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THE CONJURE WOMAN
by Chesnutt, Charles W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Small Octavo, [4], 229 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's pictorial brown cloth with gilt titling to spine and front cover. Some mild shelf wear and rubbing, strip of discoloration along front board's fore edge. Webbing visible at rear gutter. Ink ownership inscription appears on the front free end paper, dated March 1900. JR Consignment. Shelved in Case 2. Chesnutt's first book, it contains seven short stories, all set in Patesville, North Carolina within the same framing narrative. The tales are all told by a formerly enslaved man named "Uncle Julius McAdoo", as he relates them to the narrator (a white northern man named John) and the narrator's wife. Chesnutt was an African-American author who frequently wrote about characters dealing with issues of mixed race, "passing", illegitimacy, racial identities, and social place. The Conjure Woman was adapted into a film by film-maker Oscar Micheaux in 1926, but is now believed to be lost. 1362133. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1362133
- Title
- THE CONJURE WOMAN
- Author
- Chesnutt, Charles W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- American Literature, African American Literature
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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