Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1983. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0253166071 . INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "For Rolland L. Comstock, With my best wishes and thanks especially for the Edmund Wilson postcard. Charles Johnson 7/9/93." "Charles Johnson's comic philosophical novel takes the form of a picaresque, first-person narrative. It is the story of Andrew's desperate flight from slavery, but in Oxherding Tale bonding is spiritual as well as physical, sexual as well as racial." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed, small bumps on bottom corners and spine ends; overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minor edge and shelf wear, faded on spine. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 176 pages; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: Good Books In The Woods (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 68204
Title: Oxherding Tale A Novel
Author: Johnson, Charles
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: Second Printing
ISBN 10: 0253166071
ISBN 13: 9780253166074
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Place of Publication: Bloomington
Date Published: 1983
Keywords: 0253166071

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