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Williams John
The Redeemed Captive Returning To Zion
New Haven: William W Morse. Very Good. 1802. Hardcover. -; Good. No dust jacket. Covers detached and missing 1/2 in at bottom of front cover and pieces at bottom and top of spine. Contents in very good condition. Ayer 311 S/S 3561. . William W Morse hardcover books
Referencia librero : 38231
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Williams John
THE REDEEMED CAPTIVE RETURNING TO ZION. A FAITHFUL HISTORY OF REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN THE CAPTIVITY AND DELIVERANCE OF MR. JOHN WILLIAMS.DRAWN UP BY HIMSELF.
New Haven: Printed by William W. Morse 1802. 188pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf and boards leather label. Head of spine chipped. Corners worn. Front endpaper excised. Leaves tanned some light dampstaining. Good. A later edition after many others beginning with the extremely rare 1707 first edition printed in Boston. One of the most famous and most popular captivity narratives. Williams a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703 was taken with others to Canada. His wife and two of his children were tomahawked on the way. "As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative published in 1682." - Howes. HOWES W461. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3561. Printed by William W. Morse hardcover books
Referencia librero : WRCAM27353
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WILLIAMS John
THE REDEEMED CAPTIVE RETURNING TO ZION. A FAITHFUL HISTORY OF REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN THE CAPTIVITY AND DELIVERANCE OF MR. JOHN WILLIAMS
Northampton MA: Hopkins Bridgeman and Company 1853. A later edition after many others beginning with the extremely rare 1707 first edition printed in Boston. 8vo pp. 192. Illustrated with a frontispiece and a portrait. Bound in contemporary worn cloth stained etc. Some toning and staining but a good copy. See Howes W461. Shaw & Shoemaker 3561; Ayer 391. The rare 1707 first edition was printed in Boston. One of the most famous and most popular captivity narratives. Williams a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703 was taken with others to Canada. His wife and two of his children were tomahawked on the way. "As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative published in 1682." - Howes. Hopkins, Bridgeman and Company unknown books
Referencia librero : 55087
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WILLIAMS John
THE REDEEMED CAPTIVE RETURNING TO ZION. A FAITHFUL HISTORY OF REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN THE CAPTIVITY AND DELIVERANCE OF MR. JOHN WILLIAMS
New Haven: William W. Morse 1802. A later edition after many others beginning with the extremely rare 1707 first edition printed in Boston. 12mo pp. 188. Bound in contemporary full calf rubbed with morocco label. Some toning and staining but a very good copy. Howes W461. Shaw & Shoemaker 3561; Ayer 391. The rare 1707 first edition was printed in Boston. One of the most famous and most popular captivity narratives. Williams a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703 was taken with others to Canada. His wife and two of his children were tomahawked on the way. "As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative published in 1682." - Howes. William W. Morse unknown books
Referencia librero : 55086
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Williams John
The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion: or a Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences in the Captivity and Deliverance of Mr. John Williams Minister of the Gospel in Deerfield.
Freeport: Books for Libraries Press 1970. Reprint. Cloth. A very good copy edges foxed. viii 192 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w reproductions. 8vo. Stephen W. Williams appendix n. Subtitle: "who in the Desolution which befel that plantation by an Incursion of the French and Indians was by them carried away with his Family and his Neighborhood into Canada drawn up by Himself. To which is added a Biographical Memoir of the Reverend Author with an appendix and notes by Stephen W. WIlliams." A reprint of the 1853 edition which was a new edition with Stepehen Williams' essay incorporated of a work first published in 1707. "One of the most famous and most popular captivity narratives. Williams a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703 was taken with others to Canada his wife and two of his children being tomahawked on the way. As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative published in 1682" Howes 461 . Books for Libraries Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 38043
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Williams John
THE REDEEMED CAPTIVE RETURNING TO ZION: or a Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences in the Captivity and Deliverance.
Northampton MA: Hopkins Bridgman and Company 1853. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 192 pages of text. Original hardcover binding is rubbed at the spine extremities with minor chipping and fraying otherwise slightly shelfworn. Illustrated by a frontispiece and a portrait. The top half or less of the entirety of the text is moderately stained with minor rippling. There is no unpleasant odor. Previous owners' inscription neatly on the front endpaper in pencil. Hopkins, Bridgman, and Company Hardcover books
Referencia librero : 012291
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Williams John Alison Stones eds.
