Roots
by Alex Haley
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Stated first edition of this wildly popular and seminal work which sold over a million copies and remained no. 1 on the Times bestseller list for months. The pages are in near new condition. The only flaw I could find was that a previous owner (presumably) printed "John Irving " at the top of the first fly leaf.
The cover and spine are in excellent condition except for some light shelf wear at the top and bottom of the spine, also at the tip of the upper corner of the front cover and an air bubble crease on the inside front cover..
The back page of the dust jacket is missing. Remaining Dj has some minor tears around edges. It is un-clipped, showing the $12.50 price. There is also a cardboard bookmark from a bookstore in Burlington Vermont.
The cover and spine are in excellent condition except for some light shelf wear at the top and bottom of the spine, also at the tip of the upper corner of the front cover and an air bubble crease on the inside front cover..
The back page of the dust jacket is missing. Remaining Dj has some minor tears around edges. It is un-clipped, showing the $12.50 price. There is also a cardboard bookmark from a bookstore in Burlington Vermont.
Synopsis
Tracing his ancestry through six generations - slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects - back to Africa, Alex Haley discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and in torment and anguish brought to the slave markets of the New World, who held the key to Haley's deep and distant past. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976.
Reviews
On Oct 12 2010, Fluffygcataolcom said:
Great book
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Details
- Bookseller
- M&J Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50
- Title
- Roots
- Author
- Alex Haley
- Format/Binding
- Hard back
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1976
- Pages
- 567
- Size
- 587
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- 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
M&J Books
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About M&J Books
Primarily first editions of novels, non-fiction, mysteries, children's books, art, design and Africana. Free shipping for domestic sales.
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