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THE MARROW OF TRADITION
by CHESNUTT, CHARLES W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J.
- Seller
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
BOSTON, MA: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1901. FIRST EDITION. FROM THE LIBRARY OF JERSEY CITY, NJ DOCTOR HUERTA C. NEALS (THE DOCTOR WHO MADE HOUSE CALLS TO THE ELDERLY IN HIS RV) . YELLOW CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH TITLES IN BLACK TO THE SPINE AND UPPER COVER AND DESIGN IN BLACK AND SILVER TO SPINE AND UPPER COVER. THE CLOTH IS MODESTLY SOILED WITH FAINT DAMPING TO THE UPPER COVER NEAR THE HEEL OF THE SPINE, THE SPINE IS COLOR-FADED AND TITLES A BIT PERISHED BUT STILL RETAINING GOOD SHELF VISIBILITY. THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS HAVE SOME SLIGHT WEAR, AND THERE IS AN OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE AND DATE: "ALBERT SCHLEICH 1905" ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER AND DOCTOR NEAL'S CIRCULAR BLIND STAMP ON THE TITLE-PAGE. CONSIDERING THE COLOR OF THE CLOTH, A VERY NICE COPY OF A VERY SCARCE AND IMPORTANT BOOK WHICH IS BASED ON THE NOVEMBER 1898 ELECTIONS IN WILMINGTON NC AND THE ENSUING RACE RIOT, A TIME IN THE NATION'S HISTORY WHEN RECONSTRUCTION WAS MORPHING INTO "JIM CROW" AND THE DILEMMA THIS CAUSED FOR THE BLACK MAN. .
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- Bookseller
- JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI012687I
- Title
- THE MARROW OF TRADITION
- Author
- CHESNUTT, CHARLES W
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J.
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO
- Place of Publication
- BOSTON, MA
- Date Published
- PUB 1901
- Keywords
- FROM THE LIBRARY OF JERSEY CITY, NJ DOCTOR HUERTA C. NEALS (THE DOCTOR, WHO MADE HOUSE CALLS TO THE ELDERLY IN HIS RV), NOVEL, AFRO-AMER AUTHOR, BLACK WRITER
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JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
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