- Author = James Alan McPherson
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WRESTLING ANGELS INTO SONG. The Fictions of Ernest J. Gaines and James Alan McPherson.
Edition: First printing.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A study of the work of these two great writers, as following in the traditions of Ralph Ellison - that is, in exploring as African Americans the complexies of American identity. Notes, bibliography, index. pp. xii, 275 pp. ISBN: 0-8122-31503.
Condition: SIGNED by the author, Beavers, on the title page andwith a long and warm INSCRIPTION on the half title page, dated in the year of publication. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 31523More details Price: $65.00 -
CRABCAKES, a Memoir
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Pulitzer Prize winning author's first book in 20 years, one in which he examines the rift between black and white Americans and in which he moves toward community and away from alienation. SIGNED by author, and uncommon thus.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (as new.)
Book ID: 5958More details Price: $100.00 -
ELBOW ROOM.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American author's second collection of short stories, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This is becoming increasingly more difficult to find in the first edition in collectible condition. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-316563285.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, rubbing and light edgewear to dj and some sunning to the lettering on the spine of the dj.)
Book ID: 6115More details Price: $250.00 -
CRABCAKES, a Memoir
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Pulitzer Prize winning author's first book in 20 years, one in which he examines the rift between black and white Americans and in which he moves toward community and away from alienation.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (new.)
Book ID: 15389More details Price: $18.00