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Pennsylvania Negro Business Directory - Illustrated
by BYERS, William
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- Used - Very Good +
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- No Jacket - As Published
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- Reprint
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€117.81
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Bressler, PA: Huggins Printing, 1977. Subtitled, "Black History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1865-1976" on the front panel.Bound in bright white boards, stamped in black. This is a reprint edition of the book that was originally published in 1910. Contains the original 157 pp. book from 1910. The author added six photo pages at the… Read more about this item Item Price
€117.81
Maya Angelou - The Poetry of Living
by COURTNEY-CLARKE, Margaret and Oprah Winfrey
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good ++ - Price Clipped
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€23.09
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NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1999. Bound in stiff Photo boards with the same picture of the poet on the front panel of the dust jaclet. A 132 pp. book on the poetry of the noted late African American author and poet. Dust jacket is price-clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good ++ - Price Clipped.… Read more about this item Item Price
€23.09
Kill 'em and Leave - Searching for James Brown
by MCBRIDE, James
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good ++
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- First Edition
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- 2016
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€32.99
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NY: Spiegel and Grau, 2016. Bound in red and tan boards, stamped in gold in matching dust jacket. A 232 pp. book on Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by the National Book Award winning author. Mr. McBride is also a musician. Tiny, light sticker removal mark to top of front panel of dust… Read more about this item Item Price
€32.99
The Color of Water
by MCBRIDE, James
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good ++
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- First American Edition
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€164.94
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NY: Riverhead, 1996. Bound in dark gray cloth over light gray cloth, stamped in silver. In matching dust jacket that shows photos of the author with his mother. The book is subtitled, "A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother". The dust jacket shows a vertical crease on the front flap (surely a publishers flaw)… Read more about this item Item Price
€164.94
Where the Line Bleeds (Signed Second Printing)
by WARD, Jesmyn
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket - As Published
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- Second Edition
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- 2008
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- Paperback
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€183.79
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Chicago: Bolden / Agate, 2008. This is the first edition / second printing (number line ending in "2") . of the African American author's first book. Here second book, Salvage the Bones, won the National Book Award. This book is much scarcer -- especially in this "as new" condition and signed. An early signature from… Read more about this item Item Price
€183.79
Where the Line Bleeds (Signed)
by WARD, Jesmyn
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket - As Published
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- First Edition
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- 2008
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€466.54
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Chicago: Bolden / Agate, 2008. This is the true first edition of the African American author's first book. Here second book, Salvage the Bones, won the National Book Award. This book is much scarcer -- especially in this "as new" condition and signed. An early signature from an appearance by the author at the Philadelphia… Read more about this item Item Price
€466.54
Racism under cover in the suburbs: A collection of real-life stories solicited from multiethnic people living in the suburbs of Philadelphia
by KEELEY, Elsie
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- Used - Very Good ++
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- No Jacket - As Published
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- First Edition
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- 1996
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€63.62
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Souderton, PA.: Diversity Dialogue Press, 1996. Bound in stiff glossy wraps. This is an ex-church library copy, with one stamp and one sticker to the lower spine -- otherwise, as new. Uncirculated. 197 pp. Illustrated by Aerin Walker. Scarce. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good ++/No Jacket - As Published. Item Price
€63.62
On the Streets Where We Lived - pictorial study of African Americans living in White Plains, New York from the beginning of the twentieth Century
by ESANNASON, Harold
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- Used - Very Good ++
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- Very Good +
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- First Edition
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- 2011
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€141.38
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NY: Harold A. Esannason, 2011. Bound in stiff glossy, pictoral boards, in matching dust jacket. 108 pp. Mostly illustrations, photographs, portraits. Rare -- only six copies on OCLC/Worldcat. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good +. Illus. by Photo Illustrated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
€141.38
Black Enterprise Magazine -- Volume 7, #4
by GRAVES, Earl
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket - As Published
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- First Edition
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- 1976
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- Paperback
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€32.99
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NY: Earl Graves, 1976. Bound in stiff black wraps with a picture of Philly's City Hall on the front panel. The lead story in this edition is "Philadelphia - Blacks in the Big City". Only flaw is a sticker removal mark to bottom corner of front panel. 80 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
