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Julian Messner, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Julian Messner, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Julian Messner, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in about very good dustwrapper with a lightly toned spine with light edgewear. Winner of the Julian Messner Award.

New York: Julian Messner, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 310pp. A bump on the rear board top edge and spotting on the page edge else near fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and tears on the spine. Winner of the Julian Messner Award for the "Best Book Combating Intolerance in America." The author married W.E.B. DuBois in the early l950's.

New York: Julian Messner, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Foxing, owner's name, front hinge cracked, and a touch of wear on spine ends and cover corners, very good in a fair heavily chipped and torn dustwrapper with most of spine and bottom half of back panel missing, internally repaired with archival tape. Winner of the Julian Messner Award. Novelist and former Brown University English professor Barry Beckham's copy with his name in ink on front fly.

Julian Messner, Inc., 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition Not Stated. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-library copy- library stamp on the title page, red pencil marking and pen on the dedication page, otherwise solid copy.Normal shelf wear, sunning on spine..

New York: Julian Messner, 1947. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. green cloth. Fine in very good dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. W.E.B. Du Bois' wife.

Julian Messner, 1947-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Very slight toning, else Content appears as unread & unblemished in Near Very Good dark blue, cloth covered boards with DJ displaying minor surface/edge wear. Light bumping to head/heel of spine.The Heroic Story of Frederick Douglass is a biography that reads much more like a novel. Eschewing the detail-oriented, documentary tone of much biographical writing, Graham freely invents scenes, dialogue, and descriptive details that blend to create an evocative tapestry of Douglass' life.The story is told chronologically, beginning with Douglass' adolescence and ending with his death. Choosing to dramatize and even fictionalize the incidents and events of her story, Graham moves from episode to episode, dwelling on individual scenes with great detail. While often pausing in her narrative to provide the context of contemporary political, social, and economic developments, she seldom offers specific dates or authority for the details of Douglass' life. Substantial attention is given… Read More