Vendeur : ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Secure packaging for safe delivery. N° de réf. du vendeur 3583646585
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Vendeur : Ocean Tango Books, Palm Springs, CA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. NICE as pictured, . no First Edition an early printing very good condition hardcover in a very good condition dust jacket, chip at spine end. With a comp slip from publisher gently read clean pages clean, price present. Was made into the 1973 American crime film directed by and starring Raymond St. Jacques. In the hardboiled tradition of Chester Himes and Walter Mosely, Robert Deane Pharr's novel tells the tale of two black men, Dave and Blueboy, traveling waiters who establish themselves as numbers runners in a fictionalized Richmond of the 1930s. Robert Deane Pharr was an acclaimed author of five novels, the first of which, The Book of Numbers (1969), was published while he was a fifty-three-year-old waiter in New York. Setting out to be "a black Sinclair Lewis," Pharr focused on the harsh yet vibrant living conditions faced by countless African Americans in urban America from the 1930s to the 1970s. N° de réf. du vendeur PS 001978 i26 big 3
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Vendeur : Wilmington Book Lover, Wilmington, NC, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very scarce in the original unclipped dust jacket. This hardboiled crime novel tells the story of two brothers in the 1930s. The plot centers on themes of power and truth, asking the question who has control. Within this novel, Robert Deane Pharr explores his heritage and personal experiences. The author's most popular novel. Mylar protected. N° de réf. du vendeur 20
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Vendeur : Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. 374 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Seymour Chwast. Advance review copy with publisher's stamp on the front endpaper. His first book. The story of the African-American sporting life in the South during the 1930s. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the top of the back cover. A beautiful copy. N° de réf. du vendeur 504342435
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