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  • GREEN CATHEDRALS: A Wayward Traveler in the Rain Forest. by Alexander, Brian.
    Alexander, Brian.
    GREEN CATHEDRALS: A Wayward Traveler in the Rain Forest.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Lyons and Burford, Publishers, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which describes, with humor and sometimes dismay, Alexander's visits to six rain forests in different areas of the world, including Malaysia, Alaska, Guatemala, and the Amazon region. As the Booklist review noted his "childhood images of the fantasy jungles of Tarzan and Jungle Jim vanish when he journeys to several rain forests and encounters such realities as Brazilian troops stationed in the Amazon to prevent First World internationalization of the rain forest; fundamentalists in a rain forest village in Malaysia seeking the resettlement and religious conversion of animistic Aboriginal natives; luxury hotel chains, Reeboks, and racism on Dominica, home to one of the last…

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    New York: Lyons and Burford, Publishers, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which describes, with humor and sometimes dismay, Alexander's visits to six rain forests in different areas of the world, including Malaysia, Alaska, Guatemala, and the Amazon region. As the Booklist review noted his "childhood images of the fantasy jungles of Tarzan and Jungle Jim vanish when he journeys to several rain forests and encounters such realities as Brazilian troops stationed in the Amazon to prevent First World internationalization of the rain forest; fundamentalists in a rain forest village in Malaysia seeking the resettlement and religious conversion of animistic Aboriginal natives; luxury hotel chains, Reeboks, and racism on Dominica, home to one of the last oceanic rain forests; and the vague menace of guerrilla insurgents in Guatemala. Added to the political, religious, and racial tensions are the immutable, almost tangible heat, deadly snakes, life-threatening reactions to insect bites, shockingly polluted water sources, cholera, dengue fever, and all but nonexistent medical facilities." SIGNED on the title page with the words "Best wishes." Illustrated with full color photographs. 201 pp. ISBN: 1-558213996.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80879
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  • UNBURNABLE. by John, Marie-Elena.
    John, Marie-Elena.
    UNBURNABLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Amistad / Harper Collins, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set partly in contemporary Washington, D.C., and post-World War II Dominica, one which interweaves West Indian history and African culture. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-060837578.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 65121
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  • THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY MOTHER by Kincaid, Jamaica
    Kincaid, Jamaica
    THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY MOTHER

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel which tells the story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica - the daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half African father, abandoned as an infant. SIGNED on the title page. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-374-107319.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 6517
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  • THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY MOTHER by Kincaid, Jamaica
    Kincaid, Jamaica
    THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY MOTHER

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Plume, (1997.). SIGNED - Novel which tells the story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica - the daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half African father, abandoned as an infant. SIGNED on the title page. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-452-274664.

    Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 48789
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  • Kincaid, Jamaica
    THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY MOTHER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel which tells the story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica - the daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half African father, abandoned as an infant. SIGNED on the title page. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-374-107319.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 56550
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  • CARIBBEAN. by Michener, James M.
    Michener, James M.
    CARIBBEAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Massive novel of the history of islands of the Caribbean. Suggestions for further reading. 672 pp plus 1 p on the facts of the islands. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-394-565614.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 24358
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  • CARIBBEAN. by Michener, James M.
    Michener, James M.
    CARIBBEAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Massive novel of the history of islands of the Caribbean. Suggestions for further reading. 672 pp plus 1 p on the facts of the islands. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-394-565614.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 53212
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  • CARIBBEAN. by Michener, James M.
    Michener, James M.
    CARIBBEAN.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Random House, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Massive novel of the history of islands of the Caribbean. Suggestions for further reading. SIGNED by Michener on a special bookplate on the first blank page - "commenorating the North American inaguaral cruise of Crown Princess." 672 pp plus 1 p on the facts of the islands. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-394-565614.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77454
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