Author: Joyce Cary
Title: The African Witch
Description: 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.
Keywords: Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary Mister Johnson The Horse's Mouth Mister Johnson None
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Title: The African Witch
Description: 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.
Keywords: Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary Mister Johnson The Horse's Mouth Mister Johnson None
Price: GBP 105.00 = appr. US$ 149.94 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 851F7
- Book number: 851F7
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