Horse and Buggy Days with Uncle Sam
by PAYNTER, John H
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Margent Press, 1943. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; publisher's brown cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [i-xviii ],19-190pp; illus. Tight, Near Fine copy in slightly scuffed and edgeworn dustwrapper; small loss of text at base of spine panel, Very Good.
Memoir by an African-American author, documenting a long career in government service, including Naval enlistment during the Spanish-American War. Valuable for Paynter's straightforward accounting of the "hindrances which are placed in the way of Negroes' progress, and the crippling financial failures which sometimes follow.
Memoir by an African-American author, documenting a long career in government service, including Naval enlistment during the Spanish-American War. Valuable for Paynter's straightforward accounting of the "hindrances which are placed in the way of Negroes' progress, and the crippling financial failures which sometimes follow.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52352
- Title
- Horse and Buggy Days with Uncle Sam
- Author
- PAYNTER, John H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Margent Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; African-Americana; WW2; Civil Rights;
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- 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....