New York: Doubleday, 2003. This Stated First Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) has the required number line starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in As New unread condition with an As New unclipped dust jacket. From the author of "Sally Hemings" comes another well-researched historical novel about Sarah Baartman, a South African woman who was brought to London in the early 19th Century and turned into a freak-show exhibition by her exploitive keeper. The book is bound in black boards with a black cloth spine and die-stamped gilt spine lettering. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches and incudes 317 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Barbara Chase-Riboud is a Carl Sandburg Prize-winning poet and the prize-winning author of four acclaimed, widely translated historical novels, the bestselling Sally Hemings , Valide: A Novel of the Harem , Echo of Lions (about the Amistad mutiny), and The President's Daughter . She is a winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize and received a knighthood in arts and letters from the French government in 1996. Chase-Riboud is also a renowned sculptor whose award-winning monuments grace Lower Manhattan. She is a rare living artist honored with a personal exhibition, "The Monument Drawings," in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Born and raised in Philadelphia, of Canadian American descent, she is the recipient of numerous fellowships and honorary degrees. She divides her time among Paris, Rome and the United States.

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Bookseller: Grimalkin Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001246
Title: Hottentot Venus: A Novel
Author: Chase-Riboud, Barbara
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0385508565
ISBN 13: 9780385508568
Publisher: Doubleday
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2003
Keywords: Historical Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Historical Fiction; Women's Literature;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.

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