Dance with a Poor Mans Daughter, by Pamela Jooste. Published by Black Swan, 1999.

Dance with a Poor Mans Daughter, by Pamela Jooste. Published by Black Swan, 1999.

Paperback, 349pp.

Winner of the Commonwealth Best First Book Award for the African Region. Winner of the Sanlam Literary Award.

Cover clean and bright. Mild creasing across corners of front panel and fore-edge of rear panel. No edgewear. Corner tips still sharp. Spine not creased. The binding is secure, text is complete: no loose, or missing pages. Tiny 2mm tear to top edge p. 165--otherwise no torn pages. Edges of text block foxed. A few isolated spots of foxing on inside of cover, with minor sticker damage on inside of front panel. Fly leaves foxed, with previous owner name inscription, blocked out with white corrective fluid. Prelims foxed and age-toned around edges. Persistent foxing throughout the text block, mostly limited to the edges and margins, very occasionally wandering into the printed area. No underlining or highlighting, no annotations or marginalia.