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FAT TUESDAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller set against the backdrop of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. SIGNED on the title page. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-446-516325.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 75741More details Price: $25.00 -
SMOKE SCREEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in Charleston, South Carolina five years after a disastrous fire at a police station, this is a tale in which corruption and betrayals turn friends against one another, and heroes are not as they appear. SIGNED on the title page. 397 pp. ISBN: 978-1416563068.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated boards a fine dustjacket (missing half title page)
Book ID: 75742More details Price: $21.50 -
SMOKE SCREEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in Charleston, South Carolina five years after a disastrous fire at a police station, this is a tale in which corruption and betrayals turn friends against one another, and heroes are not as they appear. SIGNED on the title page. 397 pp. ISBN: 978-1416563068.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (small stamp of a bat on front pastedown, bit of wear to dj at top of spine)
Book ID: 77317More details Price: $25.00 -
JUMP UP TIME: A Trinidad Carnival Story.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Clarion Books, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Lively children's book by this award-winning author set in her native Trinidad. "Lily wishes that she could wear a costume like her big sister Christine and 'jump up,' or parade across the stage, during the Children's Carnival. As the whole family works together on Christine's hummingbird outfit, Lily is jealous" but on the big day, when Christine is frightened, Lily reassures her. Illustrated by Linda Saport with warm pastel drawings. Large format, 32 pp. ISBN: 0-395650127.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dustjacket (zigzag black marker on front endpaper).
Book ID: 80221More details Price: $19.50 -
SHROVETIDE IN OLD NEW ORLEANS.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Doubleday, 1978. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED. The intellectual history of Ishmael Reed in essay form - a wide ranging group of essays, some autobiographical, others dealing with issues like getting published, and others on such topics as Haiti, Charlie Parker, artists Betye Saar and Doyle Foreman, Mardi Gras, Chester Himes and more. vii, 293 pp.. ISBN: 0-385-056885.
Condition: Very good in a somewhat worn dustjacket (stamp on bottom edge of textblock. Dj is pc, rubbed, has some loss of paper at ends of spine,and a tape repair on the outside of the spine.)
Book ID: 9213More details Price: $37.50 -
SHROVETIDE IN OLD NEW ORLEANS.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Doubleday, 1978. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The intellectual history of Ishmael Reed in essay form - a wide ranging group of essays, some autobiographical, others dealing with issues like getting published, and others on such topics as Haiti, Charlie Parker, artists Betye Saar and Doyle Foreman, Mardi Gras, Chester Himes and more. vii, 293 pp. ISBN: 0-385-056885.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light remainder spray on bottom edge, otherwise very tight and clean).
Book ID: 34590More details Price: $35.00
