bookfever.com

New Offerings     Specials     Advanced Search
Author Index     Events     Terms & About Us     Resources     Shopping Cart

Dove, Rita THE DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH: A Verse Play in Fourteen Scenes. Brownsville, OR: Story Line Press, 1994. SIGNED First Edition



First printing, a trade paperback original, issued simultaneously with a limited signed hardcover. A classical tragedy, in blank verse, based the story of Oedipus, but set on a plantation in antebellum South Carolina. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1999. Illustrated by Mark Wooley. One of only 4,000 copies in wrappers out of a total edition of 4276. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers, as issued. .ISBN # 0-934257-744 

Book Listing #15656      40.00      BUY!      Shopping Cart


Browse our African American Literature catalogue for similar books.

See more titles by Dove, Rita.

Ask a question or list your wants: query@bookfever.com

Beginning   Previous    Index  Next   End


We have been selling books on the internet, by mail order and at book fairs, as well as in our open shop in Jackson, California, since 1992. We currently have over 50,000 books and magazines in stock - many more than are listed on our website, so please do not hesitate to contact us if you cannot find what you are looking for. We enjoy helping clients develop their collection - whether by author or by topic - or for research purposes, such as a doctoral dissertation - and we also enjoy making suggestions for an appropriate book as a gift.

The books available for sale range from rare to used books: antiquarian or second hand, collectible or reading copies, and out-of-print books, magazines and pulps. Our inventory contains fine first edition literature, advanced review copies (ARCs), proofs, limited editions. Books signed or inscribed by the author or illustrator is one of our specialities with over 3,000 in stock.

The topics in which we specialize include African American literature and history, Latin American literature, mostly in translation and works by Chicano or Hispanic authors, Hawaiian, Asian and Asian American and Native American fiction and nonfiction, women authors and women's studies, mystery and detective fiction, science fiction, fantasy and horror, children's books and vintage juvenile series, poetry, small press publications, focusing especially on the 60's counter culture and beat writers, and Western Americana and California history.

updated 2/24/2008 7:55:45 PM
SEARCH OUR STOCK:
Click here for advanced search.
TOLL FREE (877)-BOOKFEVer  or  (209)-274-6960