Born to Rebel : An Autobiography by Benjamin E. Mays
by Mays, Benjamin E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good in Good dust jacket. (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Rebound in brown cloth boards. Dust-jacket in clear plastic cover, taped to boards and endpapers.; xix, [1], 380 pages + 33 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. Rebound in brown cloth boards. Page dimensions: 223 x 145mm. "'Born to Revel' is the life story of an extraordinarily interesting and admirable man. Raised in 'respectable poverty' in an isolated, rural section of South Carolina at the turn of this [20th] century, Benjamin Mays was the youngest of the eight children of a Negro cotton farmer who had been born into slavery." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 24564
- Title
- Born to Rebel : An Autobiography by Benjamin E. Mays
- Author
- Mays, Benjamin E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1971)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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