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Hue and Cry
by McPherson, James Alan
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1969. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Signed by James Alan McPherson on upper corner of front free endpaper. Late University of Virginia professor David Levin's copy with his name written underneath author signature; he and author were colleagues in the UV English Department. [x], 275 pp. Original cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with a small faint stain to fore edge, a little dust-soiling to edges, in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with small chips at head and tail, rubbed. A signed association copy of the first book by the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140938467
- Title
- Hue and Cry
- Author
- McPherson, James Alan
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Atlantic-Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Prize, Black fiction, African-American, short stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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