How Tables Came to Umu Madu: The Fabulous History of an Unknown Continent
Philadelphia: Amadi Press, 1984. Very Good. Item #12680
Philadelphia: Amadi Press, 1984. First Edition (Cover notes "Abridged Edition," though we have found no record of an earlier or unabridged one). Pocket paperback (6" x 4"); [ii], 79pp. Printed red paper wraps. Covers lightly worn along edges and corners, with a few faint crimps along spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Summary from Ersye Kirk's The Black Experience in Books for Children and Young Adults: "The villagers of Umu Madu had many merry feast [sic] sitting on the ground until one day a stranger convinces them to use tables. The results are disastrous." Worldcat shows one copy of the 1984 edition at time of writing, with all other institutional copies, reference listings, and retail copies being the 1989 or 1993 Africa World Press editions.
[Khorana 028 (listing the 1989 Africa World Press edition)].
Price: $75.00