Alien Land a novel
by Savoy, Willard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1949. Hardcover. 320p.,very good first edition stated in buckram cloth boards, gilt and unclipped, mildly-worn dj. The author's debut. He was a native of Washington, DC and in PR for the USAF as first lieutenant.
"Of a light-skinned black father and son. The father fights for black rights; the son passes as white." *Hanna 3124. Set in the 1930's.
Bone describes this first novel by the African American writer as "Not far behind [Chester Himes' "If He Hollers ..."] in its tone of torment ... a novel of passing which makes use of the tragic mulatto stereotype." - p. 159.
"Of a light-skinned black father and son. The father fights for black rights; the son passes as white." *Hanna 3124. Set in the 1930's.
Bone describes this first novel by the African American writer as "Not far behind [Chester Himes' "If He Hollers ..."] in its tone of torment ... a novel of passing which makes use of the tragic mulatto stereotype." - p. 159.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2852
- Title
- Alien Land a novel
- Author
- Savoy, Willard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American; Modern first edition; 1940S; Racism;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Buckram
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- Gilt
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- E.P.
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