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Reuben
by Wideman, John Edgar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805003754
- ISBN 13
- 9780805003758
- Seller
-
Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987. First Edition, First Printing.
SIGNED by John Edgar Wideman on the title page. An Advance Review Copy with the publisher's materials laid in. This is the story of Reuben, a lawyer, who represents people in a Black ghetto of Pittsburgh in their dealings with the White authorities downtown.
The novel is set in Homewood, the Black neighborhood of Pittsburgh where the author grew up. "Wideman's anger and sadness evoke a series of powerful images that will burn long in the mind and conscience." (Booklist)
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo, 215 pages.
CONDITION: A Near Fine copy, with a small bump to the bottom edges of both boards and light dark mark on the top edge, in a Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket with only slight edge wear. Overall, an attractive copy, SIGNED by the author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 737
- Title
- Reuben
- Author
- Wideman, John Edgar
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0805003754
- ISBN 13
- 9780805003758
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- African-American; Fiction; Pittsburgh
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
Biblio member since 2009
Hopewell, New Jersey
About Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Advance Review Copy
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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