Oxherding Tale
by Johnson, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine-/Near Fine-
- ISBN 10
- 0856341487
- ISBN 13
- 9780856341489
- Seller
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Calgary , Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Blond & Briggs, 1983 Near Fine copy of 1983 first UK edition green boards gold lettering, clean crisp interior, no ownership marks, good corners and binding, very slight tub to spine top & tail. Unclipped dj with very slight edgewear has production flaw crease in laminate along spine and to inner panel. Otherwise near new. "a fiction that clearly treats slavery and liberation on every level and experience." Likened on jacket to Barth, Fowles and Doctorow.
Synopsis
Charles Johnson 's books include the National Book Award-winning novel Middle Passage , Dreamer , and Africans in America . He is currently the Pollock Professor of English at the University of Washington.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sparkle Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001728
- Title
- Oxherding Tale
- Author
- Johnson, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine-
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0856341487
- ISBN 13
- 9780856341489
- Publisher
- Blond & Briggs
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- AFRICAN AMERICANS_FICTION FICTION_GENERAL SLAVES_FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sparkle Books
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About Sparkle Books
I search out used books on principle to highlight their value, keep them circulating and out of the landfill (and just because I am compelled to tell people to "read this"!)
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