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Just above my head

Title
  1. Just above my head / James Baldwin.
Published by
  1. New York : Dial Press, [1979]
  2. ©1979
Author
  1. Baldwin, James, 1924-1987

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Dial Press, publisher.
Description
  1. 597 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. This sprawling drama traces the passage of three individuals through the events of the nineteen-fifties, sixties, and seventies from the Apollo in Harlem to the Olympia in Paris. Love and courage bind a former child evangelist, a famous gospel singer, and the latter's manager-brother.
Subject
  1. Black author
  2. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Fiction
Genre/Form
  1. Novels.
  2. Fiction.
  3. Dust jackets (Binding)
  4. Gay fiction.
  5. LGBTQ+ fiction.
Contents
  1. Book One. Have Mercy -- Book Two. Twelve Gates to the City -- Book Three. The Gospel Singer -- Book Four. Stepchild -- Book Five. The Gates of Hell.
Call number
  1. Sc Rare E 23-1
Note
  1. "Jacket design by Jack Ribik." --dust jacket.
Provenance (note)
  1. Copy in Sc Rare E 23-1, is signed on the title page by the author.
Binding (note)
  1. Maroon, green and cream typographic dust jacket; Bownd in full brown cloth over boards.
Author
  1. Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, author.
Title
  1. Just above my head / James Baldwin.
Publisher
  1. New York : Dial Press, [1979]
Copyright date
  1. ©1979
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Provenance
  1. Copy in Sc Rare E 23-1, is signed on the title page by the author. NN
Binding
  1. Maroon, green and cream typographic dust jacket; Bownd in full brown cloth over boards.
Chronological term
  1. 1900-1999
Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Dial Press, publisher.
LCCN
  1. 79053577
ISBN
  1. 0803747772
  2. 9780803747777
  3. 0803748671 (lim. ed.)
  4. 9780803748675 (lim. ed.)
  5. 0385334567
  6. 9780385334563
Research call number
  1. Sc Rare E 23-1
  2. Sc E 80-49
  3. JFE 79-3881
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