In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
- Written by
- Walker, Alice, American, born 1944
- Published by
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, founded 1970
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with cloth and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 6 × 1 in. (21.6 × 15.2 × 2.5 cm)
- H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 12 7/16 × 13/16 in. (21.6 × 31.6 × 2 cm)
- H x W: 8 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (21.6 × 52 cm)
- Description
- A first edition hardback copy of In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker. The book has a purple and white paper dust jacket with black type and a purple-and-white headshot of Walker on the front jacket. Walker looks at the viewer, smiling. She holds her proper left under her chin and rests her cheek on her raised, proper left index finger. She is wearing a woven wrap, patterned with rectangular blocks. There is a framed, white text box with the title of the book printed in black text that reads [IN / SEARCH / OF OUR / MOTHERS' / GARDENS / Womanist / Prose by / ALICE / WALKER]. At the top of the spine is the title of the book printed in black text that reads [IN SEARCH OF OUR / MOTHERS' GARDENS]. At the bottom of the spine is the publisher’s logo, a black oval with [HBJ] printed in the center with white text. Below is the name of the publisher, [HARCOURT / BRACE / JOVANOVICH] printed in black text. The back of the jacket is white with a purple text box with white text blurbs from Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, Essence, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The ISBN number is printed in the bottom right corner in purple text. Black text is printed on the front and back interior flaps of the jacket with the price, a synopsis of the book, the author biography, and the publisher information. The hardback book itself is dark and light purple. The front cover has two black squares with stylized square crosses in the center. Gold metallic text on the spine that reads [IN SEARCH OF OUR / MOTHERS' GARDENS]. At the bottom of the spine is the publisher’s logo, a gold oval outline with [HBJ] printed in the center in gold text. Below is the name of the publisher, [HARCOURT / BRACE / JOVANOVICH] printed in gold text. The ISBN number is printed in the bottom right corner on the back cover in gold text. The front and back end papers are off white. The interior pages, three hundred and ninety-seven (397) in total, front and back, are off-white paper with black type and several graphics of black squares with stylized square crosses.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Activism
- Art
- Feminism
- Literature
- Motherhood
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.38.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Alice Walker
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.