Grain Wheat, Signed (6 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Good stiff glossy paper wraps; light rubbing along edges. Binding tight; contents clean and unmarked except author signature on title page. 262pp. "Autographed copy" stickers on cover. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Full number line on copyright page. Signed by Quinn on the title page. Yellow paper boards with navy blue lettering on spine. Boards are in near fine condition with minor bumping to corners. Glossy pictorial dust jacket with white and yellow lettering on cover and spine. Minor creasing and wear to edges; very mild soiling. Tight binding and clean interior. Includes occasional black-and-white photos. Bob Quinn is an organic farmer from Big Sandy, Montana. This book tells the story of how Quinn created the multimillion-dollar heirloom-grain company Kamut International. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED BY LORD LONGFORD without inscription. Ex-Birmingham library with stamps etc on verso of title page. Light wear only to boards, edges tanned, pages are clean, binding is tight. Unclipped dust jacket has general wear including closed tears and edge wear with chipping, waterstain along bottom of rear cover. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. NB: Due to the utter stupidity of Brexit, parcels sent to the EU may incur customs charges. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: VERY GOOD. Revised edition - later trade paperback printing. A title in the African Writers Series under the editorship of Chinua Achebe, originally published in 1967. A novel about Kenya on the verge of independence which was named as one of the 12 best African books of the 20th century by a panel of 16 African scholars at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair. Many feel that Ngugi wa Thiong'o should have received the Nobel Prize for literature. SIGNED on the title page and scarce thus. 247 pp. Very good minus in glossy illustrated wrappers (light crease to upper corner of front cover, usual toning to pages. some crinkling to the lower corner of the last several leaves).

First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, "I'll change the woman's figure. I shall curve a woman big- big with child" NW Thiong'o 24th October 2006 Irvine." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and with such a lengthy inscription. Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 19521960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested.

TOJOHIKO KAGAWA (1888-1960) japanischer evangelischer Theologe, christian social reformer (Grain of Wheat) Kleine Autogrammkarte (carte de visite) mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift signiert, in lateinischer u. japanischer SchriftBEILAGE : Persönliche Visitenkartmit eigenhändigerer Empfehlung von Dr. T. Nakahama im Ministerium des Inneren, Tokio, Japan.