The Stone that the Builder Refused

New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); terracotta paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 747pp; illustrated map endpapers. Tiny soil to lower edge of textblock, else Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Archie Ferguson with photograph by Jérôme De Perlinghi, unclipped (priced $29.95), in Fine condition. Bell's historical fiction novel focuses on the later career of Toussaint Louverture, a leader of the African slave rebellion, known today as the Haitian Revolution. [85477].