Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151731527
- ISBN 13
- 9780151731527
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall thin). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Slight rubbing and creases to jacket; else a near fine copy as issued. x, [2], 286 pages. Story of an African woman living in North America, who uses tribal ritual and Jungian psychology to evoke her native ancestry and exorcise the painful memories of her youth. Signed and dated by Walker in black ink on title page, 1997.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L061627
- Title
- Possessing the Secret of Joy
- Author
- Walker, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151731527
- ISBN 13
- 9780151731527
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Fiction black authors african american afro-american first editions fiction american fiction, , , , , , , ,
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About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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