SHAKER, WHY DON'T YOU SING?
by Angelou, Maya
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good to Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394521447
- ISBN 13
- 9780394521442
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good to Near Fine/Near Fine. The fourth collection of poetry by the well-known African-American poet and writer, actor and civil rights activist and leader, whose six volumes of memoirs, led by "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings," is considered a major milestone of Black American writing. A gift-inscription on the front end-page, light foxing on the fore and top edges of the text, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows a slight bit of rubbing and shelfwear, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004875
- Title
- SHAKER, WHY DON'T YOU SING?
- Author
- Angelou, Maya
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good to Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394521447
- ISBN 13
- 9780394521442
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- POETRY, FIRST EDITION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; African American;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...