The Palm - Wine Drinkard – rare, vintage, or collectible item from Deb’s Book Paradise
The Palm - Wine Drinkard – rare, vintage, or collectible item from Deb’s Book Paradise
The Palm - Wine Drinkard – rare, vintage, or collectible item from Deb’s Book Paradise
The Palm - Wine Drinkard – rare, vintage, or collectible item from Deb’s Book Paradise
The Palm - Wine Drinkard – rare, vintage, or collectible item from Deb’s Book Paradise
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The Palm-Wine Drinkard

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Description

Author: Amos Tutuola
Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd., London
Format: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Publication details: First published 1952; this Faber paperback edition later reprint (1960s)

Description

Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard is one of the foundational works of modern African literature in English, blending Yoruba folklore, oral tradition, myth, and surreal imagination into a narrative unlike anything that came before it. First introduced to Western readers through Faber and Faber, the book helped redefine how African storytelling entered global literary culture.

This copy bears an early ownership inscription: “Doane Perry, New York, October 1966,” documenting its place in the personal library of anthropologist, educator, and Peace Corps veteran Thomas Doane Perry III. The inscription reflects a working, intellectual library rather than a presentation copy—evidence of sustained engagement with African literature during a formative period in Perry’s academic life.

Collected as part of the Everett Hoagland & Doane Perry African Studies Library, this volume represents the kind of cross-cultural, deeply influential text that shaped both scholarly inquiry and poetic imagination. It remains essential reading for those interested in African literature, folklore, postcolonial studies, and the transmission of oral narrative into written form.

Condition Notes

  • General age toning consistent with a mid-20th-century paperback

  • Wear to covers typical of use

  • Text block solid and complete

  • Ownership inscription as noted