Rex Collings. 1970. Translated by Dorothy Heapy. First English edition. 410pp. Presentation copy. SIGNED by the author with a dedication to the translator: "For Yemanjah Dorothy, a novel based on things you and I know - with [?] and friendship. Antonio Olinto London 10.4.1971". [Yemanja means 'water goddess' in Yoruba, a language spoken in Nigeria]. Hardback in dust jacket. Spotting and slight soling to edges of text block. Browning to jacket and minor rubbing to edges. *** Scarce first English edition of this important novel set in Nigeria amongst a community of displaced Brazilians; the descendants of the freed slaves who had returned to Nigeria when slavery was abolished in Brazil. Not published in the US until 1985.