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HOOP DREAMS.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - On the one hand this is a very personal memoir about his love for basketball and the role it has played in his life, but it is also an exploration of the roots of black basketball in America and its significance to black life. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-395-857317.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 24758More details Price: $15.00 -
THE HIDING PLACE.
Edition: Trade paperback.
London: Allison & Busby - Flamingo, (1984.). The second novel in the Homewood Trilogy. ISBN: 0-00-6541518.
Condition: Very good (some toning to the pages, as usual).
Book ID: 29321More details Price: $9.00 -
REUBEN
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel set in Homewood; the hero is a small wizened old black man, living in a trailer cluttered with the detritus of his 60 years - but also the possessor of a fine legal mind, one which he uses to help those in Homewood who need his services, but can never afford to pay for them. ISBN: 0-8050-03754.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 29406More details Price: $24.00 -
PHILADELPHIA FIRE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Powerful novel about 'being black and male in the last quarter of the American Century' - based on the 1985 bombing by police of a row house owned by the Afrocentric cult, Move. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for 1991. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-12664.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 31059More details Price: $14.50 -
THE LYNCHERS.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
New York: Henry Holt, (1986.). His third novel and one of his most powerful - a book probes the frustration and anger of four very different black men living the low life in a big city who decide to lynch a white policeman as a symbolic gesture. Originally published in 1973. ISBN: 0-8050-01182.
Condition: Very good+.
Book ID: 27546More details Price: $12.50 -
THE HOMEWOOD TRILOGY: Damballah, Hiding Place, Sent For You Yesterday
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
New York: Avon, 1985. SIGNED first edition - First combined edition of these three books by the winner of the 1984 Pen/Faulkner Award for fiction (for "Sent for You Yesterday" the 3rd book in this trilogy.) - a trade paperback original. Includes a new introduction by Wideman. This copy is INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. ISBN: 0-380-895641.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (some rubbing to the edges and the front cover.)
Book ID: 21304More details Price: $45.00 -
THE HOMEWOOD TRILOGY: Damballah, Hiding Place, Sent For You Yesterday
Edition: First printing. A trade paperback original.
New York: Avon, 1985. First edition - First combined edition of these three books by the winner of the 1984 Pen/Faulkner Award for fiction (for "Sent for You Yesterday" the 3rd book in this trilogy.) Includes a new introduction by Wideman. Surprisingly uncommon. ISBN: 0-380-895641.
Condition: Very near fine - a tight, and apparently unread, copy.
Book ID: 21305More details Price: $25.00 -
GOD'S GYM.
Edition: First printing.
New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 10 stories which explore issues of strength and faith, fate and belief by this award-winning author (among his many awards is the Rea Award for accomplishment in the short story form.) 170 pp. ISBN: 0-618515259.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (crease on front flap of dj)
Book ID: 83530More details Price: $16.50 -
THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 1996.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1996. SIGNED - An anthology from magazines in the US and Canada published in 1995. Introduction by Wideman. Includes stories by Rick Bass, Robert Olen Butler, Lan Samantha Chang, Jamaica Kincaid, Alice Adams, Stephen Dixon, Junot Diaz, Mary Gordon, Melanie Rae Thon and more. SIGNED by Lan Samantha Chang at her story "The Eve of the Spirit Festival." Notes on the contributors, a listing of other distinguished stories, and information on the magazines. 363 pp. ISBN: 0-395-752900.
Condition: Good only (some dampstaining affecting upper corner of last 40 pages or so - still a good reading copy.)
Book ID: 55481More details Price: $19.50 -
HAND OF FATE: A Triple Threat Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson Inc, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second collaboration between these two authors. "When Jim Fate, an outspoken conservative radio talk show host, is killed by poisonous gas while his show is on the air, the Triple Threat Club must uncover the secrets behind the murder." 293 pp plus a reading group guide, ads, etc. ISBN: 978-1595547064.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 74685More details Price: $17.50 -
DISCOVERING AMERICA: Stories.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second book, first collection of short stories - ten stories which range from Georgia (where Wieland was born) to Oregon and across the United States. SIGNED on the title page. 268 pp. ISBN: 0-679424598.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 76448More details Price: $30.00 -
DEPARTING AS AIR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third book by this Texas-born author - set mostly in Mexico, it is the story of Jessie, looking back on how she took her second chance at love. Praise from Susan Shreve, Fred Chappell (who described this as '....true characters in a haunted and haunting novel.') and others. 203 pp. ISBN: 0-671433075.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (remainder mark, some edgewear to the dj).
Book ID: 38770More details Price: $15.00 -
ZALMEN or the Madness of God
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - A play by the Nobel prize winning author which "illuminates the plight of Soviet Jewry as well as the anguish of individuals everywhere who must survive - yet long for something more than mere survival." Based on a translation from the French by Nathan Edelman. 172 pp,. ISBN: 0-394-49637X.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (corner of front endpaper clipped, otherwise appears unread, and unlike many copies, this does not have a remainder mark.)
