New Day: a Novel of Jamaica by Reid, V. S - 1949

Peepal Tree Press, 2016. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Peepal Tree Pr Ltd, 2016. Paperback. New. revised ed. edition. 340 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches.

Peepal Tree Press, Limited , pp. 340 . Papeback. New.

Peepal Tree Press, 2016-11-01. Revised ed. paperback. Used: Good.

Peepal Tree Press, 2016-11-01. Revised ed. paperback. Used:Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. 374 pp. White endpapers. Green patterned paper-covered boards. Corners bumped, wear along the edges. Green illustrated DJ. Small chips, wear along the edges. GOOD+/GOOD+. First Edition.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Stated first edition. Unmarked copy with a bit of foxing to page edges. Decorative paper over boards. 374pp. Unclipped jacket is shelf rubbed, in a protective mylar cover. Author's first book, a novel of Jamaica.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall.

Kingston, Jamaica; London: Sangster's Book Stores with Heinemann, 1970. Second impression by Sangster's Book Stores with Heinemann in 1970; first published by Knopf in 1949. Hardcover, octavo, slate cloth boards with gilt lettering in pictorial dust jacket, 344 pp. Very good, front free endpaper owner-inscribed, up to 50 pages in text block under-lined with annotations from literary critic and translator Roberto Marquez; very good dust jacket, spine ends chipped, covers rubbed, edges and corners worn and rubbed, edges creased/Very good dust jacket, chipped spine ends with. Cover design by Joint Graphics. Considered to be an early work in introducing patois to a new, younger generation by way of a manuscript written entirely in Creole, hardly facilitating its publication. In his introductory note to this 1970 printing, V.S. Reid recounts a brief history of Jamaica leading up to the opening of his first novel. It's October 1865, the beginning of the Morant Bay Rebellion in St. Thomas Parish, the… Read More

Kingston, Jamaica; London: Sangster's Book Stores with Heinemann, 1970. Second impression by Sangster's Book Stores with Heinemann in 1970; first published by Knopf in 1949. Hardcover, octavo, slate cloth boards with gilt lettering in pictorial dust jacket, 344 pp. Very good, some gently shelf wear and toning to paper edges/Very good dust jacket, chipped spine ends with some rubbed sections and discoloration, rubbed covers with mild edge wear, chipping and some creases; seams of flaps worn and creased with chipped corners. Cover design by Joint Graphics. Considered to be an early work in introducing patois to a new, younger generation by way of a manuscript written entirely in Creole, hardly facilitating its publication. In his introductory note to this 1970 printing, V.S. Reid recounts a brief history of Jamaica leading up to the opening of his first novel. It's October 1865, the beginning of the Morant Bay Rebellion in St. Thomas Parish, the subject of commemoration in his work, In the wake of a 3… Read More