Lot Details
Lot 236
MORAN, RENÉ Batouala.
Paris: Éditions Mornay, 1928. Copy 143 of the regular issue of 350. Period three-quarters brown morocco by Trinckvel, top edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (24 x 18.5 cm); [vi], viii, 170 pp., frontispiece, illustrated throughout by Iacovleff. Fine copy.
Moran, in this celebrated novel of life in French Equatorial Africa, was the first black writer to win the Prix Goncourt.
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Estimate: $500 - $800
Sold for $375 (includes buyer's premium)
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