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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
by Baldwin, James
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Dell, 1969. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Novel about man who "rose from the bitter streets of Harlem to become America's greatest black actor.whose one-way path to success suddenly became an agonizing crossroads.tells it like it is about sex, race & morality today." Orig. published in hardcover in1968, this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition, First printing, from 1969 (Dell 8581). Condition is VG+: extremely clean & bright & feels unopened, with binding strong & straight. Pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning, heaviest around all edges, but no markings. Modest tanning/toning inside both covers with light foxing to ffep. Teeny (1/8") tear to bottom edge of front cover near spine. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (Pacific) ship same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022237
- Title
- Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
- Author
- Baldwin, James
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Mass Market Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dell
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTORS MEN MALE 1960S SIXTIES HARLEM FICTION NOVEL SEX RACE RACIAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film/Television; Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / African/Black Americans;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- 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....
- 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...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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