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African Authors: A Companion to Black African Writing. Volume I: 1300-1973 [Signed and Inscribed]
Washington DC: Black Orpheus Press, 1973. Very Good. Item #33781
ISBN: 0879530081
Washington, DC: Black Orpheus Press, 1973. First Edition, stated. Volume I, though apparently all published. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's brown cloth with white lettering; map endpapers; [xii],605pp. Lacks dust jacket. Boards shelfworn with a few stray scuffs and smudges to cloth; bumping at corners and spine ends, with a brief run to cloth down spine. Boards open a bit shakily but binding is secure. Scattered thumbprinting and a bit of foxing to edges of textblock. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Signed by Herdeck on half title with inscription "For Ed James, an old friend. Donald E. Herdeck, Nov 22, 1974. Biographical dictionary covering 594 authors, primarily from sub-Saharan Africa, with four critical essays and three bibliographies among the sixteen appendices.
Price: $60.00