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LAST OF THE CONQUERORS [SIGNED]
by Smith, William Gardner
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1948. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 262 pages; G-/G-; spine pink faded to white and grey with white titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.75', fading to spine, chipping to all extremities, including head and tail of spine, front hinge; water-staining to fore and lower edges of boards; Signed flat by Smith in blue ink on the ffep, small bleed onto front flap; First Edition, Second Printing, before publication; extremely scarce signed; shelved case 6. William Gardner Smith's debut novel, it reflects his own experience as an African-American GI serving in the racially segregated United States Army in US-occupied Germany after World War II. It revolves around the protagonist, Hayes Dawkins, having an affair with Ilse, a white German woman. Smith's third book, South Street (1954), is considered to be one of the first black militant protest novels. 1352318. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1352318
- Title
- LAST OF THE CONQUERORS [SIGNED]
- Author
- Smith, William Gardner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
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Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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