Tituba of Salem Village
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1964. Very Good / Very Good. Item #45433
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1964. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo (20.8cm); illustrated dust jacket with $3.75 price intact; boards in sand cloth with black lettering to spine; [viii],254pp. Jacket shelfworn, with a tiny closed tear to joint at tail, toning to spine, and some stray smudges to rear; heavier smudging and some foxing to verso. Boards a bit faded along edges with some creasing to cloth down spine. Boards open a bit shakily but binding is secure. Moderate to heavy foxing to endpapers and flyleaf, with a brief marker black-out at top of front free endpaper, else interior unmarked.
Petry's young-adult novel set during the Salem Witch Trials, focused on eponymous enslaved woman who was the first to be accused of witchcraft.
Price: $100.00