Published by Three Continents Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 089410201X ISBN 13: 9780894102011
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Salahi, Ibrahim (illustrator). Reprint Edition. Cover different than pictured, FINE condition clean tight and unmarked.
Published by Heinemann Educational Books, London, Nairobi & Ibadan, 1969
Seller: Letters Bookshop, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Ibrahim Salahi (illustrator). 1st Edition. [128pp]: [viii], 120; sewn signatures glued with endleaves into illustrated card covers; 183 x 123 x 7 mm. First edition in English thus (originally 1966), translated by Denys Johnson-Davies; a collection of three connected stories. Issued as volume 47 in the African Writers Series under the editorial supervision of Chinua Achebe (1962-72). Inscribed ffe by fellow-Canadian Denys Johnson-Davies (though unsigned): "To Alex and Pearl for making all the difference" & stamped Alex Bleszynski on half-title & tp. Residents of historic Andrew John Hosie House in Regina Saskatchewan, the recipients were noted art collectors. A clean copy, covers only lightly rubbed with an unobtrusive crack across spine.