The Codex Calixtinus and the Shrine of St. James
Tubingen Germany: Gunter Narr Verlag Tubingen 1992. Softcover. 9" x 6". xiv 262 4 pp. Few b&w illustrations among text. Red wraps. Light shelf wear and scuffing. Very Good. ISBN 3823340042 . VeryGood. Paperback . Gunter Narr Verlag Tubingen 1992 paperback books
Referencia librero : 37349 ISBN : 3823340042 9783823340041
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Williams John Ed
English Renaissance Poetry; a Collection of Shorter poems from Skelton to Jonson
Fayetteville London: University of Arkansas Press 1990. 2d Edition. xxxv 416p. stiff wrappers. University of Arkansas Press unknown books
Referencia librero : 030457 ISBN : 1557281157 9781557281159
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Williams John Rev
A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea islands; with remarks upon the natural history of the islands origin languages tradition and usages of the inhabitants .Twenty-first thousand
London: John Snow 1840. 8vo pp. ix 1 154; text in double column; frontispiece portrait folding map of Polynesia plus a number of wood engravings in the text; bound with: Koempfer Engelbert An account of Japan.abridged and arranged from the translation of J. G. Schuechzer pp. xvi 105; text in double column wood-engraved frontispiece and vignette title page; bound with: Bligh William Lieut. Narrative of the mutiny on the Bounty on a voyage to the South Seas.to which are added some additional particulars and a relation of the subsequent fate of the mutineers and of the settlement in Pitcairn's Island n.p. n.d. pp. 72; text in double column; bound with: The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins a Cornish man: relating particularly his shipwreck near the South Pole.By R. S. a passenger in the Hector n.p. n.d. pp. vii 1 116; text in double column wood-engraved frontispiece and vignette title page; together 4 titles in 1 ocatvo volume bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards marbled paper peeling a bit on the lower cover spine a bit discolored but in all a good sound volume. <br/><br/> John Snow hardcover books
Referencia librero : 46810
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Williams John 1796 1839
A NARRATIVE Of MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES In The SOUTH SEA ISLANDS; with Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands Origin Languages Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants
New-York: D. Appleton & Co 1837. 1st US edition American Imprints 48533; Hill Collection 1875. Original publisher's blue coth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Yellow eps. Spine sunned. Cocked. Binder's glue offset to eps with front hinge starting at bottom 2". Withal a VG copy. 2 xxii 2 25 - 525 5 blank pp. T.p. vignette. Folding map. Intratextual cuts by George Baxter. Signed in 6s. 8-3/4" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> D. Appleton & Co unknown books
Referencia librero : 36986
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WILLIAMS John A and Dennis A.
IF I STOP I'LL DIE:; The comedy and tragedy of Richard Pryor
NY: Thunder's Mouth 1991. First Edition. 8vo pp. 234. Filmography discography index. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in slightlly scuffed dj. Thunder's Mouth unknown books
Referencia librero : 52937 ISBN : 1560250089 9781560250081
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Williams John A.
! CLICK SONG
Boston: Houghton 1982. Cloth and boards. First edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with a couple of tiny nicks. Houghton hardcover books
Referencia librero : WRCLIT32695
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WILLIAMS John A.
!CLICK SONG
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1982. First printing. 8vo pp. 430. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Top edges and two corner of cover little bumped o/w a nice copy in price-clipped and slightly chipped dj. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
Referencia librero : 52898 ISBN : 0395318416 9780395318416
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Williams John A.
!Click song
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1982. Hardcover. 430p. very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and lightly-worn unclipped dj. African American novelist. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
Referencia librero : 6848 ISBN : 0395318416 9780395318416
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Williams John A.
Africa; her history lands and people told with pictures
New York: Cooper Square Publishers 1962. 127p. profusely illus. with photos and drawings first edition. Foxed wraps with some handling wear previous owner's name penciled on title page else good condition. Cooper Square Publishers unknown books
Referencia librero : 197874
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Williams John A.