€32.99
Eneas Africanus and Eneas Africanus Defendant (Inscribed to Brigadier General William A. McCain)
by EDWARDS, Harry Stillwell
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Reprint
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€70.69
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Macon, GA: J.W. Burke, 1932. This is bound in green and silver boards, stamped in black. Decorative endsheets of same design. This is a reprint of this pro-slavery novel on a runaway slave. This book is unique because it is inscribed to Brigadier General William A. McCain by a Captain C.C. Baird. Inscription… Read more about this item Item Price
€70.69
Tar Baby
by MORRISON, Toni
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€44.77
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NY: Knopf, 1981. Bound in wheat colored cloth, stamped in gold. A nice first (trade) edition of this, the Nobel-Prize winning author's fourth book. Preceeded by a Franklin Mint edition. The only flaw is minor spotting to the top edge of the cloth. By the Nobel Prize winning author. 307 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
€44.77
A Rap on Race
by BALDWIN, James; MEAD, Margaret
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€230.91
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Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1971. Bound in red cloth over black boards, stamped in black in brilliant red, white and blue dust jacket is fine. Endpapers professionally restored. This is some type of review copy. It has a stamp dated May 18, 1971 and the number 2500 next to it. I believe this was… Read more about this item Item Price
€230.91
Escaping the Delta
by WALD, Elijah
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good ++
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- Second Edition
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€21.21
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NY: Amistad, 2004. Bound in brown boards, stamped in orange in matching dust jacket with an illustration of Robert Johnson on the front panel. Remainder stripe to bottom edge. Subtitled, "Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues". 342 pp.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good ++. Item Price
€21.21
An American Verdict (Signed)
by ARLEN, Michael J.
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- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€42.41
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NY: Doubleday, 1973. Bound in red cloth, stamped in gold in bright yellow dust jacket. This is the first edition of the book that Arlen wrote about the trial of the murder of Huey Newton and another member of the Black Panthers in Chicago in December of 1969. Inscribed and signed by the author to a fellow New… Read more about this item Item Price
€42.41
Soul on Fire
by CLEAVER, Eldridge
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good +
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- First Edition
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€40.06
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Texas: Word Books, 1978. Bound in black boards, stamped in gold in matching dust jacket with a photo of Mr. Cleaver on the front panel. Dust jacket maintains its $8.95 price shows a closed tear to top edge of front panel and a 3/4" scrape to middle of spine. A tight, clean copy of this autobiography and… Read more about this item Item Price
€40.06
Near Andersonville - Winslow Homer's Civil War
by WOOD, Peter H.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2010
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€16.02
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MA: Harvard, 2010. Bound in tan cloth over tan boards, stamped in black, in dustwrapper with a Homer painting on the front panel. A study on the artist's depiction of blacks in the Civil War. 134 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
€16.02
The Civil War and Black Liberation Today
by LIGHTFOOT, Claude M.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1969
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€42.41
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NY: New Outlook, 1969. Bound in stiff black and white illustrated wraps. a bit of yellowing to extremes. 15 pp. Scarce booklet by the prolific black author. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€42.41
Through Troubled Water (Signed 3 X)
by ARMSTRONG, William H.
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- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
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- First Edition
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- 1957
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€42.41
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NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. Bound in black cloth over gray boards, stamped in gold in matching dust jacket. Jacket show some chipping to top of spine (nothing major). This is a presentation copy from the author to Ruby Boyd (who was the archivist at Mother Bethel AME church). Inscribed and signed on the title… Read more about this item Item Price
€42.41
Sula
by MORRISON, Toni
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++ - Price Clipped
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- Later Printing
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€22.15
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NY: Knopf, 1993. Bound in full orange cloth, stamped in gold. The dust jacket is price clipped. Tight, bright copy of this early reprint of this important book by Ms. Morrison. Published twenty years after the first printing, but in the same binding. 174 pp.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good ++ - Price Clipped. Item Price
€22.15
Stories, Novels, and Essays
by CHESNUTT, Charles
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket - As Published
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- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 2002
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- Hardcover
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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€17.91
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NY: Library of America, 2002. Bound in dark green cloth, in cream colored slipcase. Book is near fine -- and never read. (LOA #131): The Conjure Woman; The Wife of His Youth & Other Stories of the Color Line; The House, etc. 939 pp.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Published. Item Price
€17.91
