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THE HIDDEN WOUND
by Berry, Wendell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by Wendell Berry on the title page. A book-length essay about racism and the damage it has done to the American identity. Through his personal experience, Berry (b.1934) explains how remaining passive in the face of the struggle of racism further corrodes America's great potential. Octavo. Original brown cloth-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with gilt and black stamping. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a few tiny nicks along the extremities.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76715
- Title
- THE HIDDEN WOUND
- Author
- Berry, Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Literature, Americana, Racism, Race Relations, Essays
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Title Page
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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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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