The Rise and Fall of a Proper Negro: An Autobiography by Lacy, Leslie Alexander - 1970

Pocket Book, 1971. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Mass-market paperback, glossy wrappers with close-up photo of an African American man on front, praise at bottom front left from Life magazine, black spine and back wrapper, praise from New York Times, Hartford Times, Le Roi Jones in Black World, 224 slightly browned but supple pages. Light wear to front and back wrapper's edges and spine corners. Near Very Good.

Macmillan, 1970. VG / VG -. Hardcover in shelfworn dust jacket

H. Good.

NY: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Page tops soiled.. 1970. Hardcover. The author was "brought up in the rareified atmosphere of Negro society, private schools, and a studied imitation of the white world", but then became an activist who left the US for Nkrumah's Ghana and later returned to America. Black cloth sewn binding. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages .

Macmillan, 1970. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Macmillan Publishing -, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: MacMillan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. Ex-Library; 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 ; viii, 244 pages; Hard cover is black with faded silver lettering on spine. Former library book with typical markings. Pages are mostly clean and tight. Boards have rubbing, scuffing, bumping, fraying, sunning, shelf wear. No DJ. 'The odyssey of Leslie Alexander Lacy [1936-2017], product of a ""respectable"" Louisiana childhood, whose gradual involvement in West Coast militant movements and travel to Africa brings him to some sweetly reasonable and sourly realistic conclusions regarding black revolution.' .

Scribner, 1970-05-01. Hardcover. Good.

Pocket Books, 1971-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. VERY GOOD. 8x5x2. 224 clean, unmarked, tight pages; light shelf wear and creases on cover

Macmillan. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Book Club edition. (US history, african american studies, african americans, race relations) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.