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Hurston, Zora Neale (1891-1960) Moses Man of the Mountain, first edition.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1939.
Stated first edition, octavo; bound in the first issue publisher's orange-stamped reddish cloth, yellow endpapers, orange topstain; with the original unclipped pictorial jacket (edgewear including some creasing, a few closed tears, and an area of loss at spine panel head, minor soiling to rear panel; spine caps and lower corners just bumped); 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Hurston's powerful novel, based on the Exodus story, combines aspects of the New Testament Moses with the Moses of black folklore to form a powerful tale of spirituality, freedom, and empowerment.
