Meet the Negro
by Downs, Karl E
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Pasadena: The Login Press, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi, [4], [21]-179p. Original red cloth. 20cm. No jacket. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Downs to "Brother A. P. Shipley" who appears to have been a Methodist minister who later served for many years at Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church in Washington, DC. (and whose bookplate appears on the front pastedown). Consists mostly of short biographial sketches of 61 prominent African Americans.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87467
- Title
- Meet the Negro
- Author
- Downs, Karl E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Login Press
- Place of Publication
- Pasadena
- Date Published
- 1943
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About the Seller
McBlain Books
Biblio member since 2009
Hamden, Connecticut
About McBlain Books
Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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