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This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear. Signed by the author, Jackie Ranston, and dated November 19, 2008. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Signed at the Yale Club in New York at the book launch party. Stated first edition. This monograph is the first full length biography of Isaac Mendes Belisario ( 1794- 1849) known simply as Belisario, the engraver, painter and lithographer who produced the masterpiece Sketches of Character, an Illustration of the Habits, Occupation and Costume of the Negro Population in the Island of Jamaica, published as a set of lithographs on the eve of Emancipation in 1837. Illustrated throughout in color, some black & white. Maps, Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 409 pages. Scarce signed. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.