The Water Brought Us: The Story of the Gullah-Speaking People
by Branch, Muriel Miller
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0525651853
- ISBN 13
- 9780525651857
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Cobblehill / Dutton, 1995. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Cobblehill / Dutton, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing, with full number line on copyright page. Clean dark blue boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Neatly stamped previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper; no other marks. 106 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A portrait of the Gullah people who forged out of the oppressive circumstances of slavery a unique African-American culture. 7-1/2" x 9-1/2". Black History..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016653
- Title
- The Water Brought Us: The Story of the Gullah-Speaking People
- Author
- Branch, Muriel Miller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0525651853
- ISBN 13
- 9780525651857
- Publisher
- Cobblehill / Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- GULLAHS ANTHROPOLOGY BIOGRAPHY NONFICTION GULLAH LANGUAGE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE SLAVERY BLACK HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Black History; Languages;
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