Five Smooth Stones
by Fairbairn, Ann
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Pub, 1966. Clean and tight and square. Sharp corners. Appears unread. Tan boards with white lettering and stones. Book Club Edition. Gutter Code 32 I on page 851. Shadow from a label on the first page. The dust jacket has a little wear and tear along the edges and is in new mylar. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fiction.
Synopsis
David Champlin is a black man born into poverty in Depression-era New Orleans who achieves great success and then sacrifices everything to lead his people in the difficult, day-by-day struggle of the civil rights movement. Sara Kent is the beloved and vital white girl who loved David from the moment she first saw him, but they struggled over David's belief that a marriage for them would not be right in the violent world he had to confront. Likening the struggle of black Americans to the “five smooth stones” the biblical David carried against Goliath in lieu of arms, this novel’s range encompasses decades and continents—but that range is insignificant compared with the intimate picture of its hero’s irresistible warmth and inner conflicts. First published in 1966, this epic has become one of the most loved American bestsellers.
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Details
- Seller
- funyettabooks
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 048960
- Title
- Five Smooth Stones
- Author
- Fairbairn, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Crown Pub
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction, New Orleans, Black Americans, Depression Era
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About the Seller
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Bloomington, Minnesota
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We are an internet based bookseller. We specialize in children's books, women's studies, science fiction, and Minnesota authors, first editions and signed books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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