Ready to Riot
Language: English
Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, New York, 1968
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
AbeBooks seller since December 6, 2001
Association member: IOBA
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 175.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Esteemed Black college professor, minister, activist, freedom fighter, & director of urban renewal programs in Newark, NJ, in the 1960s discusses the race situation in America's cities in the post-WWII era, when blacks moved in, whites moved out, & urban decay intensified, with no opportunities for advancement. He offers some unconventional solutions. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1968, SIGNED by the AUTHOR with an inscription "Peace & Power!" in blue pen to lower title page. Octavo (5.75" x 8.5") had gray cloth over boards, stamped with stark black lettering to front & spine. Condition is Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, with just a hint of rubbing. Binding strong & straight, pages moderately tanned but completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is VG+, with very mild rubbing to extremities & a few tiny chips/pinpoint nicks to corners, spine tips, & upper fore edge side of front cover-flap intersection; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Ready to Riot
- Author
- Wright, Nathan, Jr.
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, New York
- Publication year
- 1968
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature::African/Black Americans, Signed Books, Urban/Rural/Regional Studies
Gargoyle Books, IOBA
La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
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CA, U.S.A.
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