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New York: Doubleday, 1974. First edition. Hardcover with copper cloth boards and black lettering in pictorial dust jacket, 8vo, 293 pp. Very good, remainder spray to bottom paper edge, former owner's name on back endpaper, lightly worn cloth edges/Very good jacket, lightly worn and chipped edges, couple small tears, and mild soiling. Jacket design by David November; jacket woodcut by Barbara Bascove. Following contributions to journals and periodicals in the early 1960s, his social criticism was compiled and edited into the landmark Sex and Racism in America in 1965, followed by White Paper for White Americans in 1966 and Coming Together: Black Power, White Hatred, and Sexual Hang-ups in 1971---all published by Doubleday. As a co-founder of Umbra, Hernton was also part of a foundational group of New York City black poets and playwrights. As a poet, he worked closely with Aldo Tambellini, Henry Grimes and Ben Morea in experimental performance art. A work of fiction that took eight years to craft,…
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Scarecrow
by Hernton, Calvin
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- Hardcover
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New York: Doubleday, 1974. Two mild dings to front cover edges, light tanning along inner hinges, else a near fine copy of the author's first book, in crisp and bright, very good or better unclipped dust jacket, lightly soiled at rear, and minimal amount of nicks and rub marks.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover.
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- Publisher Doubleday
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1974
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Scarecrow
by Calvin Hernton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very good, remainder spray to bottom paper edge, former owner's name on back endpaper, lightly worn cloth edges
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- Very good jacket, lightly worn and chipped edges, couple small tears, and mild soiling
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Scarecrow
by HERNTON, Calvin
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 13
- 9780385095471
- ISBN 10
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A spot on the front board thus near fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight edgewear and toning. Author's first novel.
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