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Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave
by Leonard Todd
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393058565
- ISBN 13
- 9780393058567
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York / London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Color and black and white illustrations. Bound in quarter dark brown paper with light brown board and silver foil lettering on the spine. Signature of Dave blind stamped on the front cover. He is known today, as he was then, only as Dave. His pots and storage jars were everyday items, but because of their beauty and massive size, and because Dave signed and inscribed many with poems, they now fetch six figures at auction. We know of no other slave artist who dared to put his name on his work, a dangerous advertisement of literacy. Fascinated by the man and by this troubling family history, Leonard Todd moved from Manhattan to Edgefield, South Carolina, where his ancestors had established a thriving pottery industry in the early 1800s. Todd studied each of Dave's poems for biographical clues, which he pieced together with local records and family letters to create this moving and dramatic chronicle of Dave's lifeâa story of creative triumph in the midst of slavery. Many of Dave's astounding jars are found now in America's finest museums. Color and black and white illustrations. 317pp. Pictorial dustjacket.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are unmarked. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are tight. Dustjacket very lightly rubbed. Full refund if not satisfied.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 074469
- Title
- Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave
- Author
- Leonard Todd
- Illustrator
- Color and black and white illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0393058565
- ISBN 13
- 9780393058567
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York / London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 6x1x9
- Keywords
- Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave, North Carolina
- X weight
- 26 oz
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
We specialize in books by and about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and their Friends.
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