Black Misery
by Hughes, Langston
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket shelfworn.
- ISBN 10
- 0195091140
- ISBN 13
- 9780195091144
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket shelfworn.. 1969. Reprint; Later Printing. Hardcover. 0195091140 . Unpaginated. Reprint of this 1969 title. A series of black and white illustrations with gray wash of black children relating a litany of hurtful racial insults and slights, as in "Misery is when you can see all the other kids in the dark but they claim they can't see you." , or worse, "Misery is when you start to play a game and someone begins to count out 'Eenie, meenie, minie, mo..." Published just after Hughes' death. Introduction by Jesse Jackson. Afterword by Robert G. O'Meally. ; The Iona and peter opie library of children's literature; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52913
- Title
- Black Misery
- Author
- Hughes, Langston
- Illustrator
- Arouni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket shelfworn.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint; Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0195091140
- ISBN 13
- 9780195091144
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- 0195091140, African American Literature, 1960s Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...