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Meadowlark
by Meadowlark Lemon
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0840742207
- ISBN 13
- 9780840742209
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Publishers, 1987 Thomas Nelson, Publishers, Nashville, TN. 1987. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bumping to head and tail; slight bottom board edge shelfwear. DJ: Near Fine; light rubbing to panels; light bumping to head and tail. Gray paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 221 pp 8vo. His dream from age 11 was to be a part of the Harlem Globetrotters, an all black exhibition basketball team that combined athleticism, theater, and comedy in their style of play. He did make it but bitterness did happen when prejudice, racism, and bigotry got in the way of hope. A chain reaction of events led him to find his true purpose in life with his faith. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009955
- Title
- Meadowlark
- Author
- Meadowlark Lemon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0840742207
- ISBN 13
- 9780840742209
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Nashville, TN
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- basketball, Harlem Globetrotters, Sweet Georgia Brown, All-black basketball team, exhibition basketball, comedy basketball, theater basketball, prejudice, religion, racism, basketball clowns, acrobatic basketball, BLM, civil rights, bigotry,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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