Billy
by French, Albert
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670850136
- ISBN 13
- 9780670850136
- Seller
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Taos, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1993. Uncorrected Proof . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an Uncorrected Proof - not quite the same as, but often referred to as an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC - fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. It is a harrowing debut novel by this gifted African-American writer and Vietnam veteran - the story of 10-year-old Billy, who is arrested, convicted, and executed for murdering a white girl in 1930s Mississippi. French's style has been compared to that of Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright. 214 pages. CONDITION: a bright, square, unmarked, uncreased copy with no apparent shelf-wear - now enfolded in a promotional wrap-around (featuring the enthusiastic remarks of John Edgar Wideman) and stored in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookarrest (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AL219
- Title
- Billy
- Author
- French, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0670850136
- ISBN 13
- 9780670850136
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- RACISM SOUTHERN BIGOTRY MURDER MYSTERY AFRICAN-AMERICAN NOVELISTS RACIAL INJUSTICE ZORA NEALE HURSTON RICHARD WRIGHT
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Fiction;
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Glossary
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- 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...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Uncorrected Proof
- An uncorrected proof is a printed copy of a book that needs to be reviewed for errors and corrections. They are released prior...