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The King God Couldn't Save: Reflections on the Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by John A. William
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good, corners at head of boards lightly bumped, some dust soiling to top of text block, gilt lettering on spine rubbed, sli/Very Good jacket, general handling and shelving wear with resultant chipping and small tears to extremities, 1/2" closed tear at
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward-McCann, inc, 1970. First Edition. 8vo, quarter bound in black paper with gilt lettering to violet cloth spine and front boards in photographic jacket, 221 pp. Very Good, corners at head of boards lightly bumped, some dust soiling to top of text block, gilt lettering on spine rubbed, slight cant to spine./Very Good jacket, general handling and shelving wear with resultant chipping and small tears to extremities, 1/2" closed tear at tail of front panel where it meets jacket spine.. Jacket design by Bob Reed..
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- Seller
- Better Read Than Dead
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 920
- Title
- The King God Couldn't Save
- Author
- John A. William
- Illustrator
- Jacket design by Bob Reed.
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, quarter bound in black paper with gilt lettering to violet cloth spine and front boards in photographic jacket, 221 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good, corners at head of boards lightly bumped, some dust soiling to top of text block, gilt lettering on spine rubbed, sli
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good jacket, general handling and shelving wear with resultant chipping and small tears to extremities, 1/2" closed tear at
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann, inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Martin luther king, civil rights movement, alabama, john a. williams, black literature, black history, african american history, assassination, racism, anti-racism
Terms of Sale
Better Read Than Dead
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
Biblio member since 2023
Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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