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Condition: Good. Item in good condition and has highlighting/writing on text. Used texts may not contain supplemental items such as CDs, info-trac etc.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. MUMBO JUMBO, Ishmael Reed, softcover, stated first Bantam softcover edition, 1973. BOOK CONDITION: good. The text block is in fine condition with no dog ears, marks, or tears. The pages are age-toned. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The illustrated wraps are in fairly good condition (a ¾? nick on the fore-edge of the front cover and first free endpaper, a smaller nick on the top edge of the cover, label residue at bottom of spine). 7 x 4 ¼, 256 pages, 6 ounces XX [Wikipedia] Set in 1920s New York City, MUMBO JUMBO depicts the elderly Harlem houngan PaPa LaBas and his companion Black Herman racing against the Wallflower Order, an international conspiracy dedicated to monotheism and control, as they attempt to root out the cause of and deal with the Jes Grew virus, a personification of ragtime, jazz, polytheism, and freedom. The Wallflower Order is said to work in concert with a still-existent Knights Templar Order to prevent people from dancing, to end the dance crazes spreading among black people. The virus is spread by certain black artists, referred to in the novel as Jes Grew Carriers or J.G.C.s. Historical, social, and political events mingle freely with fictional inventions. The United States' occupation of Haiti, attempts by whites to suppress jazz music, and the widespread belief that President Warren Harding had black ancestry are mingled with a plot in which the novel's hero, PaPa LaBas, searches for a mysterious book that has disappeared with black militant Abdul Sufi Hamid (whose name reflects that of the Harlem streetcorner radical preacher Sufi Abdul Hamid, a.k.a. Eugene Brown, an early black convert to Islam), as a group of radicals plans to return museum treasures looted from ancient Egypt to Africa, and the Atonists within the Wallflower Order are trying to locate and train the perfect Talking Android, a black man who will renounce African-American culture in favor of European American culture. One of the supporting characters, an ally of PaPa LaBas, is Black Herman (Benjamin Rucker, 1892-1934), an actual African American stage magician and root doctor. Another touch of realism is the inclusion of a mysterious ocean liner that is part of the Black Star Line, a shipping line incorporated by Marcus Garvey, who organized the United Negro Improvement Association. Portions of the action take place at the Villa Lewaro mansion built by Madame C. J. Walker overlooking the Hudson River and at the Harlem townhouse of her daughter A'Lelia Walker, known as The Dark Tower, located at 136th Street near Lenox Avenue. Other famous people who appear in the novel include the dance instructor Irene Castle, and the Harlem renaissance authors James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay, Wallace Thurman, Countee Cullen, W. E. B. Du Bois, and a veiled reference to Malcolm X.
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Softcover. Condition: Très bon. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de ce livre à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations.
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Mumbo Jumbo
Published by SIMON & SCHUSTER @ TRADE, 1989
ISBN 10: 0689707304ISBN 13: 9780689707308
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paperback. Condition: As New. Hardly any sign of use with No Writing in text. Ships with tracking the same or next business day from New Haven, CT. We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.
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Broché. Coll. "Fiction & Cie". Roman. Bibliographie partielle in fine. 13x21 cm. 282 p. in-8° Bon état. Couverture insolée. Intérieur en bon état.
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Mass Market PaperBack. Condition: Good. 2nd printing; Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Spine top edge bumped; Mild foxing present; Previous owner name present at author page; Text free of markings; A solid copy of this unique edition.
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Paperback. first edition. very good paperback,
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Contacter le vendeur. Condition: Assez bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Assez bon. Livre 0. Livre.
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Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Narrativa (illustrator). 1ª Edición. Col. Escalones, 4 Todos nuestros libros son de segunda mano.
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Contacter le vendeur. Condition: Bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Bon. Livre. Livre.
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Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf. Collection Soul Fiction 1998.
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brossura. Condition: Buono (Good). SOVRACCOPERTA CARTACEA CON NOERMALI SEGNI DEL TEMPO A CAUSA DI ESPERIENZE NEGATIVE NON SPEDIAMO PIÙ CON POSTA ORDINARIA NON TRACCIABILE ANCHE SE LA TROVERETE COME OPZIONE NELLA DESCRIZIONERIF. LIBR. RIZZOLI Book.
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Mumbo jumbo
Published by La Fuga Ediciones, S.L., Barcelona, 2016
ISBN 10: 8494594400ISBN 13: 9788494594403
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rúst. . . Estado de conservación: new. 332 p. páginas.
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Collana Pâramita 226, [6] pp., ill in nero nt.; 20 cm. Bross. edit. con sovrac. un po' sporca.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Mumbo Jumbo This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Minor wear, spine faded, pages tanning, otherwise tight binding and clean text.
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Mumbo Jumbo (Bungaku no Boken Series) [Japanese Edition]
Published by Kokusho Publishing Association, 1997
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 347p Size: B6 size Number of copies:
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Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Mumbo Jumbo
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, 1972
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ILAB IOBA
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First Edition
First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Original black cloth with red endpapers in supplied dust jacket. 23 photographs. 223 pp. Tape shadows to endpapers and covers; evidence of bookplate removal to front free endpaper; text block edges slightly foxed; just Good. Dust jacket is unclipped (priced $6.95), rubbed and creased with a few brief, closed tears; just VG. A worn copy of Reed's third novel, a book praised by postmodern writer Thomas Pynchon, conservative critic Allan Bloom, and the rapper Tupac Shakur. On the occasion of the novel's reissue as a Penguin classic in 2017, the Guardian described the novel as one about "Voodoo, jazz, and white supremacy," which "reeks of some kind of immortal pertinence" ("Mumbo Jumbo" by Jonathan McAloon). Far from a pretty copy, but a surprisingly tough book to find in the First Edition.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is LIKE NEW; The dust jacket has minor wear at the top of the spine and the front flap fold, otherwise FINE.
