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The Gettin Place
by Straight, Susan
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0786860863
- ISBN 13
- 9780786860869
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Hyperion Books, 1996. Book. New. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Hyperion Books, 1996. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, tomato red endpapers, rough cut pages, 488 pp. A powerful portrait of a family struggling to defend its turf in a changing world, to hold on to the gettin' place, the source from which they derive the tools for survival. Dust jacket as minor shelf wear, otherwise in pristine condition. New in a near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..
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- Bookseller
- Respectful Exits
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B0432-03
- Title
- The Gettin Place
- Author
- Straight, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0786860863
- ISBN 13
- 9780786860869
- Publisher
- Hyperion Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- AFROAMERCAN FAMILIES FAMILY DRAMA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Americana;
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- Jacket
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