A Different Drummer
by Kelley, William Melvin
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Kelley didn't sign many books.
[xii], 223 pp. Original cloth, spine lettered in black. Near Fine with a little wear to head, very slight lean, endpapers slightly foxed, pages toned, in a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with rubbing along its edges, hint of soiling, wear at extremities. The African American author's acclaimed debut novel. After early success he became forgotten and all his work was out-of-print for many years; he was dubbed "The Lost Giant of American Literature" in a 2018 New Yorker piece in the midst of a revival of interest in his work, following topical notoriety for having coined the term "woke." Rare as a first edition, let alone with such a powerful inscription.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140939802
- Title
- A Different Drummer
- Author
- Kelley, William Melvin
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- signed, inscribed, association copies, Gordon Parks
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- Good+
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- Fine
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- Edges
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- New
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
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