Tell Freedom
by Abrahams, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1954. 311pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. Lean of the spine, offsetting to the endpapers, otherwise a bright, unmarked copy.Unclipped jacket has edgewear to the lower spine. "For at his thirty-seven years of age Peter Abrahams looks back on a life that ran the gamut of trials-physical, emotional and intellectual to the point that he could no longer recognize a real place for himself in Africa, even among the whites who were trying to further the causes of tolerance and freedom.". First English Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034024
- Title
- Tell Freedom
- Author
- Abrahams, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Johannesburg Africa Autobiography South Africa
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...