Black April
by Peterkin, Julia
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1927. Ribbed terra-cotta cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 316 pages. First Edition / First Printing (w/ "ducks quacked" on page 17). A near fine copy in unclipped jacket of Peterkin's second book. Peterkin (1880-1961) was born in South Carolina and learned the language and culture of the Gullah blacks from her nursemaid. Her novels, especially this one, were controversial and influential, notably on William Faulkner [FPAA,I, p. 297]. Previous owner's signature, minor chipping at jacket corners Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002105
- Title
- Black April
- Author
- Peterkin, Julia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- MODERN FIRSTS
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Cleveland, Ohio
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...