Toronto, ON: HarperCollins Publishers Limited (Harper Collins), 2009. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Canadian Edition. First Printing. Illustrated Edition. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.

Beautiful hardboards bearing photographic copy of the real Book of Negroes document, the ship's log for the British navy, obtained from the British Archives, UK. Colored map endpapers (the map of Aminata Diallo.) Text block clean, tight, square, unmarked, heavily illustrated throughout with more than 150 documents, drawings, paintings, maps, and more, to illuminate the history behind the story. Satin gloss pictorial dust jacket; flawless, unclipped, with original price on back cover.

This beautiful full-colour gift edition of a Canadian classic, The Book of Negroes, shares with readers the many photos, works of art and documents that inspired Lawrence Hill to create his award-winning work. It adds to the novel more than 150 images: early maps and documents, archival photos, period paintings and never be fore published pages from the original handwritten ledger from which the novel draws its name. Readers will travel with Aminata Diallo from a West African village to an indigo plantation in South Carolina, through the tough streets of New York City and the harsh climate of Nova Scotia to the coast of Sierra Leone, and finally to an abolitionist's home in London.

This keepsake edition is essential for any booklover's collection.

ISBN: 9781554686957

Asking $35.00

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