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DRIVING THE KING
by Howard, Ravi
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dj with some very faint shelf wear.
- ISBN 10
- 006052961X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060529611
- Seller
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Derry, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper, 2015. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dj with some very faint shelf wear.. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author on the title page. First printing with full number line on copyright page. Fictional memoir set in postwar Alabama about Nat King Cole and his driver. Starred review by Publisher's Weekly. From the dust jacket flap: "... reminds us that no black man, no matter how gifted or famous, could escape the racial tensions threatening to divide the country." PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50289
- Title
- DRIVING THE KING
- Author
- Howard, Ravi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dj with some very faint shelf wear.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 006052961X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060529611
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- fiction, black, signed, mmb
Terms of Sale
Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
Please note that all items are offered subject to prior sale. All our books are FIRST EDITIONS and FIRST PRINTINGS unless noted otherwise. All dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers. All books are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 10 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Derry, New Hampshire
About Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
Modern first editions - mainly American and English - many of the books being signed; poetry, poetry broadsides, and press books. Most of our holdings are modern and fairly contemporary, and feature both mainstream and genre fiction (e.g. contemporary literature, detective & science fiction), with emphasis on notable writers and literary prize-winners in both prose and poetry.
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