The Blacks: A Clown Show
by Genet, Jean
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1960. 128pp. Black Cloth, silver lettering on the spine. Stated First Grove Press Edition on the copyright page. Light fraying at the spine ends. Minor erasure on the front free endpapers. The text block is clean, unmarked. Price-clipped pictorial jacket (Pixel image of a white woman with black background) has small chips along the extremities. in mylar sleeve. "As a troupe of black actors re-enact the trial and ensuing murder of a white woman before a kangaroo court, the Queen and her entourage look on and comment.". First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033468
- Title
- The Blacks: A Clown Show
- Author
- Genet, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Racism Theatre Blacks Whites First Edition
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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