EMMET, Herman LeRoy; CAPA, Cornell (fore.); COLEMAN, A.D. (intro.)

Fruit Tramps: A Family of Migrant Farmworkers

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1989.

Frontispiece, numerous black & white photographic illustrations. xix + 58 pages of text, otherwise unpaginated. Slim 4to, mottled gray cloth with black lettering at the spine, pictorial d.w. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1989). A scarce first edition, signed by A.D. Coleman at the title page.

Coleman's title page inscription reads, "A.D. Coleman, New York, February 1998". Illustrator: COLEMAN, A.D.
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Wrapper: Yes
Condition: Fine / Fine
Edition: First
Language: English
ISBN: 0826311199

Price: $375.00

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