Pharr Robert Deane: First Edition (36 results)
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- First Edition
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.BASEMENT BOOKS
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Wraps. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Fine and unmarked. 236pp; promo bookmark LAID-IN. 238 p. Book.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.Second Life Books, Inc.
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First Edition. 8vo, pp. 212. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Slight tear at top of spine, edges slightly scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and little chipped dj.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.Second Life Books, Inc.
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First English edition. 8vo, pp. 374. Small clipping of the author's obit laid in. Paper over boards. A nice copy in somewhat soiled dj.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.Shaker Mill Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Author's first novel. DJ is colorful; not price clipped; sunned at spine; 1" tear at upper corner; some light rubbing to edges; now protected in mylar. Green cloth boards are well-bound; lightly bumped at spine ends; pages clean throughout.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Nicola Wagner, aptos, CA, U.S.A.Nicola Wagner
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8vo. First UK edition. Fine in VG+ dust wrapper. Review copy with review slip. ISBN:0714506966 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
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Language: English
Published by Doubleday, 1971
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wilmington Book Lover, Wilmington, NC, U.S.A.Wilmington Book Lover
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (stated), first printing of the original hardback imprint. A novel based on Harlem's single room occupancy hotels. The second book by this African American author. Book in Near Fine condition and dust jacket in Very Good, unclipped cond…ition. Mylar Protected.
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- First Edition
Seller: Wilmington Book Lover, Wilmington, NC, U.S.A.Wilmington Book Lover
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very scarce in the original unclipped dust jacket. This hardboiled crime novel tells the story of two brothers in the 1930s. The plot centers on themes…of power and truth, asking the question who has control. Within this novel, Robert Deane Pharr explores his heritage and personal experiences. The author's most popular novel. Mylar protected.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.Du Bois Book Center
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 374pp. Green lining papers. green cloth boards with gilt title on spine. Green pictorial Dust Jacket rubbed and chipped. School library copy with stamp form and single use on f.e.p. otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. First American edition. Hardcover octavo in green DJ. 374 pages 22 cm. Abstract: In the hardboiled tradition of Chester Himes and Walter Mosely, Robert Deane Pharr's novel tells the tale of two black men, Dave and Blueboy, traveling waiters who establish themselves as numbers runners in a fictionalize…d Richmond of the 1930s. Published to great acclaim in 1969, The Book of Numbers centers on powerful themes of truth and illusion, myth and legend, and vividly conveys a sense of African American life on the periphery of white society. African American neighborhoods -- Fiction. African American men. Gambling. Waiters. Extremely mild rubbing to corners of boards. Mild rubbing to corners and head and foot of spine of DJ. DJ is price clipped to front flap. DJ in archival mylar. Book is fine in very good DJ.
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- First Edition
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.Andre Strong Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First UK edition. 5 1/4 x 8 in. 374 pgs. Scarce first UK edition, 1969. Gray cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; no wear to corners or edges, binding tight, text perfect. FINE except extremely faint yellow spotting to cloth, and o…ld Strand price sticker on front pastedown. DJ condition is VERY GOOD ; not price clipped (40s) no chipping or tears and edges hardly worn at all, very clean and bright except again, extremely faint yellow spotting. A fantastic copy overall. Fiction. RG.
Published by Doubleday, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Green Apple Books and Music, san francisco, CA, U.S.A.Green Apple Books and Music
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Green Apple Books and Music, Publisher Weekly's Bookstore of the Year 2014, has been San Francisco's favorite independent bookseller since 1967! Shipping costs on oversize / international orders will reflect actual shipping charges and ma…y be more than quoted by ABE. We will need to contact you with true shipping costs and ask for authorization before adjusting cost.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday & Company Inc., 1971
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.Black Cat Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Hardbound in unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket shows rubbing & wear to spine edges. Page edges show foxing, otherwise very good.
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Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.Fireproof Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 212 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Steven Stroud. His fourth book, the story of the Harlem underworld. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy.
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, 1969
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- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Fine in lightly rubbed else near fine dust jacket with a tiny ink date on the front flap.
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Published by Doubleday, 1978., 1978
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Monroe Stahr Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.Monroe Stahr Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is about fine. The unclipped dust jacket has some minimal soiling and is rubbed at the spine ends - near fine. 0.0.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.Du Bois Book Center
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 159.00 Pictorial soft cover with title and title on spine. A confession of the Victim. Slight toning Near fine. Author of The Book of Numbers.
