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AN AMERICAN DEATH THE TRUE STORY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE GREATEST MANHUNT OF OUR TIME
by FRANK, Gerold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
First edition, so stated, in the publisher's original black cloth with spine lettering gilt on a lined blue panel, octavo, pp. x, 467. Black and white illustrations. GOOD condition with just light shelf wear. Dust jacket has some chipping and erosion at spine ends and flap fold tips. A short vertical tear at top edge of jacket's front panel was mended from behind by previous owner with a small piece of tape. Jacket is protected now in a new sheet of removable Brodart.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3777
- Title
- AN AMERICAN DEATH THE TRUE STORY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE GREATEST MANHUNT OF OUR TIME
- Author
- FRANK, Gerold
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1972
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- African Americana;
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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