Down Second Avenue: Signed (3 results)
More imagesPublished by Peter Smith, Gloucester, MA 1978
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Book Happy Booksellers, Portland, U.S.A.Book Happy Booksellers
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. None. Reprint Edition. 210pp; No DJ, light blue cloth boards with titling to spine, boards slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author on Dedication Page. Memoir of growing up in a ghetto in Pretoria, South Africa during apartheid. The author, w…ho changed his name from Ezekiel to Es'kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) was a South African writer, artist and activist celebrated as the Father of African Humanism and a founding figure of modern African literature. In 1998, Nelson Mandela awarded him the Order of the Southern Cross, the highest recognition granted by the South African government.
More imagesPublished by Faber and Faber, London 1984
- Signed
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerReprint. 12mo (20cm). Red paper wrappers, titled in black; 222pp. Signed by the author on front flyleaf, dated April 1985. Rubbed, upper front corner creased, two old price stickers to rear wrapper, a few leaves dog-eared, generally toned, but sound and clean: just Very Good. Es'kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) was a distinguished Sout…h African writer and literature professor. Lauded as one of the founding figures in modern African literature, he was awarded the Order of the Southern Cross in 1998 by Nelson Mandela. Down Second Avenue, first published in 1959, is his autobiographical recollection of growing up under apartheid. [61995]. Signed.
More imagesPublished by Doubleday 1971
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, U.S.A.Antic Hay Books
Contact seller5-star sellerMPHAHLELE, Ezekiel. DOWN SECOND AVENUE: GROWING UP IN A SOUTH AFRICAN GHETTO. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. 12mo., printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation from Mphahlele on the title page: "For Sherman Zelinsky. with my warmest wishes & warm memories of our stimulating association, Ezekiel Mphahlele/ March 1973." S…carce to find a signed copy! Very Good (minor wear). $85.00.
