Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo: A Novel
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] SHANGE, Ntozake
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); navy blue and green paper-covered boards with red cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine and decorative elements embossed on front cover; dustjacket; [xii],224,[4]pp. Trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, else very Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $10.95), with light wear, some gentle sunning to extremities, and two tiny tears. A substantial expansion of the author's first work of prose, published by Shameless Hussy Press in 1976.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63601
- Title
- Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo: A Novel
- Author
- [AFRICAN AMERICANA] SHANGE, Ntozake
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Women; African-Americana;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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