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Ezekiel Travels
by Elvira Garner
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Frederick, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Henry Holt and Co, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x0. Collectible first edition of Sanford, Florida author Elvira Garner's sequel to Ezekiel (a Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation Prize winning manuscript and best-selling book), Ezekiel Travels. Per Henry Holt's practice of designating first editions, no additional printings indicated on the copyright page. The pipe cleaner characters are back in vibrant color, integrated everywhere into the text, meeting adventure after adventure, including a hurricane, which is hauntingly presented with streaks of wind and rain over three pages. African American dialect throughout. Includes priced dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. 46 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear, primarily along bottom edges of boards, and faint age-toning near extremities. Hinges sturdy. Very light internal age toning with bright colors. Dust jacket moderately age toned with light chipping and small area of loss to head of spine panel. $1.50 price present. A presentable copy of an important Black Americana collectible. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midnight Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 376135
- Title
- Ezekiel Travels
- Author
- Elvira Garner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- 9x6x0
- Weight
- 0.56 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Midnight Books
Biblio member since 2005
Frederick, Maryland
About Midnight Books
Midnight Books specializes in hard-to-find books in high demand by collectors. This includes (but is not limited to) vintage and antiquarian titles, signed first editions and scarce ephemera. All books offered come with an unconditional, lifetime guarantee of authenticity.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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