A unique anthology that brings together examples of once wildly popular but long out-of-print African market literature never intended as art: irresistibly charming, brief literary anomalies in all genres, written for entertainment, instruction, and moral guidance. An indigenous Nigerian publishing phenomenon that was all the rage from World War II until the late 1960s, Onitsha Market literature consisted of pamphlets that contained stories, novels, plays, discourses on the dangers of loose living, and advice on matters ...
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A unique anthology that brings together examples of once wildly popular but long out-of-print African market literature never intended as art: irresistibly charming, brief literary anomalies in all genres, written for entertainment, instruction, and moral guidance. An indigenous Nigerian publishing phenomenon that was all the rage from World War II until the late 1960s, Onitsha Market literature consisted of pamphlets that contained stories, novels, plays, discourses on the dangers of loose living, and advice on matters ranging from selecting a wife to managing your money. They carried titles such as" Lack of Money Is Not Lack of Sense," "Drunkards Believe Bar As Heaven," "No Condition Is Permanent," and "How to Write Love Letters, Toasts, and Business Letters." Originally sold at Onitsha Market (the largest open-air market in Africa), the pamphlets have become priceless collectors' items. This anthology--facsimile reproductions of the original texts, illustrations, and cover art--now makes them available to a wider audience.
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Add this copy of Life Turns Man Up and Down: High Life, Useful Advice, to cart. $4.48, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Pantheon Books.
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Add this copy of Life Turns Man Up and Down: High Life, Useful Advice, to cart. $4.50, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Emerald rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Pantheon.
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Add this copy of Life Turns Man Up and Down: High Life, Useful Advice, to cart. $10.00, like new condition, Sold by Warren Hahn rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pleasant View, TN, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Pantheon Books.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8 3/4 h x 5 3/4w. A reral nice clean 400 page first edition (stated) hardcover with 1 low in number line. Has small note on top corner of half title page. Rest is clean and unmarked. From dust jacket flap: A unique anthology that brings together examples of once wildly popular but long out-of-print African market literature never intended as art: irresistibly charming, brief literary anomalies in all genres, written for entertainment, instruction, and moral guidance.
Add this copy of Life Turns Man Up and Down: High Life, Useful Advice, & to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by Gail P Kennon Book-Comber rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West New York, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Pantheon.
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Very Good+/Very Good+ hard cover. 12mo, boards, 356pp, illus. edgewear, rubbing, dust jacket. inscribed to a neighbor by thometz. clean, tight, text. literature.
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Good in good dust jacket. First Edition. First edition (of facsimile). DJ slightly edgeworn, else very good. Boards edge worn. Pages clean. Binding with slight lean, else sound.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book 356 pages, b/w illustrations, red embossed endpapers, 8vo, blue boards, small illustration front cover, red print spine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New in New jacket. Book FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A unique anthology of African essays and literature known as 'Onitsha Market Literature' and published in Nigeria from World War Two through the the late 1960s, reflecting the half-westernization of Nigerians and their newfound aspirations for material goods, money, as well as traditional desires for love, friendship, etc. -quaintly written albeit without much good English-writing skill-and all presented as facsimile collectibles in their original formats and appearances. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, reader's guide, bibliography, 356pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.