A Man Ain't Nothin' but a Man: The Adventures of John Henry by John Oliver Killens - 1975-04

Little Brown & Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1975. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. White, Charles. (1st) Slightly smaller book, dark peach cloth, ink name and date inside top front cover, 176 lightly browned pages plus Epilogue. Dedicated to Harry Belafonte. DJ has light brown background to front and spine with illustration of powerful black man on front by Charles White. DJ has tiny brown smudge near bottom front tip, very tiny nick at bottom front edge, thin tiny tear at top back edge, b/w photo of Killens on back, white portion very slightly and uniformly browned. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Faint sticker shadow on front pastedown else fine in fine dustwrapper. Jacket painting by Charles White. Killens attempts to take the legends of John Henry, usually the stuff of childhood stories, and weave a novel for adults around them. A very uncommon title.

Little Brown & Co. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!