Buy this book on-line Thometz, Selected and Introduced By Kurt : Life Turns Man Up and Down : High Life, Useful Advice, and Mad EnglishPantheon Books, New York, 2001 ISBN 0679450211
FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A unique anthology of African essays and literature known as 'Onitsha Market Literature' and published in Nigeria from World War Two through the the late 1960s, reflecting the half-westernization of Nigerians and their newfound aspirations for material goods, money, as well as traditional desires for love, friendship, etc. - quaintly written albeit without much good English-writing skill - and all presented as facsimile collectibles in their original formats and appearances. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, reader's guide, bibliography, 356pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Thometz, Selected and Introduced By Kurt : Life Turns Man Up and Down : High Life, Useful Advice, and Mad English. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, first editions, livres rares, libri antichi and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |