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"Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston, J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia and London, 1937. In the publisher's orange cloth binding with black lettering, dark blue stained top edge, 5 1/2" x 8 1/4", 286 pages. Head and heel of spine bumped, sunned edge to front board, one scuff at author's name, contents near fine. Hurston (1891-1960), was the most influential African-American author of her generation. This is her most famous book, TIME included the novel in its 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.
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"Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston, J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia and London, 1937. In the publisher's orange cloth binding with black lettering, dark blue stained top edge, 5 1/2" x 8 1/4", 286 pages. Head and heel of spine bumped, sunned edge to front board, one scuff at author's name, contents near fine. Hurston (1891-1960), was the most influential African-American author of her generation. This is her most famous book, TIME included the novel in its 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.
