured titles to the front panel and black-and-white coloured titles to the backstrip. The book has French flaps, and a black-and-white photograph of author sits on the rear fold over flap. Paraphrasing Margaret Atwood on the rear panel, "A complex, deeply-written and finely-wrought double port of two women, one black, one white, picking their way through the debris of shattered colonialism, discovering unexpected treasures buried in the rubble." Creasing to the book corners was rubbing of the book edges and panels. Previous owners name to the top edge of the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 296, [4  of which two are further titles from publishing house] pages. Previous bookseller's sticker to the rear panel. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Africa; ISBN: 1852421355. ISBN/EAN: 9781852421359. Inventory No: 0117476. Seller Inventory # 0117476
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Softcover. 1st thus. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Wraps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 296 pages. A study in cultural contrasts, a satirical portrait of Africa in transition and an impassioned lament for the corruption of simple lives and the old ways. Seller Inventory # 241382
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Antonia Saw The Oryx First
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ISBN 10: 1852421355
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Softcover (with flaps). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Age spotting along closed edges of pages. Light reading wear. 296 pages. No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 1852421355. ISBN/EAN: 9781852421359. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57415. Seller Inventory # 57415
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