Book ID: 58765More details Price: $18.00 -
FLOTSAM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin), (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Winner of 2007 Caldecott Medal - the third for this illustrator. A beautiful and complex wordless book, with stories within stories in the pictures: A young boy goes to the beach to collect and examine flotsam (equipped with a net, magnifying glass and microscope) and one day he finds a barnacle-encrusted camera, and has the film inside it developed - revealing some wondrous things. The illustrations range from gorgeous double page spreads to pages with as many as 13 frames. SIGNED and dated on the title page. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-618-194576.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Does not have an award sticker on the dustjacket.
Book ID: 72715More details Price: $85.00 -
SECTOR 7.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A w o r d l e s s book which tells the story, in lovely detailed watercolors, of a young boy's school trip to the Empire State Building on a cloudy day. W i nner of the C a l d e c o t t H o n o r award (the second time for Wiesner, who also received the Caldecott Medal twice.) SIGNED and dated on the title page with an original drawing of a cloud. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0 - 3 9 5 - 7 4 6 5 6 6.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 50317More details Price: $50.00 -
I GOT IT!
Edition: First printing.
New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - A w o r d l e s s tribute by this Caldecott winning illustrator to sandlot baseball - one which tells the story, in lovely detailed acrylic, gouache and watercolor paintings, of a young boy's waiting to catch a ball in the outfield. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-0544309029.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a very near fine dust jacket. with one small nick to the upper edge.
Book ID: 87882More details Price: $21.50 -
A CATHEDRAL COURTSHIP and Penelope's English Experiences.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1893. Hardcover first edition - With five illustrations by Clifford Carleton.
Condition: Very good in green-gray cloth (prev owner's name and date, Xmas 1893; some wear to cloth, spine slanted, lettering on spine rubbed and no longer readable.)
Book ID: 7749More details Price: $18.00 -
STRAWBERRY POINT: Vignettes of an Iowa Childhood.
Edition: Family Bookshelf edition.
Minneapolis: T.S. Denison, (1967.) dj. Hardcover - Whimsical stories about the author's home town, set in the late 19th and very early 20th centuries, illustrated with drawings by the author. 185 pp. Original price of 4.50 present on front flap, but family bookshelf notation on rear flap.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 38289More details Price: $12.50 -
JOHN DOLLAR
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. The powerful and dramatic story of a young English woman, widowed by World War I, who goes to Rangoon in Burma in 1918, and of the disaster which hits this small British community. Most of all this is the story of how Charlotte Lewes and 8 of her pupils survived on a small deserted island. In the tradition of 'Lord of the Flies.' 218 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0160705.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 34021More details Price: $35.00 -
BET THEY'LL MISS US WHEN WE'RE GONE
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second collection of short stories. SIGNED on the title page by the author. ISBN: 0-06-0161396.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (a tight copy, appears unread, but with a remainder line.)
Book ID: 21501More details Price: $32.00 -
HERSELF IN LOVE and Other Stories.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her fourth book, and first collection of short stories - Ariel Dorfman called them 'intense, enigmatic, undeceiving; these stories stalked and seduced me.'. ISBN: 0-670-815527.
Condition: SIGNED on the title page. Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 25994More details Price: $40.00 -
SEPARATE CHECKS.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1989.). SIGNED - Her third novel, in an unusual format, with short stories written by the protagonist - Ellery McQueen who is, when the novel opens, a patient at a private psychiatric hospital - inside the overall story . SIGNED on the title page. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0972076.
Condition: Good condition (usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 32004More details Price: $12.00 -
ALMOST HEAVEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Crown, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in the American South by this award-winning writer. SIGNED on the title page. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-517-707624.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 32709More details Price: $27.50 -
SEPARATE CHECKS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1984.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her third novel, in an unusual format, with short stories written by the protagonist - Ellery McQueen who is, when the novel opens, a patient at a private psychiatric hospital - inside the overall story . 271 pp. ISBN: 0-394-532554.
Condition: SIGNED on the title page by Wiggins. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 28748More details Price: $60.00 -
BET THEY'LL MISS US WHEN WE'RE GONE
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second collection of short stories. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-06-0161396.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 30800More details Price: $25.00 -
EVELESS EDEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel which is "at once a love story and a tale of intrigue set in the tumultuous world of international journalism." SIGNED on the title page. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0169516).
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 47624More details Price: $25.00 -
BET THEY'LL MISS US WHEN WE'RE GONE
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second collection of short stories. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0161396.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 49129More details Price: $13.50 -
JUST BREATHE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (some toning to edges of textblock).
Book ID: 87061More details Price: $25.00 -
GANGLION & OTHER STORIES.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 10 very offbeat stories with an introduction by Elinor Mavor. One of 674 SIGNED copies. xiii, 215 pp plus statement of limitation. Cover Art by Michael Dashow. ISBN: 1-892391007.
Condition: Fine in black cloth with green lettering and illustration, no dust jacket as issued.
Book ID: 36667More details Price: $25.00 -
PEOPLE DIE.
Edition: First US printing and first hardcover edition.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, issued as a trade paperback in the UK - the story of a model employee - a highly skilled but somewhat humble professional killer. But when the enterprise he works for is re-organized, people don't just get fired, they are fired upon - and so for the first time he finds himself prey rather than predator. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-743212673.
Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, overall tight and clean, appears almost unread, in a very near fine unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 84972More details Price: $16.50
