Black April por Peterkin, Julia - 1927

University of Georgia Press, 1998. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Georgia Press, 1998. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 316 pages. Hardcover bound in black cloth. The binding shows moderate rubbing and wear. Prior owner's 1933 inscription on the front flyleaf. A sound copy and clean within.

Triangle Books, 1940. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Collectible; Good/Jacket present as described. This hardcover book is Good, being square and tight. The boards and spine have minor color loss spotting wear with pristine lettering. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is Good with minor losses to the edges and extremities at the spine. There is color fade to the spine but still sharply legible. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark.

University of Georgia Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Two-inch by one-inch chip at bottom of front panel; chipping to spine ends..

NY: GROSSET AND DUNLAP, 1927. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +. 5 1/2 x 8 in. Black cloth with brown lettering. Blindstamped. 1927, printed by arrangement with the Bobbs-Merrill Co. Condition is GOOD+ ; edges worn, corners and ends of spine have slight fraying. Covers clean and rubbed, binding tight. Text clean with two PO's names on ffep, sides of text block foxed. Fiction. Stax.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair DJ; p.o.'s bookplate remainder inside front board; moderate chipping to dj edges; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; black boards with publisher blind stamp logo at bottom right of front board; front board gilt lettering; gilt spine lettering; 316 pp; illust. dj. Author's first book first published by Bobbs-Merrill.

Grosset & Dunlap. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (historical fiction, american south, african americans, slavery, fiction) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket. Text/As New w/faint margin discoloration. Embossed black linen boards/NF w/fraying to upper/lower spine edges. DJ/None. Historical nove. The story of Africa-America April, "tall, lean, black, broadshouldered", "a man among men", named by his grandmother for the lucky month of April at a moment of rising tide, and in captivity of slavery. Written in the Gullah dialect (a unique blend of Creole and African dialects with an English base), the dialogues capture rich vitality of language ("I ain' use to shoes an' dey hinders my feet in dis sand"). First 1927; this is the First Edition of Grosset & Dunlap,1928. First novel of Julia Peterkin (1880 - 1961). Poignant portrait of daily life and folk beliefs of the Gullah African-American of the South Carolina coast and nearby islands. Julia Peterkin received the Pulitzer Prize for Scarlet Sister, 1928.