Description

Hardcover in publisher’s original dust-jacket. 239 pages. Introduction and additional essays by Barnett Shepherd. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. First edition. A family history, written by a former occupant of Sandy Ground, “…one of the oldest African American communities in the New York metropolitan region,” located in south-western Staten Island. No previous ownership marks. Remnants of retail price sticker inside front cover, partially obscured by dust-jacket flap. A nice clean and unmarked copy in dust-jacket of the exceedingly difficult to find hardcover edition. Near fine in a fine dust-jacket.