Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Every Tongue Got to Confess by Zora Neale Hurston.. First Edition stated, 2001 HarperCollins. First Printing with full number line reversed, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards with a wrap around illustration by Clementine Hunter. Also with, strong title ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, no edge wear, and one lightly bumped corner. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and the price is on the front flap.
Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.