Africa; her history lands and people told with pictures
New York: Cooper Square Publishers 1965. 128p. profusely illus. with photos and drawings second edition revised foxed wraps with some handling wear. Cooper Square Publishers unknown books
Referencia librero : 142655
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Williams John A.
Captain Blackman
Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 336. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Book is fine. Dust jacket a bit age-toned; very lightly rubbed and soiled; very lightly chipped along the edges; VG in mylar not price-clipped. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Company hardcover books
Referencia librero : JC9506
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WILLIAMS John A.
CAPTAIN BLACKMAN
1972. WILLIAMS John A. CAPTAIN BLACKMAN. NY: Doubleday 1972. 8vo. cloth & boards in dust jacket. First Edition. "With Compliments of Doubleday & Company Inc." stamped on front pastedown. Very Good; moderate soil price-clipped d/j. $20.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Referencia librero : 36824
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WILLIAMS John A.
Captain Blackman.
Garden City: Doubleday 1972. First edition. 336 pp. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Williams on the title page. Garden City: Doubleday, unknown books
Referencia librero : 40054
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WILLIAMS John A.
CAPTAIN BLACKMAN; A novel
Garden City NY: Doubleday 1972. First Edition. 8vo pp. 336. Black and tan cloth. A nice copy in slightly chipped and scuffed dj. African American author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A novel based on the history of Black American soldiers. Doubleday unknown books
Referencia librero : 52945
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WILLIAMS John A.
CLIFFORD'S BLUES
Minneapolis MN: Coffee House 1999. First Edition. 8vo pp. 309. Bibliography. Paper wraps. Cover very slightly scuffed o/w a VG tight copy. A novel about a black gay jazz musician imprisoned in Dachau. Coffee House unknown books
Referencia librero : 52956
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Williams John A.
Flashbacks: A Twenty Year Diary of Article Writing
NY: Anchor Press/ Doubleday 1973. Paperback. Very good. 440pp. Wraps lightly rubbed and edgeworn else very good. <br/><br/> Anchor Press/ Doubleday paperback books
Referencia librero : 44938 ISBN : 0385084412 9780385084413
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Williams John A.
Flashbacks: A Twenty Year Diary of Article Writing
NY: Anchor Press/ Doubleday 1973. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Very good hardback in a rubbed and lightly edgeworn jacket. <br/><br/> Anchor Press/ Doubleday hardcover books
Referencia librero : 32947 ISBN : 0385094523 9780385094528
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WILLIAMS John A.
FLASHBACKS; A twenty-year diary of article writing
Gaarden City NY: Anchor Press Doubleday 1973. First Edition. 8vo pp. viii 440. Tan cloth. Cover very slightly scuffed at corners and ends of spine o/w a VG tight copy ijn little scuffed and soiled dj.;. Anchor Press Doubleday unknown books
Referencia librero : 52862 ISBN : 0385094523 9780385094528
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Williams John A.
Journey out of anger US title: Sissie
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1965. Hardcover. 277p. first UK edition of "Sissie" small ownership name of f.f.e.p. otherwise very good in boards and lightly-worn dj. Eyre & Spottiswoode hardcover books
Referencia librero : 186907
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WILLIAMS John A.
LOVE
Derry NH: Babcock & Koontz 1988. No. 43 of 200 copies. Schanilec Gaylord. 8vo pp. not numbered. Wood engraving on title by Gaylord Schanilec. Author's signature on colophon. Paper wraps sewn at fold applied paper label on front. About as new. A short story. Babcock & Koontz unknown books
Referencia librero : 52884
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Williams John A.
Love Signed Edition
Derry: Babcock & Koontz 1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine. Tall narrow 8vo. Unpaginated. A chapbook containing an excerpt from a work in progress by Williams. A beautiful fine copy in brown cloth binding with printed paper label to the front panel. This is copy V of XL copies handbound in cloth and SIGNED by Williams and with a hand-frawn insignia which we believe is what stands for the artist Gaylord Schanilac. <br/><br/> Babcock & Koontz hardcover books
Referencia librero : 17250
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WILLIAMS John A.
Love.
