A RISING WIND
by White, Walter (1893-1955)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Walter White, distinguished executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, presents a firsthand report on the real status of Negro troops from every fighting front in the European theater of war." Small octavo: 155 p. Original red cloth binding, with black stamping. Some general shelfwear to the dust jacket, with a few tiny chips.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73158
- Title
- A RISING WIND
- Author
- White, Walter (1893-1955)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Ethnic Studies, African American, World War II, Second World War, Black Soldiers, Racism, Discrimination
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- New
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...