Oxherding Tale
by Johnson, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0253166071
- ISBN 13
- 9780253166074
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana Univ Press, 1982. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to Sharon Sklar, who designed the dustjacket for this book-"Dear Sharon Sklar- Many thanks for the nice letter, but more importantly, thank you for the wonderful design work for the Oxherding Tale; what you've done here is beautiful - stunning, in fact, one of the best covers I've ever seen, and I love it. As I mentioned to John Gallman, people should buy the novel for the cover alone (forget the contents). With great appreciation, Charles Johnson, July 1982." A wonderful Association Copy , Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with a small indentation rear panel at spine. Chartles Johnson went on to win the National Book Award for his novel "Middle Passage". Quite simply the best possible Association Copy of this title one could hope to own. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Association Copy.
Synopsis
Charles Johnson 's books include the National Book Award-winning novel Middle Passage , Dreamer , and Africans in America . He is currently the Pollock Professor of English at the University of Washington.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002796
- Title
- Oxherding Tale
- Author
- Johnson, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0253166071
- ISBN 13
- 9780253166074
- Publisher
- Indiana Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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