Description
For sale is a Near Fine first paperback edition, first printing of Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston. First Amistad Paperback edition stated, 2019 Amistad – Harper Perennial. First Printing with complete number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Foreword by Alice Walker.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
A newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade—abducted from Africa on the last “Black Cargo” ship to arrive in the United States.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.