Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Palmares by in a new archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 2021 Beacon Press. First Printing with full number line (1-8).
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on the spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the half-title page. 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.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Intricate and compelling, Palmares recounts the journey of Almeyda, a Black slave girl who comes of age on Portuguese plantations and escapes to a fugitive slave settlement called Palmares. Following its destruction, Almeyda embarks on a journey across colonial Brazil to find her husband, lost in battle.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
