Linden Hills
by Gloria Naylor
ISBN: 0899193579
ISBN-13: 9780899193571
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Using Dante's INERNO as a basis for constructing her plot, Naylor tells the story of Willie Mason, a poet, and his journey through Linden Hills, a town where he and fellow poet Lester Tilson go to find work during the holidays. Linden Hills is, essentially, run by Luther Nedeed, a fifth-generation mortician who admires traditional white affluence and has sacrificed his soul and his identity to achieve it.
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published date: 1985
Pages: 304
Publisher's Notes
Lester Tilson and Willie Mason, a pair of hip, latter-day poets, work their way down through Linden Hills, experiencing firsthand the lust, pain, hypocrisy, and valor of the hell-bound upper-and middle-class residents.
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Gloria Naylor
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Ticknor & Fields. Used - Acceptable. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1985. Hardcover. Acceptable condition reading copy showing definate wear. All pages plus cover present. BINDING IS HARDCOVER; Minor small bends/tears to edges of dust jacket.Previous owner's name or address or stamp on front end paper or inside front cover. Dust jacket: Acceptable. ( more information)
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Gloria Naylor
[ Edition: reprint ]. Good Condition. Publisher: Ticknor & Fields Pub Date: 1/1/1985 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 304 [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
Ticknor & Fields. 1985. F F First edition.. H Hard cover. Good. J Good jacket. Good Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Clear Dust Jacket Protector (WE MAIL DAILY! ) Solid binding with crisp, clean pages. 304 p. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria [Dust Wrapper art by Chris Van Allsburg, author photo by Kelly Wise]
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First edition. VG+/Near Fine copy [upper corners very lightly bumped] in Near Fine Dust Wrapper with two short edge tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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Naylor,Gloria
Fine in Fine DJ with no cuts,tears or nicks.Not clipped (16.95). Ticknor & Fields 1985 1st edition. hardcover 304 pages., 1st edition,1st printing with no markings.Not remaindered.No names. ( more information)
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Gloria Naylor
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Naylor, Gloria
Ticknor & Fields,, 1985. Fine/Fine 1st edition.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
Ticknor & Fields, 1985., 1985. F/NF 1st edition.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. ( more information)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ticknor & Fields, 1985 Moderate edgewear, felt marker on bottom edge of book, front flap of dj has been pc, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1985. F First Edition (First Printing). Hardcover. VG. Hardcover in dust jacket, the d.j. is worn at spine ends and is now in a mylar protector, VG/VG-. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ticknor & Fields, 1985 Hardback Book in very good used condition, Jacket is also in very good condition, some light shelf wear, edge wear, very nice used book. Stated First Edition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Retail. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
Ticknor & Fields, 1985 Naylor's second novel, a personal story of the Black southern middle classes and social forces that began to threaten them. FIRST EDITON, FINE COPY.. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York: Ticknor & Fields. Hardcover. 0899193579 The dust jacket has two rips on the back cover. Each is less than one inch. This is a novel about an upper middle class African American community. . Fine. 1985. First Edition. ( more information)
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Gloria Naylor
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. First Edition, Later Printing. LABYRINTH. Light shelfwear; faint evidence of previous moisture; straight, tight & sound copy.. F. Hardcover. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. . First printing. . While the book appears unread, the back cover of both the book and the dj have been somwhat damaged by a spill, and the corners and edges of the book are bumped. . A good reading copy of Naylor's second novel. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First edition, First printing. Hard Cover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Second novel by winner of American Book Award in 1983 for "The Women of Brewster Place". Dust jacket has light edgewear. ( more information)
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LINDEN HILLS
Naylor, Gloria
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985 304pp: Naylor's second novel, in fine condition.. First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Fine/Fine. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985, New York, 1985. Hard Cover. Book Condition:Very Good/ Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.slight chipping of the jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. ISBN: 0899193579. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FICTION. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. Quarter cloth. 304 pp. Dust jacket has minor edge wear and a couple of small stains. Contents clean and tight. "Lester Tilson and Willie Mason, a pair of hip, latter-day poets, work their way down through Linden Hills, experiencing firsthand the lust, pain, hypocrisy, and valor of the hell-bound upper- and middle-class residents.". First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. Jacket has a few scuff marks on the rear panel. Light wear at the spine ends.. ISBN: 0899193579. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. FICTION GENERAL NOVEL BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
