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Of Love and Dust
by Gaines, Ernest J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Good dj
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Dial Press, Inc.. Near Fine in Good dj. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. [slight wear to cloth at spine ends, tiny light stain on bottom of text block; jacket is worn with various small edge-tears, considerable damage to the lower spine (2-inch ragged split at front hinge, some paper loss and dog-earing), light abrasions and some minor spotting on spine]. The author's second novel, about a young black man who's sent to work on a Louisiana plantation after he's bonded out of jail while awaiting trial for murder. .
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- Bookseller
- ReadInk
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27024
- Title
- Of Love and Dust
- Author
- Gaines, Ernest J
- Illustrator
- (dj design) Paul Bacon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Good dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Dial Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- African American, Fiction: Modern Lit, The South, Louisiana
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