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  • Young, Al
    WHO IS ANGELINA?

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1975.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by this important African American writer and poet - not just for his own works, but also as an editor, as one of the founders of the literary magazine "Yardbird" and as a teacher. Poet laureate of California. SIGNED on the title page. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0122716.

    Condition: Good in a near fine dust jacket. (a tight straight copy, but with staining to outside of textblock - a mishap with coffee?.)

    Book ID: 37624
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  • 99 POEMS: New & Selected. by Gioia, Dana.
    Gioia, Dana.
    99 POEMS: New & Selected.

    Edition: First printing.

    Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, (2016). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of poems from throughout his career - including some new, previously unpublished poems - by this award-winning poet. In December 2015, he was named California's poet laureate, and during his time in that position,he visited all 58 counties in California. This book was awarded the Poet's Prize in 2018. SIGNED on the title page. Laid in is a SIGNED bookmark celebrating his road tour as laureate and reprinting "California Hills in August" (one of the poems included in this book). ISBN: 978-1555977320.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80261
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  • ASK ME NOW. by Young, Al.
    Young, Al.
    ASK ME NOW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: McGraw Hill, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel by this African American writer and poet. SIGNED on title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-07-0723605.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light toning to the edges of the textblock, spine of dj slightly sunned)

    Book ID: 63635
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  • WHO IS ANGELINA? by Young, Al
    Young, Al
    WHO IS ANGELINA?

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1993.). SIGNED - Second novel by this important African American writer and poet, originally published in 1995. SIGNED on the title page. A New York Time Notable book. A title in the California Fiction series. 280 pp. Cover painting by Steven Henriques. ISBN: 0-520-207122.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 49907
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