Achebe (Chinua) No Longer at Ease
£3,750
London, Heinemann, 1960.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 13s6d.
A lovely first edition of this tale of Lagos corruption by Nigerian writer Achebe, the scarce second volume in Achebe’s landmark ‘African trilogy’.
In stock
A fine copy in near fine jacket.
Jacket artwork by Peter Edwards.
Bookplate of Arnfinn Jensson.
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