A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1960. First Edition Thus. 107 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are mildly tanned, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Library stamps and inscriptions to endpapers. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Spine is slightly tanned. Gilt remains bright. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket. Moderate tanning to spine, edges and joints. Moderate edgewear, with noticeable chipping, tearing and creasing, and slight loss to spine ends. Tape to spine.
Synopsis
A Raisin in the Sun is the best-known work of author and playwright Lorraine Hansberry. It debuted on Broadway in 1959, making Hansberry the first African American woman to achieve this honor. The title comes from the poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1675773255EMB
- Title
- A Raisin in the Sun
- Author
- Lorraine Hansberry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co. Ltd
- Date Published
- 1960
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....