The Viceroy of Ouidah

by Bruce Chatwin

$65 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 22cm ; brown cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; map illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 155pp. Trace soil to right edge of textblock, else Fine in like, unclipped priced £5.95 net , dustwrapper. Chatwin's novel focuses on a fictional slave trader in Ouidah. Its German film adaptation Cobra Verde

• Printing: first

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