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A Murder in Virginia; Southern Justice on Trial
by Susanne Lebsock
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393042014
- ISBN 13
- 9780393042016
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company, 2003 W.W. Norton and Company, New York. 2003. Hardcover. Book Club Edition made from First Edition/First Printing printing plates. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small stain to front board. DJ: Fine. Black boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 442 pp 8vo. It's 1885 in Lunenburg County VA and a white woman is murdered with a meat-ax. Suspicion falls on a young black man who when captured implicated three black women who declare their innocence, a claim that gains urgency when a white man becomes a suspect. With the danger of lynching high and the Jim Crow system working against them, an improbable constellation of black and white supporters goes to work on the women's behalf. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009290
- Title
- A Murder in Virginia; Southern Justice on Trial
- Author
- Susanne Lebsock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393042014
- ISBN 13
- 9780393042016
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- lynching, lynch mobs, negroes, blacks, race relations, murder trial, Lunenburg County Virginia, free women of Petersburg, legal system, Jim Crow system, disfranchisement, segregation, fair trial, jury, jury prejudices, Black southerners, Lucy Jane Pollard
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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