NY: T & F, 1985. 1st ed., 1985. SIGNED by the author. This is a tight, fine book in a bright, fine DJ.. ISBN: 0899193579. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Dust Jacket Included. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. . First printing. . Very good in a very good dustjacket (light edgeear to dj, overall signs of use.) . African American novelist's second book. ( more information)
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NAYLOR, Gloria
NY: Ticknor & Fields. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0899193579 . The author's second book. First printing. . ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
NY: Ticknor & Fields,, 1985,. First Edition. HC. A lightly used near fine copy in a near fine dustjacket. Protected in a mylar cover. ( more information)
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NAYLOR, GLORIA
N.Y.:: TICKNOR AND FIELDS,. 1985.. First Ediiton, First printing. FINE IN LIGHTLY USED DJ.. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
Ticknor and Fields, NY/ 1985-1st ed. Hardcover. VG+ in VG dj.. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
NY: Ticknor and Fields, 1985. White, clean, crisp and bright 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. Mild fade to extreme upper edge, tiny tears to dustjacket spinehead. A SHARP copy! All of our books are hand selected and are as described. Mylar protective sleeves are available. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
Ticknor & Fields, 1985 Naylor second novel, a personal story of the Black southern middle class and social forces that began to threaten them. SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, FINE COPY.. Hard Cover. ( more information)
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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. "ADVANCED READER SAMPLE", large format tradepaperback with pages hand numbered and a laid-in invitation from Ticknor & Fields to a publication reception for Gloria Naylor at "the home of [name withheld here]" at "///// Park Avenue, New York". the only wear is slight delamination atthe corners of the cover. Very minor. ISBN: 0899193579. First Edition. Fine+. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. . First printing. . Near fine in a very near fine dustjacket. . African American novelist's second book. Dust jacket art by Chris van Allsburg. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York, NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1985 A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Inscribed to the previous owner by the author on the front endpage.. Inscribed By Author. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good +. Mylared. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. . First printing. . Fine in a fine dustjacket. . An uncommonly nice copy of this African American novelist's second book, the story of a few days in a black community which after 150 years has finally become upper and middle class - . Dust jacket art by Chris van Allsburg. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First printing. Near fine with a small spot at foreedge. DJ very good in Mylar with minor edgewear, small tear at back panel. 304 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
1985: Ticknor and Fields New York. 304 pp. Fine / Fine A very handsome copy.. First Edition. Hardbound. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
1985: Ticknor & Fields NY. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket First edition, minor edgewear, corner bumps on dust jacket, but otherwise a completely fine, nice, bright copy. First American Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Naylor on the title page. Minimal shelfwear and dustjacket with a small faint sticker shadow and short closed tear on the front panel. Near Fine condition in a Very Good condition dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. The image is of the actual book described and not a stock photo. ( more information)
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Naylor,Gloria
NY. Ticknor & Fields 1985.. vg-/Slight lean & soil to cvs.G/light wear+light damp stain. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY NAYLOR. The book is better than it sounds. 2nd print. edition. Binding is hb.. ISBN: 0899193579. FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT BLACKS BLACK WOMEN AUTHORS AFRO-AMERICAN NOVELS FICTION. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First edition. hardcover. Fine/near fine. Gray bds. with black cloth spine in DJ. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. Cloth First printing Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket Signed by Gloria Naylor on the title page. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First edition, first prnt. Signed & dated "10/17/97" by Naylor on the title page. Two board corners with very slight bumps; dustjacket with faint spine bottom edge wear. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. The image is of the actual book described and not a stock photo. ( more information)
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NAYLOR, Gloria
New York Ticknor 1985.. 1st ed. Fine in near fine dust jacket. This author won the National Book Award in 1983.. ISBN: 0899193579. MODERN FIRST. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. Wraps 1985 Very Good + in Wraps Advance Reader Sample. Signed on the title page by Gloria Naylor. ( more information)
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Naylor, Gloria
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First printing. Black cloth spine, grey boards, red/gilt titles. Signed on half-title page. Book near fine with very slight fading to boards at edges, crease to top corner of one page. DJ in Mylar has rubbing, "signed" sticker to spine. 304 pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. ( more information)
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