Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first Gift Edition, first printing hardcover copy of Kindred, Gift Edition by Octavia E. Butler.
The book is in Fine condition with spotless boards, strong title gilt on the straight spine and both boards. Also, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, strong spine ends, no edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no 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.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with the price on the front flap and mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana’s life will end, long before it has a chance to begin.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
