Black Majesty
by Vandercook, John W.; Blaine, Mahlon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Literary Guild of America, 1928. First Thus . Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. Biographical account of Henri Christophe, a key figure in the Haitian Revolution in the late 1700s & Haiti's one & only Monarch, appointed in 1811. On 207 pages, with Bibliography in rear. Orig. published by Harper & Brothers in 1928, this is the First Edition from the Literary Guild (First, thus), with the stunning Deco-style duotone illustrations of Mahlon Blaine gracing both front & rear board, endpapers, & throughout the text. Hardcover book in black matte cloth-wrapped spine with decorative paper to front & rear boars, paper title box to spine. Condition is VG-: very clean, pages creamy white with moderate tanning, heaviest around edges. Binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Moderate rubbing to extremities, bumped corners. No slipcase (orig. came with one). Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019381
- Title
- Black Majesty
- Author
- Vandercook, John W.; Blaine, Mahlon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Literary Guild of America
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- HAITI SLAVE UPRISING REVOLUTIONS BLACKS KINGS MONARCHY HISTORICAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; History; Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / African/Black Americans;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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