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When the Word is Given... A Report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim world
by Lomax, Louis E
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/fair
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1963. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Fair/fair. Brown cloth hardcover ex library, 1st edition, in dustjacket. Pocket, stamps and labels, including a discard stamp to the pocket as appropriate. Binding cocked backward, discoloration to the cover edges. Call number neatly blacked out on the spine. Hinges and binding are solid and the pages are clean and unmarked other than a previous price erasure to the top of the half-title page. Unclipped jacket with $3.95 price intact in a ring caused by a sticker covering it. Jacket is chipped, with longer tears at the head of the spine, and a large square sticker removal scar to the top of the rear panel. 223 pp., indexed, some black and white photos at center.
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- Seller
- Tangible Tales
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 2185
- Title
- When the Word is Given... A Report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim world
- Author
- Lomax, Louis E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First edition
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Malcolm X Black Muslims Elijah Muhammad New York Nation of Islam history biography first editions
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; History; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People of Color; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political;
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- Jacket
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- 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....
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