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And in the beginning-- / by Sheron Williams ; illustrated by Robert Roth.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.W655 An 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Sheron.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Africa.
- Folklore.
- Creation--Folklore.
- Creation.
- Africa.
- Donna Harsh Collection.
- African setting.
- Local Subjects:
- Donna Harsh Collection.
- African setting.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [40] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- [1st ed.]
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atheneum ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992. (Hong Kong : Printed by South China Printing Company (1988) Ltd.)
- Summary:
- Describes how Mahtmi created the first man from the dark rich earth of Mount Kilimanjaro and gave him a gift marking him as special.
- Notes:
- "First edition."
- " ... Set in 12 point Galliard. The display type is Architectura. The artwork is rendered in watercolors on cold-press watercolor paper and was color separated by laser scanner."
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Williams, Sheron. And in the beginning--
- ISBN:
- 068931650X :
- 9780689316500
- OCLC:
- 22275801
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