Publicado por Oxford University Press, London, 1967
Librería: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Hardcover with black cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine. Bright pink DJ with white text. Color worn away at hinges and along edges, small chips missing from corners of spine and covers. No date on title page. Copyright page states that this is the 1967 reprint of the 1931 original publication. xv + 198 pages. Includes note on pronunciation of African names by Dr. A. Werner and introduction by Henry Newbolt. About four instances of marginalia in pen from the former owner, neat and unobtrusive. Faint remnants of a stamp reading "1 F $5.50" in corner of front free endpaper. Pages bright. Binding loosening at crown of spine but strong at foot and uncracked. Please email us with questions or to request photos.
Publicado por Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1967
ISBN 10: 0197241727 ISBN 13: 9780197241721
Librería: Andrew's Books, San Diego, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Book in plain black boards has minor shelf-wear, tight, bright, and unmarked. University co-op price sticker top front corner. Unclipped magenta jacket in new mylar cover has moderate rubbing to edges. First published by Oxford in 1931, this is technically the 2nd printing. Translated from the original Sesuto.
Publicado por Oxford University Press, 1986
ISBN 10: 0197241727 ISBN 13: 9780197241721
Librería: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Textbook Binding. Condición: Good. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with small tears. Few pages shows underlining and markings.
Publicado por OUP for International Institute
Librería: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, Reino Unido
Unknown Binding. Condición: Acceptable. Photograph available on request.
Publicado por Pub. for the International Insti, 1967
Librería: Stephen White Books, Bradford, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover with pink dust cover. Clean text, sound binding. Some slight dust marks on back cover due to age, but all pages clear and clean. Book is in good condition overall. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Publicado por published for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press, London, 1971
Librería: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, Reino Unido
Translated from the original Sesuto by F.M. Dutton, with an introduction by Sir Henry Newbolt. Dark blue hard cloth with the price-clipped dust-jacket, slightly rubbed. No old inscriptions or other internal markings. A very bright and fresh copy. Second reprint of the 1931 first edition in English translation. Early black novel, reprinted many times in translation in numerous languages. The author was born about 1875 in Basutoland (now Lesotho) and died in 1948. He was the greatest of the group of authors who flourished in the early part of the century in Southern Africa writing in Sesuto for the Morija mission. This novel is the first of many works of the literature of South Africa which takes the great Zulu leader, king and emperor Chaka as its subject. Book.
Publicado por International Institute of African Languages & Cultures; Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, Oxford; London, 1931
Original o primera edición
Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. None Ilustrador. First edition. The first English language edition of this great Sesotho novel, a fictionalised account of the rise and fall of the Zulu Emperor Shaka. The first English language edition of this work, following the 1925 true first, which was written in Sesotho.In the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.'Chaka' is the third and final novel written by Thomas Mofolo, a mythical retelling of the rise and fall of the Zulu Emperor king Shaka. The Zulu conqueror built a mighty empire during the first quarter of the nineteenth century.Mofolo wrote the work in three years between 1907 to 1910, researching the work by travelling to the province of Natal. He is considered to be the greatest Basotho author, his other two novels being 'Moeti oa Bochabela', ('The Traveler of the East'), and 'Pitseng'.Translated into English by F. H. Dutton. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with a few minor marks to the boards. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spots to the fore edge and endpapers. Dust wrapper is edge worn, with restoration by a prior owner, including to the subtitle to the front wrap. Some light handling marks and spots to the wraps, and a little sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Very Good. book.