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Fiction: : Africa

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	ABRAHAMS, PETER. A Wreath for Udomo. London: Faber and Faber. 1977. "Written with a close and sympathetic knowledge, gives fascinating insight into the African leaders, revolutionaries one moment, Prime Ministers the next". Pp 309, toning to pages, name to fep. P/b, slight crease to lower spine. G+. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 24229 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ACHEBE, CHINUA. No Longer at Ease. (Illustrated by Bruce Onobrakpeya). London: Heinemann, 1966. "Tells the story of an African tragically under pressure from a changing world". Pp 169, some b/w illustrations, spotting to closed page edges, name to fep. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 24231 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	COOK, ANNE AND PETER. The Mystery of the Wooden Stool. South Africa: Via Afrika, nd.(c.1970's). 0799405337. Pp.109, vocabulary translations to last 7 pages, inkstamp(Ukhozi Press Ltd) to title page. Pbk, spine scuffed. G+. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 34378 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	LA GUMA, ALEX. The Stone Country. London: Heinemann. 1974. "George is behind the great walls of the jail beneath the mountain in Cape Town. He is in for political reasons but the others are in for any crime that the social and economic deprivation of apartheid breeds...They have brought the violence of Cape Town's District 6 with them and are willing to kill one another for power in the cells, and to die in the bid to escape". Pp 168, name to fep. P/b, slight sunning to spine, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.75 \| JP¥ 925] Book number: 24309 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	KIBERA, LEONARD AND KAHIGA, SAMUEL. Potent Ash. (Short Stories). Nairobi: East Publishing House. 1972. "With its dramatic revelations of the true morality of those searing days this book takes its place in the finest traditions of fiction writing from Africa". Pp 223, name to fep. P/b, some staining to covers, illustrated cover. G. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 24306 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	STEIN, SYLVESTER. Second-Class Taxi. Cape Town: Africasouth Paperbacks, 1983. Rep. "This is the story of Staffnurse Phofolo, a 'Non-European from Non-Europe'. In this novel of the 1950's, young Staffnurse is an 'illegal' black man. He inhabits a concrete drainpipe (a quite illicit dwelling), he frequents shebeens, he takes part in the Rand bus boycotts, and lives in Johannesburg without the requisite permit. He has no permit, in fact, to exist at all." Pp.209, slight toning to pages, name to fep. P/b, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 28985 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	WHITELEY, W.H. (COMPILER). A Selection of African Prose. Volume II: Written Prose. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964. 1st ed. Contributors include: T.Mofolo, C.O.D.Ekwensi, Mabel Dove-Danquah, A.Tutuola, C.Laye, B.Dadie, B.Diop, C.Achebe, J.T.Ngugi, and others. Pp.8/185, owners details to fep. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. VG. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 26021 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.

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	ABRAHAMS, PETER. A Wreath for Udomo. London: Faber and Faber. 1977. "Written with a close and sympathetic knowledge, gives fascinating insight into the African leaders, revolutionaries one moment, Prime Ministers the next". Pp 309, toning to pages, name to fep. P/b, slight crease to lower spine. G+. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 24229 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ACHEBE, CHINUA. No Longer at Ease. (Illustrated by Bruce Onobrakpeya). London: Heinemann, 1966. "Tells the story of an African tragically under pressure from a changing world". Pp 169, some b/w illustrations, spotting to closed page edges, name to fep. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 24231 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	COOK, ANNE AND PETER. The Mystery of the Wooden Stool. South Africa: Via Afrika, nd.(c.1970's). 0799405337. Pp.109, vocabulary translations to last 7 pages, inkstamp(Ukhozi Press Ltd) to title page. Pbk, spine scuffed. G+. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 34378 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	LA GUMA, ALEX. The Stone Country. London: Heinemann. 1974. "George is behind the great walls of the jail beneath the mountain in Cape Town. He is in for political reasons but the others are in for any crime that the social and economic deprivation of apartheid breeds...They have brought the violence of Cape Town's District 6 with them and are willing to kill one another for power in the cells, and to die in the bid to escape". Pp 168, name to fep. P/b, slight sunning to spine, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.75 \| JP¥ 925] Book number: 24309 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	KIBERA, LEONARD AND KAHIGA, SAMUEL. Potent Ash. (Short Stories). Nairobi: East Publishing House. 1972. "With its dramatic revelations of the true morality of those searing days this book takes its place in the finest traditions of fiction writing from Africa". Pp 223, name to fep. P/b, some staining to covers, illustrated cover. G. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 24306 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	STEIN, SYLVESTER. Second-Class Taxi. Cape Town: Africasouth Paperbacks, 1983. Rep. "This is the story of Staffnurse Phofolo, a 'Non-European from Non-Europe'. In this novel of the 1950's, young Staffnurse is an 'illegal' black man. He inhabits a concrete drainpipe (a quite illicit dwelling), he frequents shebeens, he takes part in the Rand bus boycotts, and lives in Johannesburg without the requisite permit. He has no permit, in fact, to exist at all." Pp.209, slight toning to pages, name to fep. P/b, illustrated cover. G+. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 28985 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	WHITELEY, W.H. (COMPILER). A Selection of African Prose. Volume II: Written Prose. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964. 1st ed. Contributors include: T.Mofolo, C.O.D.Ekwensi, Mabel Dove-Danquah, A.Tutuola, C.Laye, B.Dadie, B.Diop, C.Achebe, J.T.Ngugi, and others. Pp.8/185, owners details to fep. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. VG. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 26021 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.