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CRUSADE FOR JUSTICE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF IDA B. WELLS
by Alfreda M. Duster (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good -
- ISBN 10
- 0226893421
- ISBN 13
- 9780226893426
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: University Of Chicago Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. Signed and inscribed at first free endpaper by Ida B. Wells' granddaughter Jackie who is the daughter of the editor Alfreda M. Duster. Beautiful bright orange cloth over boards with gilt particulars, publisher's emblem and decorative band to spine. Top corner creased from previously being folded at page xxiii and light soiling to fore edge of second page of photographs; otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Text block is lightly soiled with light shelf wear to top edge. Boards are clean and bright with bumping and rubbing to corners and ends of spine Binding cracked at page 256, but still holds; otherwise, binding is tight and square. Dust jacket has light scuffing to covers with creasing, rubbing, chipping and closed tears to edges, corners and ends of spine. Sunning to spine with light soiling and crease down the center. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64886
- Title
- CRUSADE FOR JUSTICE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF IDA B. WELLS
- Author
- Alfreda M. Duster (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0226893421
- ISBN 13
- 9780226893426
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- African American Studies
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
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Chamblee, Georgia
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- Fore Edge
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
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- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
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