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Keepig the Faith
by William H. Harris
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Urbaba: University of Illinois Press, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Keeping the Faith, A. Philip Randolph, Milton P. Webster, and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 1925-37. Informative book about the development of the Porter's Union, its leadership, struggles and working conditions for Black workers. 252 pages including index, Book is 9.25 inches in height by 6.25 inches in width, Book is Fine, ultra clean black cloth with bight silver title to spine, No previous owner bookplate or writing, Jacket is at least Very Good Plus, very light edge wear with a few minor edge tears. Very clean and most presentable in a new mylar sleeve. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002892
- Title
- Keepig the Faith
- Author
- William H. Harris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbaba
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Black Studies, Railroad Labor, Porter's Union
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Spine
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- New
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- Fine
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