Chariot in the Sky: A Story of the Jubilee Singers
by BONTEMPS, Arna (text); BALDRIDGE, Cyrus Leroy (illustrations)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1951. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); tan cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xvi,238pp, illustrated throughout by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. Light wear to spine ends, corners gently bumped; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50) with moderate edgewear including short tears and nicks to the edges, mostly at spine ends; Very Good+. BLOCKSON, 4977; GATES/HIGGINBOTHAM, 481.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53074
- Title
- Chariot in the Sky: A Story of the Jubilee Singers
- Author
- BONTEMPS, Arna (text); BALDRIDGE, Cyrus Leroy (illustrations)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1951
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; African-Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...