Search Results: LITERARY COLLECTIONS - American - African-American Books

Good/No Jacket, as Issued. Covers lt edgeworn & faded, page edges tanned. Contents clean in tight binding. First pre-publication edition. fc

E Rutherford, NJ: Penguin Group USA, 1998. First Trade 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First trade printing. Covers sl edgeworn, pages tanned. Contents clean & tight, unread. New Orleans mystery. 1016 fc

Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Covers v lt edgeworn, contents as new, unread. Translation of Les Derniers Rois Mages. fc

Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Page edges sl tanned, else fine, unread. fc

New/No Jacket, as Issued. #1 Blackboard bestseller. fc

Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Upper page edges tanned, else as new, unread. fc

NY: William Morrow , 1999. Advance Reading Copy 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Uncorr. proof First printing. Fine. No dust jacket, as issued. Unread. "Autographed" sticker on front cover. 1216 fc

Fine/Fine. Unknown printing. DJ lt scratched & edgeworn; owner name ffep, else clean & tight. Unpriced DJ, could be BCE, but no book club markings present. fc

New/New. Not remainder, pristine condition. First printing. fc

U.S.A: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1992. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback From the author of the internationally acclaimed debut, "The Powers That Be", in which Mike Nicol mythologized the history of his homeland, South Africa. First American Printing. Hardcover and Jacket in FINE Condition. Black half colth gilt titled with copper paper over boards; very clean, unmarked, tight and solid volume. This Day and Age explores the nature of history and South Africa, of storytelling and the brutal competition for land and resources. 276 pages. 6.5 x 9.6. 1992, Alfred A Knopf Inc, New York, New York, USA

New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Scribner, 1996. Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Jacket, The book is composed of entries from Alice Walker's journals, correspondence and essays and articles that document the controversy in the African-American community about the release of the film The Color Purple. It also contains Walker's original screenplay for the film that was not used by Steven Spielberg, the producer, and has never been published. There are three new essays in which Walker looks back at what was taking place in her life at that time. Very clean and unmarked white half cloth binding, gilt titled, green boards. Nice fresh appearance. Upper edge of front panel slightly sunned; slight wear to lower edges of front panel. Former owner name on endpaper. 302 pages with index. 9.75 x 6.4 inches. 1996, Scribner, New York, New York, USA

New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. The book is composed of entries from Walker's journals, correspondence and essays and articles that document the controversy in the African-American community about the release of the film The Color Purple. It also contains Walker's original screenplay for the film that was not used by Steven Spielberg, the producer, and has never been published. There are three new essays in which Walker looks back at what was taking place in her life at that time. Very clean and unmarked white half cloth binding, gilt titled, green boards. Remainder dot on lower edge. 302 pages with index. 9.75 x 6.4 inches. 1996, Scribner, New York, New York, USA

Stated "First Edition 2003", with full number line. Deckled edge. Book in like new condition. DJ, though intact, has mild wear on edges. No marks of any kind. Ships immediately.

Softcover. 233 pp. Uncorrected proof. Remaindered on lower edge. New, never used. Ships immediately.

Stated "First Edition 2008", with full number line. Book and DJ in like new condition. No marks of any kind. Ships immediately.

Softcover. 292 pp. Uncorrected proof. Apparently never read, but has light shelf wear. Tight copy. Ships immediately.

Stated "First Edition 2007", with full number line. Deckle edge. Book and DJ in like new condition. No marks of any kind. Ships immediately.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With slipcase. 936 p. Library of America Richard Wright Edition, 1. Audience: General/trade.
special editions

New York: Poets & Writers, Inc, 1991. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 72pp, stapled self-cover. Cover story is an interview with Clarence Major. Unmarked copy, light wear, subscription address label to poet Douglas Blazek.

New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Co., Inc, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Groundbreaking comic-book presentation series devoted to African-American, African, and African Diaspora history. Just about as new, publisher's price label to cover.