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TWO WINGS TO VEIL MY FACE
by Forrest, Leon
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394529650
- ISBN 13
- 9780394529653
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over off-white boards with imbossed "LF"; archvial mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with a black person's face behind two white angelic wings, 286 pages + [2] About the Author. Leon Forrest (1937 - 1997) was an African-American novelist. At Northwestern University, he headed its Afro-American Studies Department from 1985 to 1994.<br /> <br /> His novels concerned mythology, history, and Chicago. His first novel, There is a Tree More Ancient than Eden, was published in 1973. His next two novels The Bloodworth Orphans, and Two Wings to Veil My Face were known as the Forest County Trilogy.<br /> <br /> INSCRIBED with feeling. SUPERIOR OVERALL CONDITION! Tight, bright, clean copy and unclipped dj. No previous owner or remainder marks.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8889
- Title
- TWO WINGS TO VEIL MY FACE
- Author
- Forrest, Leon
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394529650
- ISBN 13
- 9780394529653
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- blacks
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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