The Sin of the Prophet
by Nelson, Truman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown, 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Boston: Little Brown, 1952. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Stated First Edition. Very clean beige cloth boards with dark brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 450 pgs. Clean unfaded beautifully illustrated dustjacket is unchipped, has slight wear to corners, a few very short closed edge tears; corner of front inside flap is price clipped (4.50 price remaining). An historical novel about a runaway slave returned from Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act. Theodore Parker, the great Abolitionist preacher, was his champion. 8vo. Black History..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016261
- Title
- The Sin of the Prophet
- Author
- Nelson, Truman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY ANTHONY BURNS THEODORE PARKER ABOLITION ABOLITIONISTS BLACK FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Black History;
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Stanley, New York
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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