Middle Passage

by Charles, Johnson

Charles R. Johnson is an American scholar and author of novels, short stories, and essays. His 1990 winner of the national Book Awards, Middle Passage, is a historical novel set in 1830. It is focused on the final voyage of an illegal American slave ship, the Republic. Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave, is desperate to escape his debt to a local gangster and his impending forced marriage to a prim schoolteacher. He sneaks onto a ship that is headed out to sea to capture members of a legendary African tribe, the Allmuseri. As the novel unfolds, Calhoun is trapped between three parties and thus begins a shocking voyage of horror, self-discovery and insurrection. A superbly written modern classic.

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Middle Passage

by Johnson, Charles

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1990
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [12], 209, [3] pp. Quarter black cloth over maroon paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $17.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Johnson's novel centers on Rutherford Calhoun, recently emancipated and looking to escape blackmail. He stows away on a slave… Read more about this item
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1991-01-01
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London: Picador / Pan Books, 1991-01-01. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. Picador, 1991; First UK printing with full number line; flat-signed by Charles Johnson on title page. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Unclipped dust jacket (£14.95) shows only very minor edge-wear. Winner of the 1990 National… Read more about this item
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, maroon paper-covered boards. Fine in price-clipped, fine First Issue dust jacket, without the NBA seal. Winner of the National Book Award.
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1990
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U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1990. Clean text. Unread. Dust cover not price clipped. Touch of shelf wear. Marron boards, black spine, gold lettering. Beautiful copy of the authors National Book Award winning work. New mylar cover available on request. Signed via enclosed Typescript.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover w/ jacket. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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1990
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London: Picador, 1990. First UK Edition, preceded by the First American Edition published by Atheneum Macmillan the same year. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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Middle Passage: a novel [inscribed & signed]

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New York: Atheneum, 1990. Hardcover. 209p., warm personal inscription to a fellow author, signed & dated 9/18/91 by the author, very good first edition, first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and bright, price-clipped dust jacket. National Book Award winner.
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1990
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NY: Atheneum, 1990. Bound in maroon cloth over red boards, stamped in gold. In illustrated dust jacket. The National Book Award winner in 1990. Signed and dated (in the year of publication) by Mr. Johnson. 209 pp. . Signed and Dated By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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MIDDLE PASSAGE

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1990
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. This novel about a free slave stowaway won the National Book Award.
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1990
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over maroon boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: $17.95) depicting a black man's head by a [slave] ship, 209 pages. Winner of the 1990 U.S. National Book Award… Read more about this item
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MIDDLE PASSAGE

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1990
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1990
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NY: ATHENEUM.. Fine. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0689119682 . INSCRIBED by Charles Johnson on the title page. Original printed invitation to the book signing laid-in loosely. About fine in a like dj. (Hint of bumping at crest of spine on cloth & dj. Barely discernable crease at bottom edge of rear panel of dj.) National Book Award… Read more about this item
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Middle Passage

by JOHNSON, Charles

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1990
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Winner of the 1990 National Book Award. A very nice copy.
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1990
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1990 First edition, first printing; slightest rubbing and edgewear to dustjacket with $17.95 price intact; light foxing to top page edges and bookstore stamp on rear free endpaper; o/w NF/NF; signed bookplate by Charles Johnson loosely laid in. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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1990
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 209 pages. Review copy with laid in slip and publisher sheet. National Book Award winning novel about the slave trade. Despite Johnson's popularity with both critics and readers this book had a relatively small first printing. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with… Read more about this item
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1990
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. 209 pp. First edition, first printing of the author's National Book Award winning novel about the 19th century slave trade. A fine copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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Middle Passage.

by Charles Johnson

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Payback., 1999. Softcover. Very Good. Middle Passage by Charles Johnson (ISBN: 9780862419073): Charles Johnson's "Middle Passage" is a compelling historical novel set in the 1830s. The story follows Rutherford Calhoun, a freed slave and rogue, who finds himself aboard a slave ship bound for Africa. As the ship embarks on a perilous journey filled with treacherous waters and… Read more about this item
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Middle Passage.

by JOHNSON, Charles.

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1990.
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, maroon paper-covered boards. Fine in price-clipped, fine dust jacket. Winner of the National Book Award.
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Middle Passage

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Edinburgh: Payback Press, 1999. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Number Line Indicates A First Printing Of This New Edition. No Ownership Information Present And The Text Appears To Be Free Of Marks Or Writing. Mild Reading Crease To The Spine.
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by JOHNSON, Charles

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1990
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NY: Atheneum. 1990. A novel of a slave ship by an African-American author, reportedly issued with a small first printing and marketed more as a "young adult" book than an "adult trade" title. When it won the National Book Award, it was reprinted a number of times in very short order. Signed by the author. Owner signature and stamp front… Read more about this item
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Middle Passage (Picador Books)

by Johnson, Charles

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1991
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Hardcover
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0330317784
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Picador, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing.
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