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ANNIE JOHN.
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- ISBN 13
- 9780374105211
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX. NY 1985. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374105219 . First edition. SIGNED by Jamaica Kincaid on half-title page. Very good+ in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket (Foxing at edges of text block and paste-downs. ) Author's FIRST novel. .
Synopsis
Annie John, a novel written by Jamaica Kincaid in 1985, details the growth of a girl in Antigua, an island in the Caribbean. It covers issues as diverse as mother-daughter relationships, lesbianism, racism, clinical depression, education, and the struggle between medicine based on "scientific fact" and that based on "native superstitious know-how".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14476
- Title
- ANNIE JOHN.
- Author
- Kincaid, Jamaica
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- ISBN 13
- 9780374105211
- Publisher
- FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX. NY 1985
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 0374105219, Black Literature/jamaica Kincaid/201
- Bookseller catalogs
- List201;
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- Good+
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- Fine
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