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Not Without Laughter
by Hughes, Langston
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Very Good in a Poor jacket, unclipped ($2.50), large chips to the front panel and missing half of the spine, oversized on the book by about a quarter-inch. Tan cloth, toned at the spine and edges, some rubbing and fraying to the head and foot of the spine. Square and firmly bound with a dark top stain, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Hughes's semi-autobiographical debut novel about a Black family living in Kansas in the early 20th century. Scarce in any kind of jacket.
Synopsis
Not Without Laughter is a novel written by Langston Hughes and published in 1930.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8309
- Title
- Not Without Laughter
- Author
- Hughes, Langston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Black Literature, African-American Literature, Harlem Renaissance, 20th Century Literature, American Literature, Debut
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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Glossary
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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