I, Momolu [*SIGNED*]

  • SIGNED Hardcover
  • New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (c.1966)
By Graham, Lorenz
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1966). First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate wear to extremities, spine very slightly turned, extremely light bumping and a teensy bit of fraying to bottom corners, bookplate affixed to ffep; jacket a little edgeworn, a couple of tiny chips at top edge of rear panel, tiny closed tear at bottom front hinge, small surface-damaged area and slight paper loss at bottom right corner of front panel]. (B&W illustrations) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep: "All good wishes for / one who understands -- / Lorenz Graham / May 17, 1973." (The inscribee is probably the individual whose bookplate is on the same page, television director Anton M. Leader.) Juvenile fiction set in Liberia, about a 14-year-old boy and his father who make a river voyage from their remote village to the coast city of Cape Roberts. The author's "years as a teacher in Liberia and his knowledge of a boy's mind have combined to make a vivid picture of life in modern Africa." Signed by Author .

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