[Ota Benga] Pamela Newkirk

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga [Inscribed and Signed]

New York: Amistad / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015. Very Good / Very Good -. Item #45117
ISBN: 9780062201003

New York: Amistad / HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's boards in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; xvi,297pp.; four leaves of photographic plates printed on rectos and versos. Dust jacket a bit worn and rather soiled, corners bumped; Very Good and sound overall. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page.

Biography of Ota Benga, a young Mbuti (Congolese) man who was captured and put on display at the St. Louis World Fair and the Bronx Zoo at the turn of the 20th century.

Price: $65.00