Dem
by Kelley, William Melvin
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1967. 210pp, blue cloth boards with titles on spine in gold..Spine lean, liftoff on the front and rear endpapapers. There are tape remnants on the front and rear panels. Price-clipped jacket has wear to the extremities. Kelley's uncommon fourth novel. Upper-middle-class Manhattanite Mitchell Pierce and his wife Tamara enact the twists and turns of human relationships in this startling fable about the intersections of race, class, sex, love, and marriage. Kelley questions the nature and validity of subjective realities as he examines the constraints and consequences of prejudice.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031848
- Title
- Dem
- Author
- Kelley, William Melvin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- William Melvin Kelley, African-American Literature, 1960s America, First Edition
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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