Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, First Edition (44 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing thus-first collected edition.near fine hardback in vg dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A brand new imprint from Penguin ClassicsOkonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clan.But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show weakness to anyone - even if the only way he can master his feelings is with his fists. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, Okonowo takes violent action. Will the great man's dangerous pride eventually destroy him? Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive and he is one of the powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show his weakness. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, he takes violent action. Will the great man's pride eventually destroy him? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Thus. (Originally published, 1958) Larger, sturdy book, glossy covers with orange border to top and bottom, dark green and blue background, an illustration of mask to front left, 219 pages plus a glossary of African terms. Light crease down pages 15-61. Near Very Good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Trade paperback, Very Fine.

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the end of the last century, is a person of substance, character and promise, but he and his people are doomed to be destroyed - both from within the tribe and by the arrival of the white man. Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the end of the last century, is a person of substance, character and promise, but he and his people are doomed to be destroyed - both from within the tribe and by the arrival of the white man. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Used. Former library book, stamped 'Withdrawn from Southwark Libraries'.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Slightly yellowed page edges, POS, otherwise minimal wear - square tight copy. 51st printing November 1993. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A Very Solid Compilation. Marred Only By A Sticker Pull On The Top Front Corner And The Bear Bottom Corner., Clean, No Marks Or Inscriptions. . Binding Still Tight And No Reading Creases. Cream Card Covers With Brown, Green And Red Lettering On The Front Cover,

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. clean pages, spine creasing, one inscriptions, good condition. See photos. MESSAGE FROM LENNON BOOKS (A) Postage costs are estimates only - prices may decrease / increase depending on the order. Prices outside of Europe / Worldwide Postage costs will be advised on confirmation of order. All orders are shipped via with Royal Mail and a proof of postage can be provided. Tracked orders can be requested. (B) If you think that this book is over your price limit then please email me with your proposed price, we will discuss offers on all of our books. (C) Books are sold as seen in the photos with an as accurate description as possible, please request more photos if required. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Ilya, Kareem (illustrator). First Edition Thus. First edition thus, hardcover, has a very slight lean to the binding, a touch of wear to the cover edges and corners, and a tiny smudge to the fore edge of the text block. Overall, a Very Good+ copy in a like slip case, which has slight wear to the corners, and mild rubbing with some smudging to the covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-university library marks, some wear and fraying along the edges and spine, slightly cracked rear hinge. Some discoloring to the pages. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 217768.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Kareem Ilya (illustrator). First edition thus. Fine in a near fine slipcase. ; 175 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No DJ, 3rd printing of the first American edition. This black cloth volume has a bumped spine with some worn spots. Binding is solid and square. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages are clean and unmarked, very crisp. Inquries welcome.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST PRINTING. SMALL RED STAMP TO REAR INSIDE COVER 'DAMAGED COPY' WITH SLIGHT BLEED TO REAR ENDPAPER. used brown cloth hardcover copy WITH DARK GREEN CENTER BAND, lacking a dust jacket. light shelfwear, corners slightly bumped. light foxing to edges of text block and gutters. pages and binding are clean, straight, and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws save for the lack of the original jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. Dustjacket in loose protective plastic wrapper. Cover by CW Bacon. Author's first novel. Rare.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Jacket artwork by C.W. Bacon. (illustrator). First edition. First edition, first impression; 8vo. Original brick-red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15s. The first edition of Nigerian author Achebe's first novel, one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'. Things Fall Apart is the first part of the author's 'African Trilogy', a compelling story of one man's battle to protect his community against the forces of change, seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English, and one of the first to receive global critical acclaim. It is a literary staple of schools throughout Africa and is widely read and studied in English-speaking countries around the world. Scarce. Some mild spotting, two small editorial corrections, overall internally bright & clean; cloth very good; jacket with further ms. correction to inner front flap, 'Nigeria' written on spine in an unknown hand, spine slightly toned, some other light toning, a little minor chipping to corners and spine ends, but overall a very good example. Book.

