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Manchild in the Promised Land
by Brown, Claude
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Brown on the half-title page. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), generally soiled, faded at the spine. Red buckram, faded at the top and bottom edges, with gilt and black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Brown's autobiography of growing up in Harlem during the mid-20th century, an incredibly successful book with numerous printings and multiple translations.
Synopsis
Manchild in the Promised Land is an autobiographical novel written by Claude Brown. It tells about the author's coming of age amidst poverty and violence in Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. The book has frequently appeared on banned book lists for offensive language, violence, and degradation of women.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7054
- Title
- Manchild in the Promised Land
- Author
- Brown, Claude
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Civil Rights Movement, Harlem, Gangs, Crime, Criminal Justice, Mental Health, African American Studies, Black Studies, American History, American Studies, 20th Century History
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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