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The Slave Dancer
by Fox, Paula
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0878880623
- ISBN 13
- 9780878880621
- Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Scarsdale, NY: Bradbury Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Keith, Eros. 8vo. 176 pp. Light beige cloth in pictorial dust jacket, blind stamped PF to front board. DJ sunned, heaviest at spine and rear board. Original $5.95 price to front flap unclipped. Very light foxing to text block edges, interior remains very clean. Stated first edition, first printing. With black and white 2-page spread illustrations by Eros Keith. Newbery Award winning novel of the slave trade.
Synopsis
The Slave Dancer is a children's book written by Paula Fox and published in 1973. It tells the story of a boy who witnessed first-hand the savagery of the African slave trade. The book not only includes a historical account, but it also touches upon the emotional conflicts felt by those involved in transporting the slaves from Africa to other parts of the world. It received the Newbery Medal in 1974.
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Details
- Bookseller
- small volume
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 398
- Title
- The Slave Dancer
- Author
- Fox, Paula
- Illustrator
- Keith, Eros
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0878880623
- ISBN 13
- 9780878880621
- Publisher
- Bradbury Press
- Place of Publication
- Scarsdale, NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- illustrated, first edition, slavery, America, usa, black history, young adult, Newbury
Terms of Sale
small volume
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About the Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- Edges
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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