Derry & Ridgewood: Babcock & Koontz 1988. First edition numbered & signed issue. 22 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. Title page wood engraving by Gaylord Schanilec. Designed by Allan Kornblum and printed by Julia Druskin of Coffee House Press. One of 200 numbered copies on Masa paper SIGNED by Williams. Derry & Ridgewood: Babcock & Koontz unknown books
Referencia librero : 59390
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Williams John A.
Mothersill and the Foxes
NY: Doubleday 1975. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Very good hardback in a rubbed and lightly edgeworn jacket that has a few short closed tears. <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
Referencia librero : 32949 ISBN : 0385094523 9780385094528
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WILLIAMS John A.
MOTHERSILL AND THE FOXES
Garden City NY: Doubleday 1975. First Edition. 8vo pp. 239. Signed and dated by the author on the title. Paper over boards. A nice copy in little scuffed and soiled dj. Doubleday unknown books
Referencia librero : 52885 ISBN : 038509454X 9780385094542
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Williams John A.
Mothersill and the foxes
Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1975. Hardcover. 239p. first edition stated in cloth-backed boards with traces of wear at head and tail of spine unclipped dj with slight edge wear and minor soiling of rear panel. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
Referencia librero : 179615 ISBN : 038509454X 9780385094542
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WILLIAMS John A.
Mothersill and the Foxes.
Garden City: Doubleday 1975. First edition. 239 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Garden City: Doubleday, unknown books
Referencia librero : 71729
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WILLIAMS John A.
Night Song
New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy 1961. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm.; brown spine over tan boards; black topstain; dustjacket; 219pp.; a few faint scuffs to the boards still a Fine copy. The dustjacket has a bit of toning and there are a few tiny nicks along edges mostly; small tape repair at rear flap; a Very Good.<br/><br/>Inspired by the life of Charlie "Bird" Parker this poignant provocative and stylistically brilliant tale paints a vivid picture of the New York City jazz scene in Greenwich Village where jazz is king enticing hip young crowds with its seductive and vibrant rhythms. Story made into a movie entitled Sweet Love Bitter starring Dick Gregory in 1967. In 1983 Williams would go on to win the the American Book Award. Â . Farrar, Straus & Cudahy unknown books
Referencia librero : 52642
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Williams John A.
Night Song
New York: Farrar Straus and Cudahy 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 219p. dj. 20cm. price-clipped minor soil. 20cm. Jacket has some black marks along edges and the backstrip panel is browned. INSCRIBED on second half-title by Williams "Sept. 23 1967 for Chuck Sam and the kids with best wishes for all good things John A. Williams". "Chuck" is Charles F. Harris a pioneering African American in the white publishing world. Williams and Harris co-edited the Random House volumes in the early 1970s for Random House where Harris was a senior editor. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus and Cudahy hardcover books
Referencia librero : 82426
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Williams John A.
NIGHT SONG
New York: Farrar 1961. Cloth and boards. First edition of the author's second original book preceded by a paperback original and by an edited anthology issued in the same year. Fine in very good dust jacket with some tanning to the back panel. Farrar hardcover books
Referencia librero : WRCLIT28732
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Williams John A.
One for New York
London: Payback Press 1996. 1st UK ed. Paperback. Fine. viii 181p. Wrapper. 20cm. First published in the U.S. as "The Angry Ones" 1960. <br/><br/> Payback Press paperback books
Referencia librero : 65221 ISBN : 0879200553 9780879200558
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Williams John A.
Safari west; poems
Montreal: Hochelaga Press 1998. Paperback. 78p. 5.5x6.5 inches stamped COPY on first blank page edge-worn and rubbed wraps otherwise good. Williams' first book of poetry. Hochelaga Press paperback books
Referencia librero : 205668 ISBN : 0969934920 9780969934929
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WILLIAMS John A.
SISSIE
NY: Farrar Straus and Cudahy 1963. First printing. 8vo pp. 277. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Pages toned o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and very slightly chipped dj. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy unknown books
Referencia librero : 52948
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Williams John A.
