Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. Wilson; Introduction-Jr. Henry Louis Gates - 1983-04-12

Random House Publishing Group, 1983. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Random House, 1983. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (lix) 140 pp. (xxxiii) Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faint crease on the spine; previous owner's name inside; no other interior markings. This was the first novel ever published by a black person in the United States; it was also the first novel ever published by an African American woman. The full title is: OUR NIG - or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black in a Two-story White House North, Showing that Slavery's Shadows Fall Even There by Our Nig. This volume contains: Introduction by Henry Louis Gates Jr; A Note on the Text; Preface by Harriet E. Wilson; The Text - a facsimile of the 1859 Geo. C. Rand first edition; Appendix: Letters: Allida; Margaretta Thorn; C.D.S.; Notes on the Text; Chronology of Harriet E. Adams Wilson by David A. Curtis; and a select bibliography..

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.