On Being Negro in America
by REDDING, J. Saunders
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1951. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1951 first edition, Bobbs-Merrill (Indianapolis, Indiana), 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches tall red cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, 156 pp. Slight to moderate soiling / staining, creasing, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with slight bumping and wear to the tips. Inside, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP20~ [1.5P] As a highly personalized autobiography, On Being Negro in America is a revealing account of J. Saunders Redding's tourtured and never-ending search for personal dignity and self-realization in a society that brutalizes the racial oppressor as well as the racially oppressed. J. Saunders Redding 'has set down with restrained bitterness, great dignity and sensitive insight what it is to be a negro in the United States... eloquent, passionately written. - William L. Shirer
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Details
- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SP20-0342-14296
- Title
- On Being Negro in America
- Author
- REDDING, J. Saunders
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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