Sissie
New York: Farrar Straus and Cudahy 1961. Paperback. 277p. advance copy letter & news-clipping laid-in pages toned at margins otherwise very good copy in paper printed wraps scrunched at top and bottom of spine illustrated dj. Contains letter from publisher to NBC news broadcaster David Brinkley asking for his comments. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy paperback books
Referencia librero : 179749
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Williams John A.
SISSIE
New York: Farrar 1963. Pictorial wrappers. Advance reading copy of the first edition. Some general tanning to the white wrappers and cheap paper stock spine a bit rubbed but a very good copy. Farrar unknown books
Referencia librero : WRCLIT28733
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WILLIAMS John A.
Sons of Darkness
Boston: Little Brown 1969. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo cloth d.w. Boston: Little Brown 1969. First Edition.<br/><br/> A novel about race relations in the U.S. during the 1960's.<br/><br/> Little Brown unknown books
Referencia librero : 212037
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Williams John A.
SONS OF DARKNESS SONS OF LIGHT A NOVEL OF SOME PROBABILITY
Boston: Little Brown 1969. Cloth boards. First edition. Upper fore- corners a bit bumped else near fine in a good lightly edgeworn spine-sunned dust jacket. Little, Brown hardcover books
Referencia librero : WRCLIT44637
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Williams John A.
Sons of Darkness Sons of Light: a novel of some probability
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1970. Hardcover. 279p. very good first UK edition in red boards and unclipped dj review slip laid-in. African American author's third book about the killing of an unarmed Black youth by a NYC police detective. Eyre & Spottiswoode hardcover books
Referencia librero : 179541 ISBN : 0413446204 9780413446206
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WILLIAMS John A.
SONS OF DARKNESS SONS OF LIGHT; A novel of some probability
Boston: Little Brown 1969. First Edition. 8vo pp. 279. Paper over boards. Cover little scuffed at ends of spine edges very slightly soiled o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed dj. Little, Brown unknown books
Referencia librero : 52861
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WILLIAMS John A.
The Angry Ones
New York: Pocket Books 1970. First Pocket Books Edition. Octavo 18cm; illustrated wrappers; bright pink edge-staining; 61842pp ads. Gentle sunning to top edge else a Fine unread copy. Attractive copy of Williams's first novel initially released by Ace in 1960. A powerful story of the racism that faces an educated Black man in the professional world and the painful truths that warp interracial sex. Pocket Books unknown books
Referencia librero : 32923
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WILLIAMS John A.
THE ANGRY ONES
NY: Pocket Books 1970. First Pocket Book edition. 12mo pp. 184. Paper wraps. Cover little soiled o/w a VG tight copy. Pocket Books unknown books
Referencia librero : 52863 ISBN : 0671771884 9780671771881
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Williams John A.
THE JUNIOR BACHELOR SOCIETY
Garden City: Doubleday & Co. 1976. Narrow quarto. Printed wrappers. A few dust- marks on fore-edge paperclip rust marks on half-title edges offset opposite otherwise a very good or better copy. Uncorrected page proofs of this late but uncommon novel by the African American novelist accompanied by a one page t.l.s. from him to William Manchester 12 December 1975 on Doubleday letterhead reminiscing about mutual acquaintances and soliciting his opinion and noting his reliance on Manchester's latest book for some fact- checking. Doubleday & Co. unknown books
Referencia librero : WRCLIT66993
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WILLIAMS John A.
THE MOST NATIVE OF SONS; A biography of Richard Wright
Garden City NY: Doubleday 1970. First Edition. 8vo pp. 141.Index. Paper wraps. Cover soiled and little creased and chipped o/w a VG tight copy. Doubleday unknown books
Referencia librero : 52955
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Williams John A.
This Is My Country Too
New York: New American Library 1965. Hardcover. xix 169p. very good third priting in a toned worn and soiled unclipped dj. New American Library hardcover books
Referencia librero : 256376
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WILLIAMS John A. ed
BEYOND THE ANGRY BLACK
NY: Cooper Square 1969. Second edition. 8vo pp. xix 198. Orange cloth bound upside-down. Ex library. Cover slightly soiled corners little bumped o/w a VG tight copy. A collection of essays by James Baldwin Gwendolyn Brooks Chester Himes Langston Hughes Richard Wright and many others. Cooper Square unknown books
Referencia librero : 52902
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