Black and White

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with black, white and red coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back strip black and white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. The author's interest in the story of Jim Jones and the massacre, is not so much in the events themselves as on the ideas and the environment shaped those events, the corrupt and corrupting aetiologies that enable Jim Jones and the People's Temple to flourish and grow powerful in California and in the cooperative republic of Guyana. Rubbing of the book edges with bumping of the top book corners. Some dust marks to the book edges with age toning to the text block edges and pages. Scattered foxing to the top text edge. Handling marks to the end pages. Minor creasing of the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the panels. A little sunning to the back strip with some handling marks to the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. IV, 224 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Law & Criminal Studies. ISBN: 0241103371. ISBN/EAN: 9780241103371. Inventory No: 0226778. . 9780241103371