First edition of this "true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world" (Barack Obama). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Review copy, with the slip laid in, fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. First editions are rare and desirable signed. Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities. "Things Fall Apart may well be Africa's best loved novel. It would be impossible to say how much it influenced African writing. It would be like asking how Shakespeare influenced English writers or Pushkin influenced Russians. Achebe didn't only play the game, he invented it" (Kwame Anthony Appiah).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First American Edition. Octavo, 215pp. A crisp, clean copy in the publisher's grey cloth (the second issue binding; sometimes called the second printing), near fine, with very gentle rounding to the corners. In a very good example of the fragile dust jacket, with a number of small chips at the extremities and attendant creases, but the spine almost entirely unfaded; genuinely scarce thus. Jacket is also the second issue, with $3.95 flap price and five blurbs on the rear panel. A very important debut novel by the Nigerian writer; one of the first post-colonial African novels to be widely read and engaged with by a Western audience. Despite its flaws, an attractive copy with appealing shelf presence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SECOND PRINTING. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET, HALF TITLE & FRONTIS PRESENT, SEVERAL FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 X 5 INCHES WITH 185 PAGES. SOME LIGHT RUBBING TO EDGES OF JACKET WITH A FEW MINOR CHIPS & A COUPLE OF MINOR CREASES TO EDGES OF JACKET, NICE CONTEMPORARY INSCRIPTION TO FRONT ENDPAPER FROM A HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE FROM IBADAN, NIGERIA & DATED 1962, PAGE FORE-EDGES ARE FOXED. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO MAJOR FAULTS. PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY WRINKLES OR REFLECTIONS SHOWN IN IMAGES OF DUST JACKET ARE ON THE SURFACE OF THE REMOVABLE PROTECT COVERING. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.

First edition, early printing of this "true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world" (Barack Obama). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. First editions are rare and desirable signed. Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities. "Things Fall Apart may well be Africa's best loved novel. It would be impossible to say how much it influenced African writing. It would be like asking how Shakespeare influenced English writers or Pushkin influenced Russians. Achebe didn't only play the game, he invented it" (Kwame Anthony Appiah).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, About Fine in Very Good D.J (NOT PRICE CLIPT) lightly worn around the edges with a little loss at top and bottom of spine panel which has a small internal repair & some spots on the rear panel. 1ST EDITION-1ST ISSUE without reviews on the back panel. From the library of the production head of the design of the book but with no markings thereof.(VVcls2/2).

Condition: Very fine. A VERY FINE, CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY IN SLIPCASE. FIRST FOLIO EDITION. A VERY NICE COPY. NO BUMPED CORNERS TO BOOK OR CASE. NO BOOKPLATES, NO SIGNATURES. A very nice copy in unread condition.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Bound in publisher's green marbled paper over brown cloth with spine lettered in green and orange. Near Fine with sunning to spine through dust jacket, light fading to edges and faint offsetting from flaps to pastedowns. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine, small closed tear to front joint at crown with chip to rear panel at top edge. Small crease to upper corner of front flap. A great copy of the Nigerian author's most famous work, scarce signed.

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. Frontispiece and two full page black and white illustrations by Carabine. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With C. W. Bacon designed dust jacket. Head of spine bumped, two short closed tears at head of frontispiece (not affecting image), the longer professionally repaired. Jacket 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. A very good copy in very good jacket indeed.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with a slight lean to the binding. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear, light toning to the spine, light soiling to the rear panel, staining to the spine mostly only visible from the blindside. A much nicer copy than normally encountered of the Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe's magnum opus. The most widely-read modern African novel.

First Edition. First Impression, one of 2,000 copies. Octavo (19cm); reddish-brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],185,[3]pp. Spine a bit sunned, some light, scattered spotting to cloth, scattered foxing to text edges, with an early owners ink name to front pastedown; a solidly Very Good copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned, showing modest shelfwear, a few tiny nicks and tears, with some light dust-soil to rear panel, and faint foxing on verso; Very Good+. The Nigerian author's first novel, the publication of which innaugurated modern African writing in the English language. "The novel presents a complex picture of the precolonial African past, and its depiction of the meeting of Igbo and Europeans rebuts colonial stereotypes of the continent" (DAB, Vol.1, p.81). Achebe originally conceived Things Fall Apart as part of an African trilogy, which would go on to include No Longer At Ease (1960) and The Arrow of God (1964). BLOCKSON 7293 (for the U.S. edition). 81390.

First US edition, hardcover issue, of Achebe's first book, which was rapidly established as a foundation text of postcolonial African literature. It was first published in the UK the previous year. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in green and red, green patterned paper strip to front board, top edge brown. With dust jacket. Spine ends a touch bumped, the binding otherwise sharp, faint toning to endpapers, else internally crisp; jacket unclipped and bright, with corners a trifle nicked: a near fine copy in very good jacket.