Annie John
by Kincaid, Jamaica
Annie John, a novel written by Jamaica Kincaid in 1985, details the growth of a girl in Antigua, an island in the Caribbean. It covers issues as diverse as mother-daughter relationships, lesbianism, racism, clinical depression, education, and the struggle between medicine based on "scientific fact" and that based on "native superstitious know-how".
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Annie John
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - good+
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5.50
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NY : Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux. 1997. good+. Paperback. ISBN:9780374105211 148 pages; scattered pencil underlining; shelf wear to color illustrated cover with previous owner name on front . Item Price
$5.50

Annie John
by KINCAID, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374525102
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$20.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in attractive, very good dustwrapper with faint dampstains along the upper extremities. Item Price
$20.00

Annie John
by KINCAID, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$30.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket with slight fading on the spine. Author's second book and first novel. Item Price
$30.00

Annie John
by KINCAID, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$30.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Yellow wrappers. Toning and rubbing else very good with publisher's material laid in and stapled to the verso of the front wrapper. Item Price
$30.00

Annie John
by KINCAID, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$250.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a spine-faded, near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Kincaid to the daughter of author Nicholas Delbanco "For Cesca with lots of love, Jamaica." Author's second book and first novel. Item Price
$250.00

ANNIE JOHN
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (but with the almost ubiquitous faint spine fading on the dj.)
- Jacket Condition
- very near fine
- Published
- 1985.
- Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ione, California, USA
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$70.00
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New York:: Farrar Straus Giroux,, 1985.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (but with the almost ubiquitous faint spine fading on the dj.). First printing. Afro-Caribbean author's first novel (her second book), a coming of age story set in her native Antigua. SIGNED on the title page. 148 pp. Item Price
$70.00

ANNIE JOHN.
by Kincaid, Jamaica.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Santa Monica, California, USA
- Item Price
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$75.00
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FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX. NY 1985. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374105219 . First edition. SIGNED by Jamaica Kincaid on half-title page. Very good+ in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket (Foxing at edges of text block and paste-downs. ) Author's FIRST novel. . Item Price
$75.00

ANNIE JOHN
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$19.00
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New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author's second novel, following AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L113
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$19.00

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Annie John: A Novel (SIGNED)
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SOFTCOVER
- Published
- Jun 30, 1997
- Binding
- SOFTCOVER
- ISBN 10
- 0374525102
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Monkton, Maryland, USA
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$22.39
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SOFTCOVER. SIGNED. ANNIE JOHN by Jamaica Kincaid. Hand Signed, in person, by the author, Jamaica Kincaid, directly to the full title page. Like New, FIRST Paperback Edition, later Paperback Printing copy. Unread; Very minor shelf wear and slight toning only. Never Owned. NOT Remaindered, NOT Inscribed, NOT Ex-library, NOT Book Club Edition, NOT Price clipped, or Read. Opened only to… Read more about this item Item Price
$22.39

Annie John: A Novel
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good, Price Clipped
- Edition
- American First
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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$15.00
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New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American First. First Printing stated on verso of title page; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; sticker scar on front end paerp otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.. Item Price
$15.00

ANNIE JOHN
by KINCAID, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1985)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$43.80
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Publisher's orange and gray cloth. West Indies author's second book and first novel.
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$43.80

ANNIE JOHN.
by Kincaid, Jamaica.
- Condition
- Used-Very Good/Used-Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover w/DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Owego, New York, USA
- Item Price
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$25.00
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FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX. NY 1985. Used-Very Good/Used-Very Good. 1985. First Printing. Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 148 pp. . Item Price
$25.00

Annie John
by KINCAID, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$50.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with some fading on the spine. Signed by the author. Item Price
$50.00

Annie John
by Jamaica Kincaid
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition signed
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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$27.96
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. 1st Edition signed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Signed by Author(s). The Text Is Clean With No Remarks Or Highlights. In Very Good Condition. Hardcover. 148 Pages. Signed At The Title Page By "Jamaica Kincaid" Pages Are Yellow From The Age. Not Price Clipped.- We can ship from Canada and the… Read more about this item Item Price
$27.96

Annie John
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
- Item Price
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$10.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. Novel of childhood in Antigua, West Indies. Stated second printing. Hardcover, scarlet cloth over grey boards, gilt titling. Light wear to book & jacket; jacket spine lightly faded.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Item Price
$10.00

Annie John
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Emerson, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$45.00
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 1985. Book. Fine. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing. A lovely copy of this first printing signed by the author.. Item Price
$45.00

Annie John
by KINCAID, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$20.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in very slightly spine-faded, near fine dustwrapper. Author's second book, and first novel. Item Price
$20.00

Annie John
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374105219
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, USA
- Item Price
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$30.00
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 148 Pp. Red Clot Spine, Gilt; Blue-Gray Boards. First Printing Stated (1985). Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $11.95, Slight Bumping To Spine Ends.
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$30.00

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Annie John
by Jamaica Kincaid
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0374525102
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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$12.00
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KINCAID, Jamaica: Annie John. New York, The Noonday Press, 1998. Originally published in 1985. Paperback, 148 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Condition: Very Good. A bump or two at the corners. Few signs of wear to extremities with a reading crease adjacent to the spine. Poignant coming of age… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00

Annie John
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Condition
- Used - FINE
- Jacket Condition
- NOT ISSUED
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Trade Paperback Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0374525102
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Armada, Michigan, USA
- Item Price
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$5.88
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. Trade Paperback Paperback. FINE/NOT ISSUED. Binding: Trade Paperback 1997 Clean tight pages. Smooth spine. Smooth front & back cover. Item Price
$5.88