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A Man Called White, the Autobiography of Walter White
by White, Walter
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1948. First Edition. Octavo. 382pp., Walter White was a light-skinned Black man whose ancestors had been enslaved. For years White risked his life investigating racial violence in the South. He later became assistant secretary of the National Association for the advancement of colored people and engaged vigorously in the fight to gain civil rights for negroes. An important book on race relations written by an American. A classic work in its field. A very good copy bound in light blue cloth pictorially stamped in black gilt title over black. A clean bright sharp cornered copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with fading to spine, some rubbing to edges, No names, or bookplates.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023222
- Title
- A Man Called White, the Autobiography of Walter White
- Author
- White, Walter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Civil Rights Black History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Black History;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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