ROOTS
by Alex HALEY
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
rochester, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NEW YORK: Doubleday, 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. FINE'VG A QUALITY CLEAN BRIGHT TIGHT HARDCOVER AND VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED JACKET WITH HALEY'S PICTURE ON REAR PANEL WOW.
Synopsis
Tracing his ancestry through six generations - slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects - back to Africa, Alex Haley discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and in torment and anguish brought to the slave markets of the New World, who held the key to Haley's deep and distant past. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976.
Reviews
On Oct 12 2010, Fluffygcataolcom said:
Great book
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- RARE PRINT BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100000247
- Title
- ROOTS
- Author
- Alex HALEY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- ROOTS
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
RARE PRINT BOOKS
14 DAY RETURN POLICY FROM RECEIPT.
About the Seller
RARE PRINT BOOKS
Biblio member since 2004
rochester, New York
About RARE PRINT BOOKS
A UNIQUE BLEND OF RARE FICTION AND NON-FICTION OFFERINGS.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.