A KIND OF HOMECOMING

Braithwaite, E.R.

Published by Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1962

About this Item

First edition 1962 collectible description of four Afrrican countries: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana visited by E.R. Braithwaite in 1961. It is noteworthy that South Africa was not included in his itinerary, although he did visit in 1973 and wrote a book about it, Honorary White, named after the status granted him by South Africa so that he could be issued a visa. Braithwaite was born in Guyana to Oxford educated parents. The only job he could find after service with the R.A.F.and a post-war Phd in physics was as a teacher in an eastend London school. His experiences there were the foundation for his not uncontroversial 1959 novel, To Sir, With Love which was made into a film in 1967. Very Good dust jacket, unclipped, with original $4.95 price tag, somewhat faded and showing some surface wear and rubbing at corners and spine top and tail, subtitled, ``a compassionate portrayal of ermerging Africa by a non-African negro.` Very good ++ tan boards shown very slight wear to corners and top and bottom of spine, perhaps very light toning to pages and gift inscription from Christmas 1964 on fep. Mint Interior pages, may be unread. Seller Inventory # 000888

Bibliographic Details

Title: A KIND OF HOMECOMING

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, New Jersey

Publication Date: 1962

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good ++

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First