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The Palm-Wine Drinkard First edition, first impression cover

The Palm-Wine Drinkard

Amos Tutuola · Faber and Faber, 1952 · First edition, first impression

Market value · Unsigned, near fine
$837

What a copy is worth

ConditionUnsigned
Near fine$837
Very good$711

How to identify this edition

These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of The Palm-Wine Drinkard.

✓ Copyright page: “First published in mcmlii by Faber and Faber Limited”, printed by Western Printing Services, Bristol, with no later impression listed

✓ Dust jacket: Barnett Freedman design, title lettered in green over an orange and yellow ground, “by Amos Tutuola” at the foot

✓ Binding: orange-red cloth, title and author on a dark panel on the spine, “Faber” at the foot

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