NMLP P-032199 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-04

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Virginia Hamilton (illus. Leo & Diane Dillon) · Alfred A. Knopf · 1985

Stated first edition on the copyright page with a full number line ending in 1; large-format hardcover with Leo and Diane Dillon jacket art and full-page paintings throughout; original price on the front jacket flap

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-032199 for "The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales" by Virginia Hamilton (illus. Leo & Diane Dillon) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032199, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).