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A BEAR FOR THE F.B.I.
by Van Peebles, Melvin
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in very good plus dust jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Trident Press, 1968. Fine in very good plus dust jacket.. Inscribed first edition in English of this "elegiac reminiscence" (NEW YORK TIMES) of a midwestern Black childhood - inscribed to "To / Gene / My Buddy / and right / arm,"; likely his producer, Gene Wolsk. "As a businessman, Melvin is in class with Jean Paul Getty and the Rockefeller family," Gene Wolsk said of Van Peebles in 1972 (NEW YORK TIMES). Their close relationship resulted in the multiple Tony Award-nominated AIN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE A NATURAL DEATH, a musical written and scored by Van Peebles and produced by Wolsk. An attractive copy illuminating an important period in Van Peebles's career. 8.25'' x 5''. Original cloth-backed boards with silver spine lettering. Original unclipped ($4.50) black, white, and red pictorial dust jacket, designed by Lawrence Ratzkin. Black topstain. 158 pages. Inscribed by Van Peebles to dedication page, "To / Gene / My Buddy / and right / arm from / Melvin." Jacket with mild edgewear, a bit of rubbing. Tight and clean.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47877
- Title
- A BEAR FOR THE F.B.I.
- Author
- Van Peebles, Melvin
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good plus dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Trident Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,1960s,US American,African American author,African American subject
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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