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These Same Long Bones
by Gwendolyn M. Parker
ISBN: 0395671728
ISBN-13: 9780395671726
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published date: 1994
Size: 6.75 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds
Pages: 260
Publisher's Notes
After bank president Sirus McDougald's daughter dies, he must recover from grief in time to prevent white power brokers from destroying the cohesion of his middle-class, segregated, southern black community. A first novel.
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These Same Long Bones
Parker, Gwendolyn M
Houghton, 1994 1st Ed. Library markings, dj in mylar, otherwise fine. . Hard Cover. Like New/Like New. ( more information)
Offered by Jaguar 10 Books (United States)
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These Same Long Bones
Parker, Gwendolyn M
Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Hard Cover. Good. Very Good in Very Good jacket Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.. ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn M
Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. 0395671728 A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. 1994 Houghton Mifflin (T) Hard Cover . Very Good. 1994. ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn M
Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. 0395671728 A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. 1994 Houghton Mifflin (T) Hard Cover . Very Good. 1994. ( more information)
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Gwendolyn M. Parker
Houghton Mifflin, 1994-04-27. Hardcover. Very Good. HARDCOVER: Book in vg shape, dj may have some wear including tears.Large selection of books!!! ( more information)
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These Same Long Bones
Gwendolyn M. Parker
Houghton Mifflin (T). Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information)
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These Same Long Bones
Parker Gwendolyn M
Houghton Mifflin (T), 1994-04. Hardcover. Used-Very Good. Used. Very good condition. ( more information)
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These Same Long Bones
Parker, Gwendolyn M
Houghton Mifflin Co, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Like New/Very Good. Used, Fine Hardcover with Very Good Dustjacket. First Printing (full numberline). Minor edgewear and bumping, otherwise like new. No writing or remainder mark. NOT ex-library. NOT price clipped. Protected by new Brodart cover ( more information)
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Gwendolyn M. Parker
Houghton Mifflin, 1994-04-27. Hardcover. Like new/Like New. Hardcover with DJ-This book is a First Printing with a full number line! This book is in Like New condition! There are no markings inside or out. All pages and binding are tight! Satisfaction Guaranteed!! ( more information)
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These Same Long Bones
Parker, Gwendolyn M
Houghton Mifflin Co, 1994. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Used, Fine Hardcover in Fine Jacket. First printing. trace of edgewear, remainder mark, otherwise like new condition. NOT ex-library, NOT price clipped. Protected in new brodart cover. ( more information)
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These Same Long Bones
Parker, Gwendolyn M
Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1994. 1st ed. Hard Cover. As New in As New dj. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 1st edition, fine/fine ( more information)
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These Same Long Bones
Parker, Gwendolyn M
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Full number line, book near new with slight wear to head of spine, DJ has no flaws and is covered in Mylar. ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn M
Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. 0395671728 Great condition First Edition ~ 1st Printing Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover! Clean pages, dust jacket great, light shelf wear rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save with us at kjcactusbooks! . Very Good. ( more information)
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These Same Long Bones
Parker, Gwendolyn M
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. April 1, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In this somber debut, Parker considers community loyalty, racism and the gr ieving process. The three-part narrative, incorporating flashbacks and flas h-forwards, concerns a middle-class black neighborhood in Durham, N.C. The story opens in 1947 with funeral preparations for young Mattie, killed in a fall from her backyard slide. Mattie's father, Sirus McDougald, is a respe cted local banker and insurance man who is light- skinned enough to pass for white but has recently rebuffed a proposition from white businessmen seeki ng to profit from a housing project for blacks. Looking ahead, Parker revea ls a debilitated Sirus who, having accepted the project, has discovered sub standard buildings on the site. Sirus knows that going through with the dea l means abandoning his heritage and honor. There is no appeal for racial ha rmony here; Parker's characters are given no cause to trust white folk, a n arrative fact reflected in their blunt observations and readiness to suspec t that whites may be behind Mattie's death. But the circumstances of Mattie 's death turn out to be incidental in this story that never takes flight an d in which events and characters are used mainly as devices to prompt refle ctions on larger issues. ( more information)
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These Same Long Bones
Gwendolyn M. Parker
Boston:: Houghton, Mifflin,, 1994. First edition, first printing. F/VG. Nearly new: very slight shelf-wear (i.e.abrasion) to edges of dust jacket; otherwise, a crisp, clean copy. Original store owner's name is stamped on front endpaper. A novel set in a Southern Black community. First edition, first printing. ( more information)
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These Same Old Bones
Parker, Gwendolyn M
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. A clean and tight book. Feels unread. No defects. A very nice copy. 260 pages.. ISBN: 0-395-67172-8. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Very Fine in Brodart. Illus. by N/A. Fiction, Black Author's. ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn M
Houghton Mifflin (T),, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. As New in As New Jacket. image available upon request ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn M
Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1994 Minor sticker residue to dj, else tight and clean.. 1st. Near Fine/Near Fine. ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn M
Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. 0395671728 First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. ...Experience, Quality, Value.... . Fine. ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn M
Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Pages are clean and binding is tight. ISBN: 0395671728. First Edition. Hard Cover. Spine Very Slightly Cocked/Mildly Edgeworn Dust Jacket. Afro-American Literature. Southern Literature.. ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn
First Edition. Hardcover. 0395671728 . Houghton Mifflin, 1994, first printing (complete number line), F/F, 260p, FICTION; A6152 . ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn M
Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. 0395671728 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover with dust jacket in Very Good condition. Some wear. No writing. . Very Good. ( more information)
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These Same Long Bones
Parker, Gwendolyn M
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Novel of loss and redemption in a Southern black community. Very light wear. No tears or rubs, no names or internal markings, no price clip or remainder mark. . First Edition. Cloth. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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THESE SAME LONG BONES
Parker, Gwendolyn M
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Near fine (a few very light spots on page edges) in as new dust jacket. Author's first novel.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn M
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Author photo on rear jacket panel. Boards lightly rubbed, jacket slightly scuffed, else a clean, tight copy. In jacket protector.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Gwendolyn M. Parker
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1994. 260pp, First novel by this black write. Set in the "colored" section of Durham, NC. No marks or tears.. 2nd Printing. Quarter-cloth. Fine/Intact Dustjacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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These Same Long Bones
Parker, Gwendolyn M
Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Remnants of glue on endpapers and jacket flaps. Prev owner had glued flaps to inside of book. Pages are clean and tight.. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn M
Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. signed and inscribed by the author on the half-tile page, prev. owner's name on front flyleaf, 260 pages, A story of loss and redemption for a Southern black community and the man who embodies its citizens' individual and collective dreams in Duraham, North Carolina.. Signed By the Author & Inscribed. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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PARKER, GWENDOLYN M
BOSTON:: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN,. 1994.. First Ediiton, First printing. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. FINE IN FINE DJ.. ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. First edition, first prnt. Faint beginning foxing on the topedge; unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo. ( more information)
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Parker, Gwendolyn M
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. . First printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) . African American author's highly praised first novel, set in a North Carolina town on the eve of integration. Dust jacket praise from Wendell Berry (who calls this a 'big-hearted book' with 'courage and eloquence.') 260 pp. ( more information)
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These Same Long Bones
Gwendolyn M. Parker
Houghton Mifflin (T), 1994-04. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Signed. Signed by author on title page "10/24/94 For Phyllis - Thank you for a wonderful radio time! All best wishes - Gwendolyn M. Parker". Hard cover with dust jacket, like new condition. ( more information)
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