If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0803741693
- ISBN 13
- 9780803741690
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Jacket is wrapped in a protective Mylar dust jacket and torn along edges. Front jacket flap is clipped, not affecting legibility of text. Cover boards are in great condition, with no visible flaws apart from light staining on edges. Spine is shaken, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Synopsis
If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin's fifth novel is a love story set in Harlem in the early 70's. Young Tish and Fonny, who are in love and expecting a child. They plan on marrying until Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their tragic love story paints a bleak picture of racism and injustice. It is the only Baldwin novel narrated by a woman.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Moe's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94541
- Title
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Author
- James Baldwin
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0803741693
- ISBN 13
- 9780803741690
- Publisher
- Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Jazkia
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...