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NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Bound in red cloth, stamped in black. The grey on the top edge of the pages is still bright. This is a "hybrid" copy with 80% of the original dust jacket present with archival tape repair to obverse - the panels and the flaps laid over a facsimile dust jacket that just shows… Read more about this item

NY: Dodd, Mead, 1979. Bound in full black cloth, stamped in silver in a great illustrated dust jacket depicting a mad barber on the front panel. The true first edition/first printing with the number line ending in "1". 198 pp.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Viking, 2005. Bound in brown and yellow boards, stamped in gold, in matching dust jacket. Pulitzer Prize winner; authors second novel; 280pp. Beautiful, unread copy of the recent Prize winning book. Signed on the title page with the last sentence of the book in Ms. Brooks' hand. 280 pp.. Signed by Author. First… Read more about this item

NY: Atria Books, 2011. Bound in gray cloth over blue boards, stamped in silve in matching illustrated dust jacket. This is the first U.S. edition of this international bestseller, translated from the Spanish by Daniel Hahn. A tight, clean "as new" copy. 615 pp. Endsheets depict color photos of Spain.. First American Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

NY: Bloomsbury, 2011. Bound in white boards, stamped in black in matching green, black and white dust jacket. The first edition/first printing (number line ending in "1"). of this National Book Award winning novel. The African American author's second book. 259 pp. A tight, clean, unread copy. No sticker was affixed to this dust jacket.… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 2005. Bound in brown and yellow boards, stamped in gold, in matching dust jacket. Pulitzer Prize winner; authors second novel; 280pp. Beautiful, unread copy of the recent Prize winning book. Signed on the title page with the last sentence of the book in Ms. Brooks' hand. 280 pp. Laid in is… Read more about this item

NY: Other Press, 2005. Bound in stiff bright white boards, stamped in blue in multi-colored dust jacket. The rare first edition of the author's first book. Inscribed and signed on the title page by the author. Along with the signature is the final words of the book in the author's hand. 235 pp. … Read more about this item

NY: Riverhead, 1996. Bound in dark gray cloth over light gray cloth, stamped in silver. In matching dust jacket that shows photos of the author with his mother. The book is subtitled, "A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother". The dust jacket shows a vertical crease on the front flap (surely a publishers flaw)… Read more about this item

NY: Pocket Books, 2001. Bound in blue and green boards, stamped in silver in illustrated dust jacket. The first edition of this, her first novel. Tight, clean copy and boldly inscribed and signed on the title page. 375 pp.. Inscribed and Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich, 1993. Bound in gray cloth over ivory boards, stamped in gold in matching dust jacket. The first edition of the author's first book. Inscribed (the first line of the book) and signed on the title page by Ms. Esstman. 370 pp.. Inscribed and Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Pocket Books, 1998. Bound in black and blue boards, stamped in gold in matching dust jacket. The first edition of the author's first book. Signed and dated on the title page. 369 pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Random House, 2000. Bound in orange and yellow boards stamped in brown in matching dust jacket. This is the first edition of the author's now relatively famous first book. 426 pp. A tight, clean "as new" copy. Boldly signed and dated on the title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Soho, 2004. Bond in red cloth over gray boards in matching red and gray dust jacket. The first edition of this, the author's second book). Signed and dated on the title page by the author. 359 pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Bloomsbury, 2011. Bound in white boards, stamped in black in matching green, black and white dust jacket. The first edition/first printing (number line ending in "1"). of this National Book Award winning novel. The African American author's second book. 259 pp. A tight, clean, unread copy. No sticker was affixed to this dust jacket..… Read more about this item

London: Picador, 2012. Bound in black boards, stamped in gold in yellow dustjacket. Signed and dated on the title page (in the year of publication) by the author. A tight, clean, "as new" copy of the true first edition of the author's first book. 389 pp.. Signed by Author. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Norton, 1996. Bound in stiff glossy wraps with scenes from the movie on the front panel. This is the first paperback edition (number line ending in "1"). Boldly Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. The now classic book / movie. 349 pp.. Inscribed and Signed By the Author. First… Read more about this item

Chicago: Bolden / Agate, 2008. This is the first edition / second printing (number line ending in "2") . of the African American author's first book. Here second book, Salvage the Bones, won the National Book Award. This book is much scarcer -- especially in this "as new" condition and signed. An early signature from… Read more about this item

Chicago: Bolden / Agate, 2008. This is the true first edition of the African American author's first book. Here second book, Salvage the Bones, won the National Book Award. This book is much scarcer -- especially in this "as new" condition and signed. An early signature from an appearance by the author at the Philadelphia… Read more about this item

NY: Other Press, 2005. Bound in stiff bright white boards, stamped in blue in multi-colored dust jacket. The rare first edition of the author's first book. Inscribed and signed on the title page by the author. Along with the signature is the final words of the book in the author's hand. 235 pp.. Inscribed… Read more about this item

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1991. Bound in blue cloth over red boards, stamped in gold in matching, illustrated dust jacket. The author's fifth book, a NY Times notable book of the year 1991. By the author of "True Grit". Unusual in this protected, as new, condition. 269 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.