Antigua Black: Portrait of an Island People
by Davis, Margo (photography); Davis, Gregson (text)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some chipping), mushroom clothbound boards, black cover/spine titling with tipped in prin
- ISBN 10
- 091202030X
- ISBN 13
- 9780912020303
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA: Scrimshaw Press, 1973. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some chipping), mushroom clothbound boards, black cover/spine titling with tipped in print on cover; text block firm, pages crisp and clean; some slight foxing on edges.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A gorgeous portrait of the island and peoples of Antigua, with text by Gregson Davis and illustrated with photographs by Margo Davis, maps and reproductions in color of historic paintings and vintage drawings. As the authors comment, this is a ""straightforward view of rural Antigua, of village yards and tilled plots where the descendants of slaves labor with strength and ingenuity to extract a life of dignity and meaning from an eroded landscape of unfullfilled promises and fragmented hopes."" While this is centered around the photographs, it also contains much on the history of the island - the sugar plantations, slave uprisings, emancipation and more. Limited to 5000 copies.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133257
- Title
- Antigua Black: Portrait of an Island People
- Author
- Davis, Margo (photography); Davis, Gregson (text)
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some chipping), mushroom clothbound boards, black cover/spine titling with tipped in prin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 091202030X
- ISBN 13
- 9780912020303
- Publisher
- Scrimshaw Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 141
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Keywords
- 1st, photography, Caribbean, Antigua, Davis, limited
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 1.45 g
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