Description
Signed first edition of Out of Place: A Memoir by Edward W. Said.
Octavo, xv, (1), 295pp, (3). Cream hardcover, title in silver on black spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $26.95 retail price on front flap, with “Autograph for University Bookstore” of Seattle and Bellevue, Washington. A near fine example with light shelf wear and sunning to the spine.
Signed by Edward W. Said on the title page.
Edward Said (1935-2003) was a Palestinian and American academic and activist, recognized as one of the founders of post-colonial studies. Said wrote numerous influential works on the Western and Eastern worlds, including Orientalism (1978), The Question of Palestine (1979), Covering Islam (1981), and more.
