Elbow Room
by McPherson, James Alan
A beautiful collection of short stories that explores modern racial inequity, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these twelve stories examine a world we all know but find difficult to define.Whether a story dashes the bravado of young street toughs or pierces through the self-deception of a failed preacher, challenges the audacity of a killer, or explodes the jealousy of two lovers, James Alan McPherson has created an array of haunting images and memorable characters in an unsurpassed collection of honest, masterful fiction.
First Edition Identification and Notes
Little, Brown & Co. published the First US Edition, First Printing in Boston, 1977.
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
The Franklin Library published a First Edition, Limited Edition in 1980. The edition is bound in Red Leather with decorative gilt, raised bands, and silk ribbon.
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Elbow Room
by James Alan McPherson
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- 1977
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Atlantic-Little Brown, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket First Edition Stated Beautiful Copy of a Difficult Book.
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Elbow Room
by MCPHERSON, James Alan
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. ix, 241 p. 22 cm. Green cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Pultizer Prize label on front cover. Front flap price-clipped. Some offsetting to endpapers. Cracked at p. 239.
Twelve stories about black Americans that explore relations between blacks and whites in the 1960s and… Read more
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Elbow Room
by McPHERSON, James Alan
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- 1977
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£164.24
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Gutter cracked before title page with title page coming loose, offsetting on endpapers, small stain on front fly, still a very good copy in a good only dustwrapper with closed tear mid-spine, bottom edges of dustwrapper dampstained and narrow lengthwise tear with loss on bottom edge of… Read more
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Elbow Room
by McPherson, James Alan
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- 1977
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company (1977), 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [8], ix, [3], 3-241, [1] pp. Green paper-covered boards quarter bound in pale green paper with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $8.95 on front flap of jacket. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. McPherson was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer… Read more
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Elbow Room
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- 1977
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Elbow Room: Stories
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Little Brown & Co, 1977-09-01. Hardcover. New. New.
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Elbow Room
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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1987. Like all books in the "Scribner Signature" edition, this has a printed version of the author's signature on the title page, but it is ALSO signed by the author in blue ink, with a warm inscription to a named individual, on the dedication page. Crisp, bright pages with no owners' marks; some fading to the red… Read more
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Elbow Room: Stories (Scribner Signature Edition)
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Elbow Room: Stories
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Elbow Room
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Franklin Library, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. [Pulitzer Prize Award Winner.] Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front, back and spine. All edges gold. Silk moire fabric end papers. Satin ribbon place holder. Fine binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. For more than 30 years, the Franklin Library has been the standard for… Read more
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Elbow Room
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Elbow Room
by McPherson, James Alan
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- 1977
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Boston: Atlantc-Little, Brown, 1977. First Edition Third Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A Near Fine copy in green hard covers of the third printing of the first edition, in an edge-rubbed Very Good dust jacket (not price-clipped), with the Pulitzer Prize sticker at the bottom corner of the front panel (not obscuring lettering).
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Elbow Room
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Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book. Little, Brown & Co, 1977. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Octavo. Hardcover with dust jacket. x, 241 pages. Old store price sticker stuck to the right front flyleaf. Dust jacket is price clipped.
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Elbow Room: Stories (Scribner Signature Edition)
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Elbow Room
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- 1980
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Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Limited edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Genuine leather binding, raised spine bands, gilt page edges, moire fabric endpapers, sewn-in… Read more
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Elbow Room: Stories
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Elbow Room
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red with gold decorations and letters. I see no defects but NF in case I miss something, not signed
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Elbow Room
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Franklin PA: Franklin Library, 1980 304 pp. Bound in red leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Red moire endleaves, gilt edges all three sides. Silk place-marker.no defects i can see. Limited. Leather. Fine.
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Elbow Room
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Franklin Library, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.1417 9.0945 6.0630. Beautiful book bound in full leather with raised bands, gilt decoration, silk moire endpapers, ribbon bookmark. Near fine.
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Elbow Room (Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize Series)
by James Alan McPherson
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- January 1980
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The Franklin Library, January 1980. Hardcover Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine Hardcover with no DJ. Little to no soiling and shelfwear to covers. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.
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Elbow Room
by James Alan McPherson
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- 1980
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Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp. 304, red/gilt embossed leather, 4 raised bands, silk ribbon, silk endpapers, AEG. A limited edition of this Pulitzer-Prize-winning collection of short stories. ""A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very… Read more
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Elbow Room
by McPherson, James Alan
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- 1975
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Fawcett Crest, 1975 new book / old store stock; clean, tight and square, no spine crease, no tears or other creases, text is clean and unmarked, pages are lightly yellowed, corner tips are very gently bumped, page edges are yellow-tipped
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Elbow Room: Stories
by McPherson, James Alan
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Little Brown & Co, 1977-09-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.1000 in x 8.4000 in x 5.9000 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
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Elbow Room: Stories (Scribner Signature Edition)
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Elbow Room
by McPherson, James Alan
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Elbow Room : Stories
by James Alan McPherson
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Little Brown & Company, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend… Read more
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Elbow Room
by McPherson, James Alan
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- BookVistas
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- 1986
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Fawcett, 1986. Paperback. New. 6.8 x 4.2 cm.
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Elbow Room
by McPherson, James Alan
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Elbow Room
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Elbow Room
by McPherson, James Alan
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Elbow Room : Stories
by James Alan McPherson
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Elbow Room : Stories
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Elbow Room
by James Alan McPherson
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Elbow Room
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Elbow Room
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Elbow Room: Stories (Scribner Signature Edition)
by James Alan McPherson
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Elbow Room : Stories
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Elbow Room
by James Alan McPherson
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Elbow Room
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Elbow Room
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