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| BENSON, ANGELA For All Time New York, NY, U.S.A.: Kensington Publishing Corporation, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. 1st Printing. Bright/tight copy. Bookstore stamped, light edgewear. For Newlyweds Joshua and Gloria Martin--pursuing their careers and enjoying a happy. fulfilling relationship--life is as good as it gets. Josh is on the fast track to success, and Gloria has begun thinking about starting a family. Then, overnight their dreams are shattered.. USD 7.42 [Appr.: EURO 5 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 638] Book number: 570162 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| FLOWERS, CHARLES It Never Rains in Los Angeles NY, Coward-McCann, Inc. 1970, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight copy, previous owner stamped endages, rear page, and title page, same previous owner circular blindstamped half-title page, red cloth bindings, clean unmarked text, the dust jacket is tape attached to the book and has minor edgewear with closed short edgetears. A charged and suspense fulled mystery about the murder of a teenage Black Radical teenage leader in an L. A. High School classroom, and his White teacher seeking justice and demanding that the killer be found, finding himself pitted against the L.A.P.D. in their search for the killer.Winner Thomas R. Coward Memorial Award Prize for best first novel. 256 pages. Very Good/Very Good. USD 17.67 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1520] Book number: 903383 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| FREDERICK, MICHAEL White Shoulders Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. The Franklin Press. 1980, 2nd Printing. Paperback, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Out OF Print, Tight copy, minor cover shelf rubbing, a clean blank white sticker is affixed to the upper first front freepage, light soiling, faint cover reading creases, professionally reinforced cover cornertips, signed & inscribed by the author as follows: " Katrina, Thanks, Michael Frederick". A fast paced tale of a Hell of a Life! Being found as a tragic survivor in a chemically contaminated Train Wreck, young Leornard has the double misfortune of being rescued still alive by a Nebraska man, then being adopted by a sadistic abusive Kansas couple. Growing up abused, tainted and striving to escape his past he journey's to California and meets Matilda, a beautiful young Black Woman. only to be tainted again by the shady underworld and the reach of greedy California Politicians as the plot thinkend! 314 pages. Very Good. Signed & Inscribed By Author. USD 8.99 [Appr.: EURO 6 | £UK 5.5 | JP¥ 773] Book number: 904156 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| HIMES, CHESTER Come Back Charleston Blue / Formerly Titled: The Heat is On -- Warner Brothers Movie Tie-in Release NY: Berkley/Medallion, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Very Good. 1st Movie Release Printing. Tight/Bright and clean copy, light edgewear. A Harlem cop goes on a manhunt to find out who shot his partner Grave Digger Jones, and a $3 million dollar shipment of heroin. The action packed sequel to Cotton Comes To Harlem. Berkley #N2239. USD 7.37 [Appr.: EURO 5 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 634] Book number: 570591 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| HIMES, CHESTER Cotton Comes To Harlem N.Y.: Dell, 1966. Paperback. Very Good 1st. printing. Tight/Bright copy, small chip in lower rear bottom cover edge near spine, closed short tear on mid rear cover edge, front cover has a small chip on mid cover edge t owards lower tip, faint soiling. A great tale of life and hope set in early African-American Harlem with a touch of comedy, love, and loss. USD 10.42 [Appr.: EURO 7 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 896] Book number: 561141 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| HIMES, CHESTER A Rage In Harlem NY: Avon, 1965. Paperback. Very Good Tight/bright copy, #G1244/ minor creases, minor wear. The savage historical fiction novel about life, learning, and survival in Harlem's Streets. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.5 | JP¥ 1326] Book number: 561143 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| HIMES, CHESTER A Rage In Harlem New York: Vintage Crime Book, 1989. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight/bright copy, light reading wear. The savage historical fiction novel about life, learning, and survival in Harlem's Streets. USD 10.42 [Appr.: EURO 7 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 896] Book number: 577191 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| JENKINS, BEVERLY Through The Storm U.S.A.: Avon, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. 1st Printing. ISBN:0380798646. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear, very light cover creasing, light spinal lining, professionally reinforced cornertips with no stamps or markings. Betrayed and sold into slavery, Sable did whatever it took to survive, along the way hurting the the proud Black Union Major who would do anything for her love. Now fate has brought them together again but can the loss of faith and trust be overcome?. USD 20.42 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 | £UK 12.5 | JP¥ 1756] Book number: 564897 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| JHABVALA, RUTH PRAWER Get Ready for Battle Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Penguin Books Canada, Limited. 1981, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0140052895) Paperback, 5" Wide x 7.75" Tall. Tight/Bright copy, light reading wear. A novel of a modern middle class family in contemporary India. With an interesting interplay of family relationships, their hidden dramas, the absurdity of individual foibles, perceptions, and ambitions, and the personal conflicts of morality, emotional entanglements, business intrigues, and a modern look a urban Delhi in a fast changing society. 160 pages. Very Good. USD 7.41 [Appr.: EURO 5 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 637] Book number: 902348 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| JOLLY, ANDREW Lie Down In Me NY, Pocket Books. 1971, Later Printing. (ISBN: 067177347X) , 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bright/Tight copy, light page age darkening, light edgewear. A rare love for a Native American Indian woman, leads a Man to take an agonizing Pilgrimage, defying Mountains, sickness, hunger, and Bandits to bring her body to her proper Burial place. USD 9.95 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 856] Book number: 905950 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| KILLENS, JOHN OLIVER Cotillion: or, One Good Bull Is Half the Herd NY, Pocket Books. 1971, 1st Paperback Printing. (ISBN: 0671781367) Paperback, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tight copy, light edgewear, a clean blank white sticker is affixed to the inside front cover, no names, n stamps, no labels, minor normal page age tanning, unmarked text. A fun and witty African American Quest for Identity, Satire and Swipr at American Popular Culture, Coolness, Soul, and Crossing Cultures from the Streets of Harlem to the Ballromm at the Waldorf. 