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Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket, as issued. Limited Edition, #76 of 500. Privately Published, 1998. This is number 76 of a Limited Edition of 500 copies, with affixed seal "which hereby attests to its authenticity." SIGNED TWICE by the AUTHOR -- once on the special translucent limitati…on page, and again on the regular title page with brief inscription and dated 1998. Fine condition. Sharp corners, Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Profusely illustrated with vintage b/w photos and modern ones in beautiful full color. A silk ribbon page-marker is sewn into the headband. Author's business card is laid-in. Bound in the original brown pictorial laminated boards, stamped in bright gold. From the rear cover: "This story takes place at an isolated peninsula located on a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It was on this insignificant splinter of land that people who were deathly ill and free of any crimes against nature or mankind were banished to spend their lives segregated from all civilized society. Forced from their families and stripped of dignity, these men, women and children came from all races, religions and walks of life. Over the last 130 years there have been many strangers who came freely to these lonely shores and brought compassion, assistance and self-respect. Foremost among those was one whose destiny it was to achieve greatness by his humble efforts to relieve and ultimately share the pain of his fellow man. This Roman Catholic priest is known to the world as Father Joseph Damien deVeuster. As the last of his people and the 20th Century fade into memory, the human tragedy that occurred here must be left as a reminder for all time of man's injustice to his own. The chronicle of suffering and loneliness within these pages belongs to each and every one of those exiled to the Kalaupapa Peninsula over the decades, and it is for them that this story is told." Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. This large book may require extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for priority or media mail. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Limited Edition, #76 of 500. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. iv, 129pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).
