JOYCE CARY

The African Witch

London, Victor Gollancz, 1936, 1st Edition. Cloth , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Hard cover without dj. 448pp. Some foxing to prelims, endpapers, and page edges. Book otherwise good with gilt a little faded on title. Book Society Bookplate, may 1936. Good/No Jacket.

West Wessex BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 233

Catalogue: Novels Romance

Keywords: Modern Fiction Novel

Joyce Cary

The African Witch

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Joyce Cary"s third novel, set in Nigeria in the interwar period, and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.  In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Set in Nigeria against the background of a struggle for supremacy between different factions, Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial administrator Joyce Cary presents a study of the clash of tradition and modernity in a rural village, when a ten-year-old is accused of witchcraft. An early work from Cary, whose most notable novels include Mister Johnson and The Horse's Mouth. In the publisher"s original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with only slight tape marks to the endpapers. The wrap is generally smart with sunning to the spine, closed tears and chips to the extremities and minimal handling marks. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 950Z34

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: First edition Joyce Cary Historical novel Novel Joyce Cary None

Joyce Cary

The African Witch

Victor Gollancz, London, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Joyce Cary's third novel, set in Nigeria in the interwar period. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Set in Nigeria against the background of a struggle for supremacy between different factions, Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial administrator Joyce Cary presents a study of the clash of tradition and modernity in a rural village, when a ten-year-old is accused of witchcraft.An early work from Cary, whose most notable novels include Mister Johnson and The Horse's Mouth. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to spine head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with chipping to back strip head and tail. Small hole to back strip tail. Light marks to wrap perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 851F7

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary Mister Johnson The Horse's Mouth Mister Johnson None

Cary, Joyce

AISSA SAVED

NY: Harper & Row, (n. d.). 1st thus. Sm. 8vo. VG+/VG (pc). A novel of Nigeria.

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 7878

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

CARY, Joyce

Aissa Saved

New York, Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth spine and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 219pp. Very good/good plus. Blind-embossed ownership stamp on first few pages; small chunk missing from upper right corner of front jacket panel, which is otherwise bright and attractive. First U.S. edition of Cary's first novel. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 3181

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: British Literature Modern Fiction

CARY,JOYCE

Aissa Saved

London: Ernest Benn, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 6 ¾" - 9¾" Tall. A Good Copy of this Book in Black Cloth with gilt lettered title to spine,no dust-jacket.There is a little fraying to cloth along spine edges and the book has had a former plate removed from the front pastedown.The binding is firm with NO hinge weakness and there are NO loose leaves etc.tCary's scarce Uk first edition of his first book,8vo 288pp First Edition 1st Impression. Good .

Richard Thornton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 66777

Catalogue: Modern Firsts

Cary, Joyce

American Visitor

New York NY: Harper & Brothers, N.D.. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges; 247 pages.

Gibson's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 14763

Catalogue: Fiction::Exotic Places

Keywords: Cary, Joyce Fiction Africa

CARY, Joyce

An American Visitor

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 247pp. Near fine/very good. Light jacket edgewear. A tight and nice early printing of the Irish novelist's second book, first published in 1933. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 42550

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: British Literature Modern Fiction

Cary, Joyce.

An American Visitor.

New York: Harper & Brothers, circa [1960]. [1960]. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The binding is very slightly bumped. The spine of the dust jacket is sunned & there is light soiling to its rear panel with a few tiny brown marks to the rear panel. 247 & [2] pages. Very good.

First American edition of Cary's second novel which was originally published in 1933.

Review copy with the publisher's slip laid in. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 27536

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: NOAMZ; LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; JOYCE CARY; AN AMERICAN VISITOR; AFRICA; TRIBAL WAR; REVIEW COPY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

CARY, Joyce

An American visitor

Ernest Benn, 1933. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) . 1st edition, 1933, in black cloth with gilt. Foxing on prelims & last few pages; binding tight; light shelf-wear at head & foot of spine Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_78897_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS301103I

Joyce Cary

An American Visitor

London, Michael Joseph, 1950. Hardcover. 1950 reprint of Cary's second novel, first published in 1933. A little spotting to top of block, but internally all is generally clean and bright. Brick red boards with bright silver titling to spine showing light shelfwear only. Fair unclipped d/j, with wear to edges, fading and minor loss. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 231pp . Good/Fair.

Dodman BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 103263

Catalogue: Fiction

CARY, JOYCE

An American Visitor

London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1933. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 288pp.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and stained .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: cary03a

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction First Editions

Joyce Cary:

Auf Gnade und Ungnade

Kindler Zürich, 1963. Taschenbuch Gut Gewicht/weight ca. 250 gr.

Buchantiquariat Clerc FreminProfessional seller

Book number: 108473

Catalogue: Roman

Joyce Cary:

Auf Gnade Und Ungnade

Kindler München, 1963. Taschenbuch Gut Gewicht/weight ca. 250 gr. 318 seiten/

Buchantiquariat Clerc FreminProfessional seller

Book number: 50760

Catalogue: Roman

Cary, Joyce

2 Bände

Steinberg-Verlag, 1957. - Enthalten: Chester Nimmo. Roman / Spiel ohne Ehre. Roman - Einband: broschiert. 700

Celler VersandantiquariatProfessional seller

Book number: 1F5763

Keywords: Literatur