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The Art and History of Black Memorabilia: We Never Fade
by Buster, Larry V
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG++/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 0609604252
- ISBN 13
- 9780609604250
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2000* Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers (New York).* Binding and cover condition: Bright red glossy paper covered boards, black title to spine & face. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper, black titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED showing a shelf price of $34.95. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to head & tail of spine. Now in clear protective wrapper. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Illustrated end papers (brown on grey). Top edge slightly dusty. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight darkening to page margins, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos & illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 171 pp. text. v pp., resources index & general index at rear.* Description: A valuable reference to African-American collectibles, artifacts, and memorabilia covers everything from Aunt Jemima to Amos 'n' Andy, in a study highlighted by two hundred full-color photographs, trivia, and intriguing background information. Cereal boxes and product labels to books and sheet music; and even the shackles, classified ads, and bills of sale that document the long years of black slavery. * A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st/1st fnl. with some minor faults in a FINE protected dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 179
- Title
- The Art and History of Black Memorabilia: We Never Fade
- Author
- Buster, Larry V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG++/VG++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 0609604252
- ISBN 13
- 9780609604250
- Publisher
- Clarkson N Potter Publishers
- Place of Publication
- N.Y. USA. 176
- Date Published
- 2000-12-01
- Size
- 19.7 x 1.9 x 26 cm
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