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ANTIGUA BLACK Portrait of an Island People
by GREGSON DAVIS
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 091202030X
- ISBN 13
- 9780912020303
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SAN FRANCISCO : SCRIMSHAW PRESS , 1973 Mushroom cloth boards with black blocked titles to spine and front and laid on photo. plate. 310 x265 mm approx. 144pp 2 maps, b/w photographs by Margo Davis and history of the Island by her husband Gregson + 7 reproductions of historical colour prints and a few line illustrations. First Edition 1973. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Good (Book - mild shelf rubbing to bottom edge, previous owner name - place and date in ink to free front end paper. Dust Jacket - shelf rubbed with a few tears max. 3 cm approx to top front panel and minor chips, non price clipped - cover $27.50. bottom of fore edge flap fold, Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve to prevent further degradation. No other notable defects to book or jacket)
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131239
- Title
- ANTIGUA BLACK Portrait of an Island People
- Author
- GREGSON DAVIS
- Illustrator
- MARGO DAVIS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 091202030X
- ISBN 13
- 9780912020303
- Publisher
- SCRIMSHAW PRESS
- Place of Publication
- SAN FRANCISCO
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Antigua Black, Margo Davis, Gregson Davis, Photography, West Indies, Slavery, Sugar Plantations, Colonial History,
Terms of Sale
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