Black Power: A Record of Reactions in a Land of Pathos
by Wright, Richard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition / Later Printing. Octavo. 8vo. xvi (i), 358 (10) pp, frontis- b&w photo of Kwame Nkrumah, Preface - Apropos Prepossessions, text in XLV Chapters, Index. with very lightly age-toned text block, else, Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved, light wrinkling to black cloth spine top/tail, 5.75" x 8.25". Black half-cloth with brown paper-covered boards, and white lettering to spine. Thin line of chipping along top and bottom edge of clipped DJ In acetate protector..
Synopsis
Includes three books originally published 1954-1957. Includes index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8508
- Title
- Black Power: A Record of Reactions in a Land of Pathos
- Author
- Wright, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition / Later Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- TRAVEL AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS IN AFRICA THE GOLD COAST CULTURE HISTORY AND POLITICS
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRAVEL;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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