Description
Valerie Boyd — First Edition, 2002 — Fine Interior | Ex-Library | Brodart
Author: Valerie Boyd
Publisher: Scribner, New York
Publication Year: 2002
Edition: First Edition, First Printing (number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2)
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket protected with Brodart
Page Count: Typically 528 pages (this Scribner edition standard)
Condition:
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Book: Fine interior — crisp, clean pages with no writing or stains. Tight binding.
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Library markings: Former library copy with a barcode or stamp on endpaper and a catalog tag on the spine.
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Dust Jacket: Very Good+ — bright and clean with minimal wear; now housed in a new Brodart archival cover, enhancing appearance and longevity.
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Overall: A beautifully preserved ex-library First Edition suitable for reading, study, and display.
A significant First Edition biography of Zora Neale Hurston, written by journalist and scholar Valerie Boyd. Wrapped in Rainbows quickly became the definitive life of Hurston—novelist, anthropologist, folklorist, and one of the central voices of the Harlem Renaissance. Boyd’s masterful research, narrative grace, and deep cultural insight earned the book critical acclaim and established it as an essential text in African American literary studies.
This First Edition, First Printing copy comes from a library but has been preserved with exceptional care. The interior is pristine—clean, crisp, and bright—and the dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition, now beautifully protected in a fresh Brodart archival cover. Though it bears expected library marks and a catalog spine tag, the book’s overall presentation is notably strong for an ex-library copy.
A valuable and increasingly collectible biography of one of America’s most influential authors and cultural historians.
Excellent for collections focused on:
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African American literature
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Women writers
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Harlem Renaissance history
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Literary biography
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Zora Neale Hurston studies
