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OXHERDING TALE; A Novel
by Johnson, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0253166071
- ISBN 13
- 9780253166074
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982. First Edition, Later printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) drawn by Sharon Sklar, 176 pages. Charles R. Johnson (born 1948) is an African-American scholar and the author of novels, short stories, screen-and-teleplays, and essays--often with a philosophical orientation. Johnson has addressed the issues of black life in America in novels such as Dreamer and Middle Passage. The latter won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1990.
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
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3696
- Title
- OXHERDING TALE; A Novel
- Author
- Johnson, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0253166071
- ISBN 13
- 9780253166074
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- BLACKS, SLAVERY, NEGRO, SOUTH, OPPRESSION, WHITES, RACISM
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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