Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. Limited Edition of 200 signed / numbered hardcovers and 26 signed / lettered, of which this is number 164. Octavo (23.6cm); publisher's clear acetate jacket over illustrated paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine and paper title card; 145pp. Acetate jacket crisp, with some faint..... More

Helsinki: Eurographica, 1985. First Eurographica Edition Limited to 350 copies of which this is no. 13. Octavo; publisher's card wrappers in blue printed dust jacket; 51,[27]pp.; latter portion of volume devoted to facsimile reproductions of the original manuscript. A few tiny dents along wrapper margins, jacket spine panel a shade..... More

Saint-Jorioz, France: editions atelier 74, 1980. First English-language Editions. Two quarto volumes (30.75cm); illustrated dust jackets over green and red cloth boards; illustrated endpapers; silk ribbons; 508 & 582pp. Color photographs and illustrations throughout. Rubbing and minor scuffing to dust jackets; corners slightly bumped; boards show light shelfwear; bindings sound;..... More

[Nairobi]: East African Publishing House, [1969]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green pictorial staplebound wrappers; [2],29pp.; map. Wrappers a bit rubbed and quite foxed, contemporary ownership signature to half title page; Very Good and sound overall. Uncommon biographical pamphlet of the 19th-century Tanzanian leader Nyungu-ya-Mawe, issued as Historical Association of..... More

[Washington, DC]: African Communications Agency, [2001]. First Edition. Square quarto (26cm); publisher's boards in unclipped green photo-illustrated dust jacket; 180pp.; color photographs throughout. Jacket a bit wrinkled and worn at spine ends, brief soil to rear panel, else Very Good and sound. Ex libris of the Black Leadership Forum to..... More

Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995. First Edition. Signed by Brian Warner with brief inscription to photography historian Larry Schaaf. Octavo. 241 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated glossy boards. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Errata slip laid in at front. Boards show light shelfwear with..... More

Brooklyn, NY: Palm Tree Enterprises, 1987. Stated First Edition, First Printing 1987. Small, slim quarto (23cm); publisher's blue and white pictorial card wrappers; [8],108pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Covers shelfworn with light fading and some creasing at corners and along spine. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Anthology of work..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First North American Edition, stated. Octavo (22cm); embossed dust jacket with $24.95 price intact; orange boards and brick spine with gilt lettering; [viii],[218]pp. Jacket faintly shelfworn with a bit of dust-soiling to rear panel. Boards are square with bumping at spine ends. Binding sound..... More

Garden City, NY: Anchor Books / Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969. First Thus. Signed by Achebe without inscription at half title. 12mo; illustrated wraps; 266pp. Wraps worn and rubbed with creasing; smudging to edges of text block; binding sound; pages unmarked. A Good to Very Good signed copy of Achebe's..... More

New York: The John Day Company, 1966. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm); 167pp. Publisher’s dust jacket with $3.95 price intact; boards bound in yellow cloth with black stamping to spine. Dust jacket bumped at spine ends and corners; a few superficial scratches throughout. Jacket rear panel and flaps lightly toned..... More

New York / Philadelphia: Skira Rizzoli / Barnes Foundation, 2015. First Edition with full number line. Large quarto (32.5cm); publisher's photo-illustrated linen lettered in black and gilt, no dust jacket as issued; 294pp.; full color photographic illus. throughout. Corners gently nudged, else Near Fine. Inscribed and signed on title page..... More

London: Hutchinson, 1961. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); illustrated dust jacket by Dorothy Brooks; orange cloth boards with black lettering and decoration; 192pp. Price-clipped jacket shows a few brief tears at folds and chipping at spine ends, with brief fading to spine and foxing to verso. Boards lightly bumped at corners..... More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1964. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 192pp.; color photographic frontispiece and four leaves of plates, half-tone text illus. throughout. Dust jacket quite cockled from exposure to old plastic jacket covering (now removed), tiny chip at spine foot, ownership ex..... More