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AFRICA IS MY HOME; (A Child of the Amistad) / Monica Edinger / Illustrated by Robert Byrd
by Edinger, Monica
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0763650382
- ISBN 13
- 9780763650384
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2013. First Printing. Pictorial boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Robert Byrd. SIGNED by Author-Artist on the pictorial title page with a small drawing of his main character, small 4to (9 3/8" x 7 3/4"), glossy pictorial boards, profusely illustrated by the author-artist with full-color map of Africa as frontispiece and many other charming pictures in full-color, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) repeating the cover art, forest green endpapers, [i-ii] map, 55, [56-60] pages. Under serious consideration for the Newberry Award in 2014. Fictional treatment about a genuine young woman, who narrates her astonishing life: from enslavement aboard the infamous Amistad captured slave ship; the famous trial involving John Quincy Adams about freeing its slaves; and how she evenutally was able to return to Africa. Illustrated magnificently by Robert Byrd in ink and watercolor--plus there's a superb full-color, full-page frontispiece map of Africa. Robert John Byrd (born 1942) is a prominent American author and illustrator; e.g., Good Master! & Sweet Ladies. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright, clean, virtually AS NEW copy in a comparable dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4685
- Title
- AFRICA IS MY HOME; (A Child of the Amistad) / Monica Edinger / Illustrated by Robert Byrd
- Author
- Edinger, Monica
- Illustrator
- Robert Byrd
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0763650382
- ISBN 13
- 9780763650384
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Place of Publication
- Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Illustrated, Africa, trial, slave ship, slavery, John Quincy Adams, freedom, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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