288 pages. Very Good. USD 9.95 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 856] Book number: 905625 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| KINGSOLVER, BARBARA The Bean Trees New York, New York, U.S.A. Perennial. 1993, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0060915544) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight copy, light edgewear, light reading creases, unmarked text. A fiesty independent Kentucky woman heads west with high hopes- but when she arrives in Tuscon, Arizona she has acquired a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle. A neat and unique tale about love, healing, and friendship and fate!. Very Good. USD 7.49 [Appr.: EURO 5 | £UK 4.75 | JP¥ 644] Book number: 904261 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| KONRAD, GEORGE TRANSLATED BY IRME GOLDSTEIN A Feast in the Garden New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1992. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight/Bright and clean copy, a blank white sticked is affixed to the rear inside cover, neatly remainder marked bottom endpages, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has very slight edgewear. An excellent novel of Hungarian life, rich in bold and varied characters, experiences, and traditions. With changes created by WWII and Postwar Totalitarian Communist Society, the Human Spirit, Survival, and Family as seen and experienced through the characters in the novel. 394 pages. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.5 | JP¥ 1326] Book number: 578148 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA The General in His Labyrinth New York, NY, U.S.A. A Penguin Book. 1991, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0140148590) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear, light spinal and cover reading creases, professionally reinforced copy. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. The fictional story based on fact about Simon Bolivar and his life..285 pages.. Very Good. USD 10.36 [Appr.: EURO 7 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 891] Book number: 780712 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| MCMILLAN, TERRY How Stella Got Her Groove Back, 2 Cassettes 3 hours. - Penguin Audiobooks NY, Penguin Audiobooks. 1997. (ISBN: 0140863761) . Audio Tape Set, Still Shrinkwrapped! Read by the Author! She's 42, divorced, successful, and an involved and aware single mom with a Chic House, a personal trainer, and a BMW! When she takes a spur of the moment vacation to Jamaica she falls in passionate serious love with a sexy and charming man half her age. Now she must take a good look at life and decide what trust, hope, success, and happiness really means! American English Language Version , 3 hours on 2 audio casettes tapes. New Copy, Unopened. USD 10.32 [Appr.: EURO 7 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 887] Book number: 900142 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| SCOTT, THURSTON Cure It with Honey NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1951. Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, lavender cloth bindings, black spine with yellow titles, minor reading wear with lower edgewear with a bit of board exposure, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has minor edgewear with creases, closed short tears, edgesplits, and light soiling. A well done historical fiction novel of Mexican-American life on the streets of San Francisco and the Bay Area, gangs, crime, drugs, San Quentin Prison, and a well meaning prison psychologist that tries to help and gets in too deep!. USD 20.42 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 | £UK 12.5 | JP¥ 1756] Book number: 563317 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| STONE, CHUCK King Strut NY, Bobbs-Merrill. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight Copy, Minor shelfwear, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has edgerubs, minor soiling, closed short edgetears, and is missing a small nick on the rear panel's upper edge near the spine.The Black Chicago Congressman gets involved in hot and heavy Backroom Politics and Dirty Deals in this tale of Black Nationalism, Rightwing plots, Third World Deals, and fast paced power brokering. King Strut has accepted the offer of Presidency from a group of Black Nationalists that declare their independance from the United States, and all hell is gonna break loose! . Very Good/Good+. USD 19.94 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1715] Book number: BQB1020 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| UNDERHILL, RUTH M. Hawk Over Whirlpools NY, J. J. Augustin. 1940, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Out Of Print, Tight Copy, tan cloth bindings, brown spinal titles, hawk illustration on the front cover, light edgewear, no names, unmarked text. A unique and character filled sympathetic novel about the impact of government policies on a Rural Southwestern Navajo Village during the Great Depression. Filled with traditions, heritage, culture and the crushing power of loss of self determination and forced control, for their own good Americanization and social change, and loss of cultural rights, traditional practices, and identity. The author was a naturalist and anthropologist. 255 pages.. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1716] Book number: 908438 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| UNDSET, SIGRID / TRANSLATED FROM THE NORWEGIAN BY CHARLES ARCHER & J.S. SCOTT KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER/ The Bridal Wreath New York, New York, U.S.A. Bantam Books. 1981, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0553207288) Paperback, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, minor edgewear, minor spinal and cover reading creases, normal age darkening, professionally reinforced copy. This is part one of the trilogy. A novel of passion. Sin and innocence, desire and dignity collide early in Kristin's life, as she is forced to choose between her proud father's honor and her own loyalty to a dangerous love. Look for parts II and III of Kristin Lavransdatter: The Mistress of Husaby and The Cross..This outstanding trilogy is widely acclaimed to be one of the finest historical novels of Old Norway, winning Sigrid Undset a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. The story of a 14th Century Norwegian Woman, her family, and their traditions who grows up on her fathers Manor, matures and marries a man against her parent's wishes, amid strife and turmoil she raises seven children, later dying in the Black Plague of 1349.The story captures the life, the breath, and the spirit of a noble People. Very Good-. USD 7.55 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 | £UK 4.75 | JP¥ 649] Book number: 905303 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. |
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