OUR BROTHER IN BLACK: HIS FREEDOM AND HIS FUTURE
by Atticus G. Haygood
- Used
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
US: Phillips & Hunt, 1881. Hardback. Good +. Forest green cloth over boards with black particulars in gilt compartment and black floral decorations to spine; black title and floral decorations to front board; debossed rule to rear board. Previous owner's inscription to front and back of first free endpaper; previous owner's library stamp to first free endpaper and rear pastedown; light scattered soiling throughout. Text block is soiled and foxed; top edge sprayed black has faded. Boards are lightly soiled with rubbing, chipping and fraying to edges, corners and ends of spine; corners bumped and ends of spine chipped. Clear plastic dust jacket is chipped and cracked at ends of spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64305
- Title
- OUR BROTHER IN BLACK: HIS FREEDOM AND HIS FUTURE
- Author
- Atticus G. Haygood
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Phillips & Hunt
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- African American Studies
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...