JONES, Nettie

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NY: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1989. First edition. 163pp. Pink boards backed with black cloth; dust jacket. Very fine in an unclipped jacket with a small sticker ghost to interior. S uperb copy of the scarce second novel by American writer Nettie Jones (b. 1941); an exploration of race and class, about a Black woman in 1920s Detroit who abandons her home and adopts a white identity. Jacket illustration and design by Jackie Schuman. Show more