New York: P. J. Kennedy and Sons, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 257 pp. Navy blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine; black and white frontis illustration. Chipping on the corners and around the edges of the dustjacket with some loss at the foot of the spine; price intact; no interior markings. The story of a freed slave in New York City, the Chapters are: Saint Marc - 1773; The Plantation; The Troubles; The Other Toussaint; First Days in New York; The Blow of Fortune; Refugees in New York; News from Saint Domingue; A New Marriage; Consoler of the Afflicted; The Gift of Freedom; The Plague; Some Dreams Are Fulfilled; A Year of Happenings; Rosalie's Legacy; Counselor and Friend; France or America; Euphemia; The Bitter Blow; Steward Over Many 1835 - 1842; Toussaint Draws His Will; and The Morning Eternal; followed by an epilogue, a bibliography and an index..

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Bookseller: W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 218635
Title: PIERRE TOUSSAINT - A Citizen of Old New York
Author: Sheehan, Arthur; Sheehan, Elizabeth
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good-
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: P. J. Kennedy and Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1955
Size: 8vo
Keywords: black studies; negro; african american; slavery; race; americana; black lives matter; civil rights; epidemic; affliction; pandemic; virus; infectious; disease; widespread; deadly; virus; virulent; bubonic; endemic; contagion; contagious; black plague; phy
Bookseller catalogs: History - United States; Autobiography and Biography;

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W. Fraser Sandercombe

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We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.

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