Things Fall Apart. by ACHEBE, Chinua - 1962: Illustrated by Dennis Carabine.

London: William Heinemann Ltd,, 1962. First edition, second impression, of the author's first book, a foundation text of postcolonial African literature. Things Fall Apart was first published in 1958, the year after Ghana became the first African nation to gain independence. It is the first part of a trilogy set in the late 19th century, in the midst of Africa's colonization by European powers. Octavo. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With C. W. Bacon designed dust jacket. Frontispiece and two full page black and white illustrations by Carabine. Head of spine bumped. A near-fine copy in very good jacket indeed, price-clipped, spine sunned, head of spine a little chipped, spine and edges toned, a few nicks, two short closed tears to foot of rear panel, a bright example.