The Conjure Woman
by Chesnutt, Charles W
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1899. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, large paper issue. copy number 27 of a limited 150. Signed by Charles Chesnutt on the title page, with an inscription reading "Sincerely Yours, Chas. W. Chesnutt." Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with printed paper title label on the spine. Very Good with slight lean to binding, a bit of soiling and darkening to cloth at edges, shallow chipping at spine ends, toning and some loss to title label on spine, contemporary former owner name to the front paste down.
A collection of short stories as told in dialect by Uncle Julius, a freed slave, in antebellum North Carolina. Signed copies of this book are incredibly scarce, with one copy of the first trade edition appearing at auction in 2013 and a second printing appearing in 2004.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140943990
- Title
- The Conjure Woman
- Author
- Chesnutt, Charles W
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed at the Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1899
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Edges
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- 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...