Down Second Avenue
by Mphahlele, Ezekiel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- ISBN 10
- 084464451X
- ISBN 13
- 9780844644516
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1978. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 210pp; No DJ, light blue cloth boards with titling to spine, boards slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author on Dedication Page. Memoir of growing up in a ghetto in Pretoria, South Africa during apartheid. The author, who changed his name from Ezekiel to Es'kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) was a South African writer, artist and activist celebrated as the Father of African Humanism and a founding figure of modern African literature. In 1998, Nelson Mandela awarded him the Order of the Southern Cross, the highest recognition granted by the South African government.
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- Book Happy Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018300
- Title
- Down Second Avenue
- Author
- Mphahlele, Ezekiel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- ISBN 10
- 084464451X
- ISBN 13
- 9780844644516
- Publisher
- Peter Smith
- Place of Publication
- Gloucester, MA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- autobiography memoir africa apartheid racism
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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