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AFRICA IS MY HOME; (A Child of the Amistad) / Monica Edinger / Illustrated by Robert Byrd
de Edinger, Monica
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0763650382
- ISBN 13
- 9780763650384
- Librería
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2013. First Printing. Pictorial boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Robert Byrd. SIGNED by Author-Artist on the pictorial title page with a small drawing of his main character, small 4to (9 3/8" x 7 3/4"), glossy pictorial boards, profusely illustrated by the author-artist with full-color map of Africa as frontispiece and many other charming pictures in full-color, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) repeating the cover art, forest green endpapers, [i-ii] map, 55, [56-60] pages. Under serious consideration for the Newberry Award in 2014. Fictional treatment about a genuine young woman, who narrates her astonishing life: from enslavement aboard the infamous Amistad captured slave ship; the famous trial involving John Quincy Adams about freeing its slaves; and how she evenutally was able to return to Africa. Illustrated magnificently by Robert Byrd in ink and watercolor--plus there's a superb full-color, full-page frontispiece map of Africa. Robert John Byrd (born 1942) is a prominent American author and illustrator; e.g., Good Master! & Sweet Ladies. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright, clean, virtually AS NEW copy in a comparable dust jacket.
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- Librería
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4685
- Título
- AFRICA IS MY HOME; (A Child of the Amistad) / Monica Edinger / Illustrated by Robert Byrd
- Autor
- Edinger, Monica
- Ilustrador
- Robert Byrd
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Pictorial boards
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0763650382
- ISBN 13
- 9780763650384
- Editorial
- Candlewick Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Massachusetts
- Fecha de publicación
- 2013
- Palabras clave
- Illustrated, Africa, trial, slave ship, slavery, John Quincy Adams, freedom, Liberia, Sierra Leone
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Sobre el vendedor
Borg Antiquarian
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
Sobre Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
