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A HERO AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A SANDWICH
by Childress, Alice
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, 1973. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. Rare first printing of this early Coretta Scott King Award-winner, the story of a young Black heroin addict's struggles. A HERO AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A SANDWICH was one of the books cited in the Supreme Court case Island Trees School District v. Pico after it was removed from library shelves by the local Board of Education - a case particularly relevant in the current climate. Told from the points of view of 13-year-old Benjie and those around him, HERO emphasizes the impact that addiction can have on a whole community. Alice Childress's sensitive portrayal of struggling people who are still wry and frequently cracking jokes earned the book the Coretta Scott King Award, and it received a film adaptation in 1977. Rare. 8'' x 5''. Original orange cloth boards. Original unclipped ($5.95) orange and black pictorial dust jacket illustrated by David Brown and designed by Cathy Altholz. 126 pages. Jacket with light wear, a bit of sunning to spine. Binding with mild bumping to spine ends. Tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48826
- Title
- A HERO AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A SANDWICH
- Author
- Childress, Alice
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,1970s,African American author,African American subject,Books to Film,Chapter Book,YA,Banned
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. TPM is a member firm of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and upholds their Code of Ethics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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