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PETERKIN, Julia - Bright Skin
1932. PETERKIN, Julia. BRIGHT SKIN. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1932. Limited edition, no. 62 of 250 copies signed by the author on limitation page. With note on Peterkin's personal stationery responding to request for an autographed book, probably a different title, dated 1942. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. Julia Peterkin (1880-1961), mistress of Lang Syne, a South Carolina plantation, rejected the racial stereotypes common in much of Southern literature at the time and achieved success through her pioneering, realistic portrayals of African Americans in literature. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1929 for her book Scarlet Sister Mary (1928). .
USD 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 597 | £UK 508.5 | JP¥ 101082] Booknumber: 80120
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USD 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 597 | £UK 508.5 | JP¥ 101082] Booknumber: 80120
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Total: USD 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 597 | £UK 508.5 | JP¥ 101082]
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