Published by Garzanti, Milano, 1972
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Libreria Tara, Roma, RM, ItalyLibreria Tara
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Add to basketCondition: buono. Straniera Americhe Fiction and Poetry Foreign Fiction America it. prima ed. Romanzi moderni trad. di Gabriella Fiori a cura di Marcella Bonsanti tela edit. con sovrac. ill., piccole rotture in sovrac. fuori catalogo.
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- First Edition
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
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Paperback. 159p., some toning to margins else a very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. Penultimate work of the African American novelist best known for his book "Book of Numbers" which was filmed starring Raymond St. Jacques.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams)
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Add to basketCondition: VERY GOOD. First printing. Pharr's first and best known novel, basis for the 1973 film of the same name. The story of two men who create a numbers racket in the Black community of Richmond, Virginia in the 1930s - the two waiters, Blueboy Harris and Dave Greene, briefly achieved almost unimaginable success before seei…ng it all end in tragedy. When this was published, Pharr was 57 and he had spent many years working as a waiter himself, and was still doing so when the manuscript got to a publisher. His books are as relevant now as when they were published: he depicted policing as an unreformable system built to brutalize and oppress Black bodies and others of color. As one writer said "The very things that keep Pharr obscure - his unwillingness to pander to white readers, his focus on writing about Black life at all levels of American society in a plain-spoken way, his anger at the way Black people have been abused and murdered in different ways by this society -are the reasons we need him right now." (Christopher Smith) Very good in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, tear to dj at top of spine, other edgewear, price-clipped, but still a decent copy of an important but overlooked African American novel.).
Published by Norton [1998], NY, 1998
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks)
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Advance reading copy. Near fine in wrappers, with promotional sheet laid in. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
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Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.The Ridge Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Stated; First Printing. Book has only light wear at corner and spine ends along with a former owner's name in ink on ffep. Light aging, mainly on edges. VG to VG+. Jacket has some wear at corner tips and spine ends with some minor creasing and wear…along top edge. VG. This was Pharr's first novel and deals with African-American life on the edge of white society in a Southern city in the 1930's. The main character goes from a small-time numbers dealer to vast wealth. Entertaining and interesting work of fiction. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 374 pages.
Published by Doubleday & Co, Garden City, N.Y.
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- First Edition
Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, CanadaSpafford Books (ABAC / ILAB)
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Add to basket1978, 1st edition. (Cloth) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 212pp. Unclipped dust jacket shows general, minor shelf wear. A very slight bit of stress damage to head of cloth spine, else about fine.
Published by Doubleday, Garden City NY, 1971
- First Edition
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.Second Life Books, Inc.
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. 8vo, pp. 569. Maroon cloth. Edges soiled, o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and slightly chipped dj.
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Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.Fireproof Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 374 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Seymour Chwast. Advance review copy with publisher's stamp on the front endpaper. His first book. The story of the African-American sporting life in the South during the 1930s. Fine book in a fine… dust jacket with a small closed tear to the top of the back cover. A beautiful copy.
Published by Doubleday., New York, 1978
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- First Edition
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. About fine in near fine dust jacket. (Faint ghost of sticker at upper edge of front cover of jacket. Traces of mild shelf-wear to jacket. ) ; 5 3/4 X 8 1/2"; 212 pages.
Published by Doubleday, 1971
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: JuddSt.Pancras, London, United KingdomJuddSt.Pancras
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Published by E-211
- First Edition
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.Last Exit Books
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1971. 569 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards h…ave light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. First published in 1971, this powerful, autobiographical novel chronicles the initiation of college-educated waiter and writer Sid Bailey into the teeming life of a Harlem welfare hotel. Bailey gradually sheds his straight habits as he becomes adept in the ways of the motley crew of addicts, pushers, lesbians, prostitutes, winos, and unclassifiable misfits who live there--learning much about himself and the life of Harlem's streets.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
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Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dust jacket placed in mylar for preservation. Author's inscription on title page. Foxing… to top of text block. Clean pages. Binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed and inscribed by author.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1971
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.Du Bois Book Center
Contact seller4-star sellerCloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+++. First Edition. 569pp. Green lining papers. Maroon cloth boards with bright gilt title on spine. Dust Jacket. "A novel that takes the roof off a Single Room Occupancy hotel in Harlem.". Hard Cover.
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.MLC Books
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A scarce signed copy of Pharr's fourth book. First printing, September 1975. Gently bumped with light rubbing at the edges. Pages, spine and rear panel a bit tanned. Inscribed to Jennie and signed by Pharr on the half title page. Inscribed By the Author.
