Africa from Lorne Bair Rare Books

London: Chapman and Hall, 1960. First Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 167pp. Bumping to corners and spine ends, clean and presentable in a strong pictorial dustjacket with some toning to edges and spine panel, and a faint cup ring to the front panel. A good, bright copy in dustjacket. Internally clean. Waugh's… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1966. First Edition. First Impression, preceding the U.S. edition published the same year. Octavo (20.25cm); brick red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],166,[4]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Three corners gently bumped (though still sharp), one dog-eared corner smoothed-out, with two small stains to upper edge of… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1966. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.25cm); russet paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [iv],2],3-140pp. Previous owner's ink name to front endpaper, hint of dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, else a clean, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 18s net), showing a hint of sunning to spine… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1984. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); maroon paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [9],10-203,[5]pp. This copy is from the library of Tom Maschler (1933-2020), Gordimer's UK publisher at Jonathan Cape, with his bookplate mounted to lower front pastedown, and inscribed to him on the front endpaper: "Tom / Love /… Read more about this item

London: Church Missionary House, 1878. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (28.5cm). Tan paper wrappers printed in red and green; 15,[1]pp; one page of publisher's ads at rear; 19 color lithographic plates on 10 leaves, relief map, one additional in-text wood engraving. Presentation inscription to front: "Presented to Brodie of Brodie by J. A. Grant 15 Oct 78." Slightly rubbed… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd. / The American University in Cairo Press, 1978. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (18.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers; xvi,141,[3]pp. Signed by John Fowles on p.xv, at the end of his 9pp introduction. Subtle crease to lower right corner of front wrapper, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. First English language edition of… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1980. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); navy blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; [7],8-143,[1]pp. This copy is from the library of Tom Maschler (1933-2020), Gordimer's UK publisher at Jonathan Cape, with his bookplate mounted to lower front pastedown. Signed by Gordimer on front endpaper. A thin and… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1987. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); grey paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-396,[4]pp. This copy is from the library of Tom Maschler (1933-2020), Gordimer's UK publisher at Jonathan Cape, with his bookplate mounted to lower front pastedown, and inscribed to him on the half-title page: "Tom / Still taking… Read more about this item

London: Allison & Busby Limited, 1983. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-208pp. Mild crinkling to spine ends, touch of dust-soil to text edges; Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $14.95 / £8.95 net), with light wear to extremities, some trivial dust-soil to flap edges, and… Read more about this item

London: Allison & Busby Limited, 1981. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],250pp. Subtle tanning to text edges, else very Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $13.95 / £7.95 net), with gentle sunning to spine and some toning to the edges. The second installment in the… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury Circus, 2023. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); white cloth, with titles stamped in copper on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-313,[15]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced £16.99), with some trivial sticker residue to upper right corner of front panel. Sharp copy of the Nigerian author's debut novel.… Read more about this item

New York: Riverhead Books, 2018. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); beige and cream paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in metallic green on spine; dustjacket; [x],373,[1]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Spine ends very gently nudged, else Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $27.00). A sharp copy of the Somali author's sixth novel, set against… Read more about this item

London: Penguin Books, 1980. Reprint. Octavo (19.75cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [9],10-287,[1]pp. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Light wear to extremities, a few faint creases to wrappers; Very Good+ or better. The Nobel Prize-winning author's tenth novel, centered around a merchant in postcolonial mid-20th century Africa. 81463.

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); dark brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],445,[13]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £17.99). The Scottish-Sierra Leonean author's third novel, centered around the experiences of three men in Sierra Leone. Selected as part of… Read more about this item

London: Fourth Estate, 2013. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[4],5-477,[5]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Base of spine gently nudged, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced £20), with a faint sticker shadow to lower left corner of rear panel, and… Read more about this item

London: Harvill Press, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's blue heavy grain cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 288pp. Clean and sharp, some slight traces of dust, in a bright and striking priceclipped dustjacket with a single closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel and some light soiling to the white rear panel, a very… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. First Edition in English. Five uniform octavo volumes (23cm). In the publisher's deep green grain-patterned cloth, blind-embossed on covers, titled in gilt on spines; printed terra-cotta endpapers; xxxvi, 578, [24]ads.; xi, 676; xi, 635; xiv, 641, [24]ads.; xii, 694pp; text illus; fifteen folding maps; one folding woodcut; 60 inserted leaves of… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989. First Edition. Two large quarto volumes in cloth-covered boards and dustjackets, comprising the fourth volume in the series (it was eventually extended to five). Fine in the original, unclipped dustwrappers and publisher's cardboard slipcases. The fourth volume of this magisterial visual survey of African representation in Western art, produced under the auspices… Read more about this item

Trento: Museo Del Risorgimento E Della Lotta Per La Liberta, 1994. First Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's original pictorial card wraps. 195pp. Some wear and creasing to the edges of the card covers, trifling wear and bumping. A very good, clean copy. Internally clean. Folding maps to rear pocket. A historical examination of an important quarter century in Italy's encroachments… Read more about this item

London: Bellew Publishing, 1990. First Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's green cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 173pp. Clean and bright, a near fine copy in dustjacket. Internally clean. An academically respected analysis of the ill-fated European attempts to hold any useful ground in Somaliland, and the tireless efforts of Mohammed Abdile Hassan to thwart colonialist ambitions.