Flight
by White, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Cloth. Good +. Red cover with design on front, orange lettering on front and spine. Closed tears at top of spine, wear to extremities. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Bookplate on endpaper with name, "The Arthur F. Martins." 300 pp. plus three pages of Knopf ads.
Synopsis
A groundbreaking novel of the Harlem Renaissance, Flight is considered a major text in the literature of ‘passing.' The novel revolves around Mimi Daquin, a light-complexioned African-American woman who takes on the identity of a white woman in New York City to leave her difficult past behind. Although she is met with success in her new life, she feels something missing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 665
- Title
- Flight
- Author
- White, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB
30 day return guarantee, with full refund.
About the Seller
Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Atlanta, Georgia
About Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB
Member of ABAA/ILAB. On-line sales and the occasional book fair.
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- Cloth
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