About this title: This is a first-rate account of what it was like to live as a second-class citizen, to experience the segregation, humiliation, danger, stereotypes, economic exploitation, and taboos that were all part of life for African-American in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1952
Description: Poor with no dust jacket. Poor. No dust jacket as issued. Stained cover. Completely readable.; Viii, 270 p. 22 cm. Great Value. Prompt delivery with tracking. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very Good in Fair jacket. Very Good in Fair jacket Very Good in Fair jacket Book Club Back jacket has 2 inches tear and front has 1 inch tear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very Good. Binding is tight and square. No names, no remainder marks, no stickers. Text is clean and bright. DJ shows some wear and tear. Fine book. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good. No Dj. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1952 Hard Cover. Alfred A. Knopf. No DJ. 270 pgs. Previous owner name ffep. No other reader marks, clean pgs, Binding solid. Red boards with corners bumped. Little shelf/edge wear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good. Clean text. Rough cut pages. Unclipped dust jacket contains some tears, chippings, and fading. First edition. Prominent African-American journalist's first book. Includes a loose insert reading " This review copy is sent to you with the compliments of ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC., 501 Madison Avenue, New York (22) N.Y. We shall appreciate receiving two copies of any review or mention of this book. Publication Date Aug 4, 1952 [stamped]" Cover reads: The stirring personal report of an ace Negro ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1952.
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Lawrence Hoffman (price clipped). Very good. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1952
Description: Not Illustrated. Good plus condition/FR. 12mo., VIII, 270 pp., Binding rubbed, gently cracked; dj faded at spine, torn and chipped with waterstains on rear. read more
Edition: 2nd ptg, 9/52
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1952
Description: very good in lightly-worn dj, palest green cloth. 270 pgs, The journalist's return to his Tennessee birthplace in 1951. Owner's name flyleaf. read more
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