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American Hunger
by WRIGHT, Richard; FABRE, Michel (Afterword)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1978. Very Good. FIRST THUS. 8vo. Black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Top edge spotted. POI to ffep. Else, clean and tight. In the original dust jacket: spine sunned, a little creasing and wear to edges, flaps toned. A pleasing copy of Wright's "integral second part" to Black Boy, published posthumously. Very good/ very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2158
- Title
- American Hunger
- Author
- WRIGHT, Richard; FABRE, Michel (Afterword)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
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About the Seller
Quair Books
Biblio member since 2019
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
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- Sunned
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- Flap(s)
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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