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The Street
by PETRY, Ann
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine /No Jacket
- Seller
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Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (1991/1992). An advance reading copy of the reissue of her first novel, which won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Award when it was first published in 1946. Copyright date on this edition states 1991, but a publisher's sticker on the front cover states a publication date of "Feb. 12, 1992 (Black History Month)." Fine in wrappers, with a publicity photo of Petry laid in. Softcover. Fine.
Synopsis
THE STREET tells the poignant, often heartbreaking story of Lutie Johnson, a young black woman, and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of Harlem in the late 1940s. Originally published in 1946 and hailed by critics as a masterwork, The Street was Ann Petry's first novel, a beloved bestseller with more than a million copies in print. Its haunting tale still resonates today.
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Details
- Seller
- Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 035564
- Title
- The Street
- Author
- PETRY, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- (1991/1992)
Terms of Sale
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
All books are First Editions or First American Editions in dust jackets unless otherwise noted and are returnable within 30 days.
About the Seller
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Hadley, Massachusetts
About Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
We deal in rare books, specializing in modern literary first editions. We regularly issue catalogs of Modern Literature and less regularly issue catalogs of Native American Literature, the Literature of the Vietnam War and the 1960s, and Nature Writing. Ken is a former President of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. We maintain an office in Hadley, Massachusetts and welcome visitors by appointment. We are always interested in buying rare books, manuscripts, or related material in any of our areas of specialty and are happy to hear from anyone offering such items to us.
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- Fine
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- Wrappers
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