Straight, Susan — The Gettin Place

New York, Hyperion, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Flat-signed by the author at first free endpaper. A fine and probing narrative of the effects of violence in America intergenerationally, beginning in the 1920s of the Tulsa, Oklahoma race war whites committed against blacks to and through the L.A. Riots of 1992 in the wake of the Rodney King beating. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 488 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Collectible: Like New