The Sport of the Gods
by Dunbar, Paul Laurence
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Miami FL: Mnemosyne Facsimile, 1969. Soft cover. Fair. (Originally published, 1902) Larger sturdy softcover, glossy blue background, center front pink. A facsimile, "unlike much of Dunbar's work, not written in dialect." 255 pages. Browning to pages' exterior edges. Tiny surface wear spots along three front edges, very slight wear to spine edges. A publisher of over 200 titles of African-American literature from the collections at Fisk University. Near Good.
Synopsis
The Sport of the Gods is a novel by Paul Laurence Dunbar, first published in 1902, centered around urban black life. Forced to leave the South, a family falls apart amid the harsh realities of Northern inner city life in this 1902 examination of the forces that extinguish the dreams of African Americans.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54154
- Title
- The Sport of the Gods
- Author
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Mnemosyne Facsimile
- Place of Publication
- Miami FL
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Black Literature Facsimiles African American Literature Dunbar
- Bookseller catalogs
- Black;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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