4to. Offset lithographs and 5 laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper. (Small crease to first silhouette.) Original russet faux leather binding as issued.

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 4000 copies printed by Typecraft, Inc., Pasadena, and distributed to friends and colleagues. "The painstakingly produced pop-ups create an intimate atmosphere in the hands of the reader. Upon turning each page, with a single movement a whole backdrop is constructed for the dreams of a 'soon-to-be-emancipated 19th century Negress', as her character is described in the introduction. In this work Walker also tells the more lugubrious story of a black slave woman who is ill-treated, and whose life ends as a stowaway on a rudderless ship. It is the vision of a just world that keeps the slave woman going." (Artist's Books, p.324).