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Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays of Lorraine Hansberry
by Lorraine Hansberry; Robert Nemiroff [Editor], Julius Lester [Introduction]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good or better; top of text block soiled, mildest edge wear, rectangular impression indented to top of rear board. Very Goo
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover in illustrated dust jacket. Brown paper-covered boards blind stamped with publishers logo over black cloth spine stamped in gilt lettering. 370 pp. Very Good or better; top of text block soiled, mildest edge wear, rectangular impression indented to top of rear board. Very Good unclipped jacket is sunned to spine and shows light edge wear and soiling.. Jacket design by Bill Allen. Collection of Hansberry's last plays, compiled and edited by her husband Robert Nemiroff after her death of cancer in 1965. This copy bearing a presentation inscription from Nemiroff, dated July 1972, to arts patron Mary Kaplan to front free end paper: "For Mary Kaplan - who helped to make these pages possible. with warm regards Bob Nemiroff
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1984
- Title
- Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays of Lorraine Hansberry
- Author
- Lorraine Hansberry; Robert Nemiroff [Editor], Julius Lester [Introduction]
- Illustrator
- Jacket design by Bill Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in illustrated dust jacket. Brown paper-covered boards blind stamped with publishers logo over black cloth spine stamp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good or better; top of text block soiled, mildest edge wear, rectangular impression indented to top of rear board. Very Goo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
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Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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