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The Salt Eaters
by Bambara, Toni Cade
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394482018
- ISBN 13
- 9780394482019
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Bambara on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($9.95). Quarter red cloth with black paper on the boards, gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Bambara's debut novel, one that "explores the narcissistic qualities of despair and the tremendous responsibility of being a well person.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7052
- Title
- The Salt Eaters
- Author
- Bambara, Toni Cade
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394482018
- ISBN 13
- 9780394482019
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- American Literature, African-American Literature, Modern Literature, Healing, Spirituality, Christianity, Carnival, Georgia, Black Literature, Feminism, Anti-War, Politics
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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