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Visible Man: A True Story of Post-racist America
by George Gilder
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0465090419
- ISBN 13
- 9780465090419
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$22.50$15.75
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About This Item
New York, NY: Basic Books , 1978 Basic Books, New York. 1978. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bump to tail; slight soiling to textblock top. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($12.50); light sunfading to rear panel; light chipping to top edge of rear panel. Golden cloth boards and spine with red lettering on the spine. 249 pp 8vo. This book is a truly humanizing portrait of life in a Northern urban black ghetto. It is also the true story of a young man accused of rape. He does live in Albany, NY, but it could be any of a dozen American cities. Meet Mitchell "Sam" Brewer. Young. African-American. An ex-Marine with charm and intelligence. Highly valued by his employers in his state job. Yet Sam repeatedly gets into trouble - much of it the kind that lands him in hospitals and police stations. This is a study of a young man doomed by lack of family and community stability to a violent life and possibly death. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016538
- Title
- Visible Man: A True Story of Post-racist America
- Author
- George Gilder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0465090419
- ISBN 13
- 9780465090419
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- ghetto, black violence, black crime, ghetto life, rape, urban black ghetto, justice system, soft on black crime, crime, sociology, racism, bigoted police, ghetto schools, housing projects,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Chipping
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