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Black Rage
by Grier, William H.; Cobbs, Price M
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), generally soiled, bumped at the edges. Black cloth, mottling throughout, red and purple gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain with some rubbing, former owner's name on the front endpaper. Touted as "the first book ever to examine the full range of Negro life from the vantage point of psychiatric knowledge," in which the authors, "tell of the insidious effects of the still-living heritage of slavery; of the almost hopeless struggle of the black boy and girl to achieve the pride of a healthy manhood and womanhood; of love, marriage, and the family; of the sexual myths and fears in both races," among others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8147
- Title
- Black Rage
- Author
- Grier, William H.; Cobbs, Price M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Black Studies, American Studies, Race, Racism, BLM, Psychology, African-American Studies, American History
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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