If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin
- Used
- Good
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0803741693
- ISBN 13
- 9780803741690
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Jacket is tanned on front cover, not affecting legibility of text. Jacket is also wrapped in a protective Mylar dust jacket. Front jacket flap is clipped and creased, not affecting legibility of text. Cover boards are in great condition, with no visible flaws apart from very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight. Edges of text block are foxed, not visible on pages. Pages are clean and unmarked.
Synopsis
If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin's fifth novel is a love story set in Harlem in the early 70's. Young Tish and Fonny, who are in love and expecting a child. They plan on marrying until Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their tragic love story paints a bleak picture of racism and injustice. It is the only Baldwin novel narrated by a woman.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Moe's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94930
- Title
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Author
- James Baldwin
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0803741693
- ISBN 13
- 9780803741690
- Publisher
- Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Jazkia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...