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Peekskill:USA, A Personal Experience
by Fast, Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. preface – in Russian and the same preface in English – by the author. Photographic frontispiece – showing Paul Robeson surrounded by his human barriers. The text is illustrated with photographs showing police brutality, injuries sustained and of vehicles damaged. 1/4 Dark red coloured cloth covered backstrip with six gilt, of three lines each, lines. 3/4 Cream coloured textured boards with red coloured embossed titles to the front panel. The author's reminiscences of his involvement of the concert at Peekskill, and its aftermath, where Paul Robeson was attacked by rightwingers, including a sniper, while giving the concert for civil rights. Softening to the backstrip edges with bumping of the lower book corners – underlying board is visible. Heavy rubbing and staining to the book panels. Browning and fox into the text block edges with aged honing of the pages. Offset tanning to the endpapers and original bookseller's ticket to the lower right hand corner of the front paste-down. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [2], 3 - 109, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Politics & Government; Civil Rights; United States; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 0119878. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0119878
- Title
- Peekskill:USA, A Personal Experience
- Author
- Fast, Howard
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Foreign Languages Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- Moscow
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Paul Robeson, concert - Peekskill, 1949, civil rights, politics, right wing, sniper Politics & Government; Civil Rights; United States; Sociology & Culture. Photographic Unbranded Fast, Howard Peekskill:USA, A Personal Experience
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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