A near fine copy in a near fine, mylar protected DJ. A great association copy that is inscribed "To James Gibbs With Friendship" and signed by the author in 1974. Professor James L. Gibbs, Jr. chaired the African and African American Studies Founding Committee at Stanford University in 1968 and was Stanford s first tenured African American professor. He served Stanford University s community for thirty years before retiring in January of 1997. The book is also signed by Dr. Gibbs on the front end paper. Slight wear to book spine ends; Light wear to DJ spine ends with a small amount of chipping to the bottom DJ spine end., 1st edition; 8vo., 346 pages plus vii index pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0. Seller Inventory # 21186
Synopsis: Black Majority won the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association.
Review:
Easily the most thorough and the most penetrating case study yet written of the Afro-American population during the slave period. . . . Fascinating and instructive.--Jack P. Greene
Mr. Wood has gone beyond any previous study of the history of slavery in the colonial period. . . . He has given us new perspectives not only on slavery but on human relationships in early America.--Edmund S. Morgan, author of American Slavery / American Freedom
Title: Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South ...
Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Inc
Publication Date: 1974
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author
Edition: 1st Edition.
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Stated First Edition. 1st printing (no later printings indicated). Inscribed by the author, Peter H. Wood, to the author Eli Evans; no other markings. Fast shipping from NYC!. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 021120169