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Black April: A Novel (FIRST EDITION)
by Julia Peterkin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, 1927. Black April: A Novel by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Julia Peterkin. Hardcover. Bound in brown publisher's cloth with gilt lettering within a gilt border on the cover. Gilt lettering on the spine. Endpapers are a geometric pattern in black, brown and dark mauve color tones. Title page is in brown and black ink. 316 pp. Page 17 has "ducks quacked" as consistent with the first edition, first printing. Lacking dust jacket. Shows general rubbing and wear. Fading gilt lettering. 1/2 inch closed tear at the bottom of the first flyleaf through the introductory papers, yet does not compromise the text. Leaves have beautifully and evenly toned. Unmarked. A nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068512
- Title
- Black April: A Novel (FIRST EDITION)
- Author
- Julia Peterkin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Black April, Bright Skin, Scarlet Sister Mary, Pulitzer Prize Winner 1929, Julia Peterkin, Black April
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
We specialize in books by and about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and their Friends.
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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