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When the Word is Given....A Report on Elijah Muhhammad, Malcolm X and the Black Muslim World
by Lomax, Louis E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Poor to Fair
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York : The World Publishing Company, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Poor to Fair. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers have some foxed spots Edges faintly browned, rough cut side edge Boards have some faint fading on board edges and bumped corners, Front board is a little bowed Writing from a thorough knowledge of Black Muslim groups, Lomax examines the entire movement --from its beginnings under its mysterious founder, W.D. Ford, to its position as an explosive power on the racial scene. An imporant part of the book is devoted to the speeches of Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad. B & W photos
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55073
- Title
- When the Word is Given....A Report on Elijah Muhhammad, Malcolm X and the Black Muslim World
- Author
- Lomax, Louis E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor to Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 223
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
- Keywords
- Islam Malcolm X, Black Muslim, Muhhammad, Islam, race
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Biblio member since 2020
Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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