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Antigua Black: Portrait of an Island People
by Davis, Gregson and Margo Davis
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: Scrimshaw Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 143p quarto, illustrated with photographs by Margo Davis. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket signed by the author on the half title. Laid in is a short T.L.S.(typed letter sgn) from the author to a bookseller acknowledging that he has signed the books and is shipping them out. Gregson born on the Island of Antigua went to Harvard and taught classics at Stanford , Cornell and Duke.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50965
- Title
- Antigua Black: Portrait of an Island People
- Author
- Davis, Gregson and Margo Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Scrimshaw Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1973
Terms of Sale
Old New York Book Shop
All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. All books are authenticated and described in adherence to the strict code of ethics and professionalism employed by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America. Payment should accompany order if you are a new customer. Current customers will be invoiced with payment due in 30 days. Institutions billed per their requirements. ALL ITEMS SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE. Books sent via US Postal Service unless other arrangements are requested. INTERNATIONAL PURCHSES WILL BE SHIPPED AT THE EXACT COST. NOTE: USPS NO LONGER SHIPS SURFACE MAIL TO OVERSEAS. Where possible, we will ship GLOBAL PRIORITY, minimum charge of $23.95, maximum weight 4 pounds. For packages over 4 pounds, you will be contacted with exact charges. Georgia residents please add 7% sales tax. We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER, and AMERICAN EXPRESS.
About the Seller
Old New York Book Shop
Biblio member since 2017
Atlanta, Georgia
About Old New York Book Shop
The Old New York Book Shop was founded in 1971. I was located at 1069 Juniper St in Atlanta for more than 25 years. After the advent of the internet I moved to my home. I am a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America). All books are returnable for any reason within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. Books are described in adherence to the strict code of ethics and professionalism employed by the ABAA.
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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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...