Edité par Heinemann, 1966
Vendeur : World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. 1966. Reprinted. 197 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Edité par Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., London, 1966
Vendeur : Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, Etats-Unis
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Softcover with orange and white boards, black text and illustration. Spine cracked, corners bumped. Covers clean, no text or illustration obscured. No date on title page. Copyright page establishes this copy as a 1966 reprint of the edition published in the African Writers Series, dates original publication of text to 1964. 196 pages. Small sticker reading "Indiana University Bookstore" at corner of front attached endpaper. Pages otherwise clean and bright, untoned. Binding beginning to weaken at center of pages, but neat and uncracked. Please email us with questions or to request photos.
Edité par Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2024
ISBN 10 : 1035902125 ISBN 13 : 9781035902125
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In a rural village in nineteenth-century Nigeria, British colonial rule is finally starting to loosen its grip. As a new generation of educated locals seize their chance to take back power, a deadly disease threatens to wipe out their invaluable cocoa crop and end their village for good.In the Yoruba land of west Nigeria, the village of Ipaja faces a crisis one of identity, power, and famine. At the center are two young men with very different ideas on how to prevent the oncoming catastrophe. Although they both claim to have the village's best intentions at heart, neither can deny the power they stand to gain if the other one fails.As tensions rise, the village must decide who they can trust and who will be able to save them from a deadly disaster. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par London, Heinemann., 1965
ISBN 10 : 0435900110 ISBN 13 : 9780435900113
Vendeur : Bucks County Bookshop IOBA, Doylestown, PA, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Published 1965, this copy is later printing 1970 with the African Writers Series orange/black cover. -- Softcover, 197 pages. Condition: very good minus (spine wrinkle; cover rubbed). -- Novel about Yorubaland, western Nigeria agricultural land and British colonial conflict. ISBN 0435900110.
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Edité par London, Heinemann [4]
Vendeur : Bucks County Bookshop IOBA, Doylestown, PA, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Published 1964, later printing with the African Writers Series nice orange/black cover. 196 pages. -- Softcover. Condition: very good (light wear). -- Aluko, born 1918, was Nigerian, Yoruba novelist, born in Ilesha.
Etat : Good. 1964. Unknown Binding. 197pp. Previous owner's signature on ffep, and stamped throughout. Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Edité par Heinemann, London, 1964
Vendeur : Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : MABA
Paperback. Etat : Very good. 5 x 8 in. Paper wraps. Condition is VERY GOOD ; very clean, minor edge wear. Binding tight, text unmarked. Fic. Stax.
Edité par Heinemann, 1964
Vendeur : Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlande
Etat : Good. 1964. Unknown Binding. 197pp. Previous owner's signature on ffep, and stamped throughout. Not a first edition copy. . . .
Edité par Heinemann Educational Books, 1966
Vendeur : Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : GOOD. 197pp. 16mo, sewn binding in series-uniform orange and white wrappers with black lettering and drawing. Ex-libris Newton, MA Peace Corps with their stamp to flyleaf and lending pouch inside rear wrapper. Very clean and sharp otherwise. Second printing in the African Writers Series.
Edité par Heinemann Educational Books, London, 1968
Vendeur : Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, Etats-Unis
Softcover. Etat : Near Fine. Reprint. Trade paperback. 197pp. Light foxing on topedge, near fine. Advance Review Copy with "A Humanities Press Book" bookplate affixed to the front fly.
Edité par Heinemann Educational Books, London - Ibadan, 1964
Vendeur : Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. 1964. [viii], 197pp. "This is a novel about Yorubaland - the Western Region of Nigeria, where cocoa trees and cocoa beans spell wealth. When a young Agricultural Officer, newly arrived from England, advises that every diseased tree in the district be cut down before the whole crop is infected, every farmer's reaction is to defend his trees, by force if necessary. Support for the Agricultural Officer comes from the 'black white man', the new Nigerian District Officer, and the clash between him and a rabble-rousing politician and journalist, Benjamin Benjamin, involves the whole village in a situation which culminates in violence, death and imprisonment before calm is restored." Minor shelf wear to covers and some foxing to top edge. The book is otherwise in excellent condition. There are no inscriptions and all contents are tight and clean.