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Captain of the Sands
by Dewhurst, Keith
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0224016199
- ISBN 13
- 9780224016193
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London : Jonathan Cape, 1982. Book. Illus. by Shirley Tuckley (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. When the parents of a 12-year-old boy die on the Yorkshire moors in 1747, his only option is working for his seafaring uncle, who turns out to be a slave trader. Dewhurst's first novel. Walnut cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 391 pages. Tanned pages in dust jacket w/light surface wear, small nick to bottom right spine edge..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019181
- Title
- Captain of the Sands
- Author
- Dewhurst, Keith
- Illustrator
- Shirley Tuckley (dust jacket illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224016199
- ISBN 13
- 9780224016193
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, slaves, slavers, Yorkshire, Liverpool, West Africa, West Indies, Gambia, Antigua, Virginia, Pennsylvania, colonialism, sexual degradation
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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