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The Underground Railroad
by Blockson, Charles L
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0139357432
- ISBN 13
- 9780139357435
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1987. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Jacket protected in archival sleeve. 16-page illlustration section on coated paper. First-person narratives of escapes to freedom in the North. They reveal the active role slaves played in their own escapes, with the help of free blacks and some whites--risking all they had for freedom. The book is in brown cloth over spine with sharp and bright gilt titles, gold boards, clean and unmarked, with light rubbing to lower edge of front panel and heel. Tight, solid and square binding. Internals quite clean, no marks of any kind, no creases. 308 pages, indexed. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 1987, Prentice Hall, New York.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026617
- Title
- The Underground Railroad
- Author
- Blockson, Charles L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- ISBN 10
- 0139357432
- ISBN 13
- 9780139357435
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- FUGITIVE SLAVES SLAVERY HISTORY, AMERICAN HARRIET TUBMAN FREDERICK DOUGLASS SOJOURNER TRUTH
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. American;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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