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WASP, Where is Thy Sting
by King, Florence
- Used
- first
- Condition
- good: ex library--mild wear to boards and spine, scotch tape shadows, tape residue on endpapers, stamps on copyright page, sleev/good: library stamp on spine, age toning, NOT clipped ($8.95)
- ISBN 10
- 0812821661
- ISBN 13
- 9780812821666
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Stein and Day, 1977. first edition. hardcover. good: ex library--mild wear to boards and spine, scotch tape shadows, tape residue on endpapers, stamps on copyright page, sleeve on rear endpaper, stamp on text block, slight lean./good: library stamp on spine, age toning, NOT clipped ($8.95). 8vo 214pp. from front flap: "Once upon a time not too long ago, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants believed that if the rest of the world was littered with ethnics who lacked the social graces, were inadequately educated, and were darker-complected than was desirable, at least in America WASPS and their standards governed. [. . .] Today WASPS have come to think of themselves as becoming a minority group in a sea of aliens, and Florence King has set out on a journey with her readers to find out what WASPS really were and are and how and why they think."
Scarce copy. #01275.
Scarce copy. #01275.
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- Seller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1206
- Title
- WASP, Where is Thy Sting
- Author
- King, Florence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good: ex library--mild wear to boards and spine, scotch tape shadows, tape residue on endpapers, stamps on copyright page, sleev
- Jacket Condition
- good: library stamp on spine, age toning, NOT clipped ($8.95)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0812821661
- ISBN 13
- 9780812821666
- Publisher
- Stein and Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- WASP, humor, essays, sociology, anthropology, culture, nonfiction, first edition
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Matthew's Books LLC
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About Matthew's Books LLC
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