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  • NATURAL TAKEOVER OF SMALL THINGS. by Hernandez, Tim Z.
    Hernandez, Tim Z.
    NATURAL TAKEOVER OF SMALL THINGS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (2013). SIGNED first edition - A collection of poetry by this award-winning writer which "offers an unflinching view of 'Californias Heartland,' the San Joaquin Valley.. . The book opens with an image of Fresno as 'the inexhaustible nerve/in the twitching leg of a dog/three hours after being smashed/beneath the retread wheel/of a tomato truck en route to/a packing house that was raided/by the feds just days before the harvest.' It ends with 'Adios, Fresno,' an astringent farewell to the city: 'You can keep your fields,/the sun will follow me./I wont reconsider./Ive overstayed my welcome/by three generations'." SIGNED and dated in 2014 on the title page. A title in the Camino del Sol series. Cover…

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    Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (2013). SIGNED first edition - A collection of poetry by this award-winning writer which "offers an unflinching view of 'Californias Heartland,' the San Joaquin Valley.. . The book opens with an image of Fresno as 'the inexhaustible nerve/in the twitching leg of a dog/three hours after being smashed/beneath the retread wheel/of a tomato truck en route to/a packing house that was raided/by the feds just days before the harvest.' It ends with 'Adios, Fresno,' an astringent farewell to the city: 'You can keep your fields,/the sun will follow me./I wont reconsider./Ive overstayed my welcome/by three generations'." SIGNED and dated in 2014 on the title page. A title in the Camino del Sol series. Cover praise from Amy Gerstler, Diana Garcia and others. 68 pp. ISBN: 978-0816530120.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 79364
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  • A SUMMER LIFE. by Soto, Gary.
    Soto, Gary.
    A SUMMER LIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Snapshot like glances at growing up Chicano and male in Fresno, California in the 50's. - essays on almonds, catfish, bicycling, and the people who knew are all part of this wonderful, but brief, collection. SIGNED on the title page. 115 pp. ISBN: 0-87451-5238.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 69723
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  • THE SIMPLE TRUTH: Poems. by Levine, Philip.
    Levine, Philip.
    THE SIMPLE TRUTH: Poems.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 33 poems, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Notes, 69 pp. ISBN: 0-679-435808.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket .

    Book ID: 65159
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  • BURIED ONIONS. by Soto, Gary.
    Soto, Gary.
    BURIED ONIONS.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1997.) dj. Hardcover - A young adult novel of a Mexican American kid trying to survive in a violence invested neighborhood in Fresno.SIGNED on the title page with the words "Best wishes." List of Spanish words, 148 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53380
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  • THE AFTERLIFE. by Soto, Gary.
    Soto, Gary.
    THE AFTERLIFE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2003.). SIGNED first edition - A young adult novel - "you'd think being murdered would be the end of things, but for Chuy, that's when his life finally gets interesting." Set in Fresno, California where Soto grew up himself. SIGNED on the title page. Glossary of Spanish words and phrases. 161 pp.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy) in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 49561
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  • A SUMMER LIFE. by Soto, Gary.
    Soto, Gary.
    A SUMMER LIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Snapshot like glances at growing up Chicano and male in Fresno, California in the 50's. - essays on almonds, catfish, bicycling, and the people who knew are all part of this wonderful, but brief, collection. 115 pp. ISBN: 0-87451-5238.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 43690
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  • A SUMMER LIFE. by Soto, Gary.
    Soto, Gary.
    A SUMMER LIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Snapshot like glances at growing up Chicano and male in Fresno, California in the 50's. - essays on almonds, catfish, bicycling, and the people who knew are all part of this wonderful, but brief, collection. 115 pp. ISBN: 0-87451-5238.

    Condition: INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, and uncommon thus. Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 32191
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  • Soto, Gary
    BASEBALL IN APRIL AND OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - 11 stories based on his own experiences growing up poor and Mexican-American in Fresno in California's Central Valley - his first book of fiction. INSCRIBED by author on title page with ' For.... thanks friend. Enjoy the summer. ' and dated in 1991. List of Spanish words used in book. 111 pp. Attractive dustjacket painting by Barry Root. ISBN: 0-15-205720x.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 27864
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  • Soto, Gary.
    A SUMMER LIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Snapshot like glances at growing up Chicano and male in Fresno, California in the 50's. - essays on almonds, catfish, bicycling, and the people who knew are all part of this wonderful, but brief, collection. SIGNED on the title page. 115 pp. ISBN: 0-87451-5238.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 14196
    View cart More details Price: $45.00