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NAPOLEON JACKSON: The Gentleman of the Plush Rocker
Edition: Early printing, originally published in Oct 1902.
New York: Century, 1903. Hardcover - Novel written in black dialect, the story of Rose Ann, washerwoman, and her husband, 'Napoleon Jackson, the Gentleman of the Plush Rocker.'. Illustrated by Edward Pottbast with a frontispiece and 7 inserted plates in sepia tint. Small format. 132 pp. Attractive art noveau cover design in green and gilt by Lee & Henry Thayer (signed with the intertwined "D" s used by the Decorative Designers.)
Condition: Very good- in dark red cloth. Wear to corners and ends of spine, abraded spot on back cover, hinges tight with the front one just beginning to crack.
Book ID: 6074More details Price: $25.00 -
YA-YAS IN BLOOM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel about the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - this 'reveals the roots of the Ya-Yas' friendship in the 1930s and roars with all the raw power of Vivi Abbott Walker's 1962 T-Bird through sixty years of marriage, child-raising, and hair-raising family secrets.' 258 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-060195347.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 39661More details Price: $15.00