About this title: An extraordinary collection of editorials, book reviews, and brilliant, boisterous essays from National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize nominee Ishamel Reed. Assaulting the social, political, and artistic ills of our times, this is Reed at his polemical best.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Date published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780689707346ISBN:0689707347
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Name on first page. Otherwise a clean unread copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 226 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780689119750ISBN:0689119755
Description: Good. 0689119755 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum, New York
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780689119750ISBN:0689119755
Description: No Illustration. Very Good in Very Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR. GREEN HALF-CLOTH COVER. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. "WD" WRITTEN IN INK INSIDE OF BOOK. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Atheneum
Date published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780689707346ISBN:0689707347
Description: Near Fine; Appears unread but does have an extra piece of rear cover hanging off (untrimmed). Trade PB; 8.25 x 0.5 x 5.5 Inches; 226 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum, New York
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780689119750ISBN:0689119755
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. First edition hard cover with dust jacket, VG/VG. Prior owner's name neatly inked on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked copy. Jacket has a short closed tear to lower front panel. New mylar cover. 226pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780689119750ISBN:0689119755
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Has a gift inscription signed by the author. Has light soiling at the top edge and has a little wear. First edition. First printing. 226 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st paperback ed. [preceded by 1989 clothbound edition], advance
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Atheneum, New York
Date published: 1990 [actually published in
Description: A fine copy; publisher's review slip laid in. REED, Ishmael. WRITIN' IS FIGHTIN'. Thirty-Seven Years of Boxing on Paper. Glossy pictorial wrappers, 226 pages. read more
Edition: FIRST EDITION
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Atheneum, NEW YORK
Date published: 1988
Description: Near Fine in Very Good Plus. Black 1/2 cloth with aqua-green boards and gilt and green titles. Clean and tight with a hint of discoloration along top edges. Dustjacket shows only minor shelfwear but is discolored, probably nicotine, especially on spine. Mow protected under mylar cover which has price tag attached to front inside flap with cellophane tape. Text clean and bright. Signed on half-title. "The champion of controversy challenges the arts as he sees them both from the inside and from ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum, New York
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780689119750ISBN:0689119755
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author First Printing of the First Edition. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Ishmael Reed. Both book and dust jacket in fine condition. read more
Description: First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page. Very close to fine in a fine dj. (Barely discernable trace of foxing at edges) Essays on boxing. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum, NY
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780689119750ISBN:0689119755
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed by Reed on the half-title page. Foxed topedge. Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. Essays on Spielberg, Orwell, drug abuse, the modern university, et al. Actual image of the book; not a stock photo. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780689119750ISBN:0689119755
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author. 0689119755 First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Not ex-Library, not remainder, not price clipped. DJ protected with UV resistant, archival safe mylar wrapped DJ. Fine, unread copy in Fine DJ. AUTOGRAPHED COPY. This copy autographed by the author on title page and on front end page with inscription. Small sticky spot where price sticker was on top right DJ corner. read more
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