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American Hunger
by Wright, Richard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Afterword by Michel Fabre. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($8.95), lightly toned, text faded at the spine. Blue cloth, lightly mottled, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the half-title page, clean otherwise. The continuation of Wright's autobiography that begun with Black Boy, here discussing Wright's time in Chicago and his involvement with the Communist Party.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7799
- Title
- American Hunger
- Author
- Wright, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Literary Memoir, Literary Autobiography, Radical, Leftist, Communism, Black Literature, African-American Literature, 20th Century Literature, Modern Literature, Chicago, Race, Racism
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Cloth
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