BLOOD DUES
by Rader, Dotson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.. 1973.. Very good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY DOTSON RADER - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The top edges of the covers & the head of the spine are slightly faded & there is a small dark blue stain to the cloth of the rear cover. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with some darkening & light foxing to the flaps. 211 pages. There is some very light foxing to the pastedowns & endpapers. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>Inscribed by the author on the half-title and signed "Dotson".<p>Dotson Rader recounts his experiences as a leftist and protester in the sixties. As the decade progressed, he describes himself as becoming a "radical democratic- socialist" who participated in most of the major events of the New Left and antiwar movements. In the early seventies he was overtaken by disillusionment and fatigue and a sense of the failure of ideas, imagination and community action.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26928
- Title
- BLOOD DUES
- Author
- Rader, Dotson
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.
- Date Published
- 1973.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BLOOD DUES; DOTSON RADER; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; SIXTIES; RADICAL; DEMOCRATIC-SOCIALIST; PROTESTER; ANTIWAR MOVEMENT; SDS; STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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