UPTOWN
by Steptoe, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in like dustjacket (price is present on upper corner of dj flap, lower corner clipped by publisher .)/like
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Harper & Row,, 1970.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in like dustjacket (price is present on upper corner of dj flap, lower corner clipped by publisher .). First printing. Second book by this young African American artist (published when he was only 20) - the story of 2 young boys walking through Harlem and trying to decide what they 're going to be - a realistic picture of life as the boys talk about playing "cops and junkies" with a real-life junkie and visit a black-owned bookstore, worry about how the older brother who just got drafted, and more - all conveyed in simple words and the artist's glowing full-color paintings. Bound in illustrated boards with a black cloth spine and white endpapers. Includes the oddly-placed full number line.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10526
- Title
- UPTOWN
- Author
- Steptoe, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in like dustjacket (price is present on upper corner of dj flap, lower corner clipped by publisher .)
- Jacket Condition
- like
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1970.
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American Children's books;
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- Number Line
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- Cloth
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