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CHAMPION JOE LOUIS: Black Hero in White America
by Mead, Chris
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684184621
- ISBN 13
- 9780684184623
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1985) 330 pp. Original blue paper boards w/ gilt title on dark blue cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. Top corners bumped. DJ has modest edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102SPMSC
- Title
- CHAMPION JOE LOUIS: Black Hero in White America
- Author
- Mead, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684184621
- ISBN 13
- 9780684184623
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1985
- Keywords
- SPORTS BOXING BOXERS BIOGRAPHY LOUIS JOE BARROW JOSEPH LOUIS 1914 1981 NICKNAME BROWN BOMBER GREATEST HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPIONS RECREATION AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED PHOTOGRAPHS
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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