A Case of Rape
by Chester Himes
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Washington: Howard University Press, 1984. 1st thus . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine first printing thus. Originally published in Paris in 1963. Controversial, even by Himes' standards. Published in the US in a limited edition in 1980 by Targ Editions. This is the first trade edition. Binding square and tight. Internally clean. Jacket near fine with no creases or tears.Not price clipped. Sunning to spine. A lovely copy. Postscript by Calvin Hernton.
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- Bookseller
- Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10385
- Title
- A Case of Rape
- Author
- Chester Himes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Publisher
- Howard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- literature, crime, rape, African American, Black, Paris, racism
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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