BANNED; with an introduction by Patricia Holt
by Walker, Alice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1879960478
- ISBN 13
- 9781879960473
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: aunt lute books, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. 12mo (7 1/4" x 5 1/4"), gray cloth with red lettering on spine, Introduction by Patriicia Holt, archival mylar-protected decorative photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with images of Alice Walker on front and rear, xii + 105 pages. Laid in is a SIGNED photo postcard of much younger Alice Walker. Alice Walker (born 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist. She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982), which won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Walker also wrote the novels Meridian (1976) and The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970), among other works. <br/><br/>BANNED prints two short stories and an excerpt from The Color Purple that had been removed from testing material used by the Board of Education of California. Related documents and letters have been printed in the Appendices. Patricia Holt's Intro summarizes the bowdlerization with clarity and humor.<br/><br/>SIGNED photo with book in SUPERIOR CONDITION! Dust jacket (unclipped) has a few traces of wear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5999
- Title
- BANNED; with an introduction by Patricia Holt
- Author
- Walker, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1879960478
- ISBN 13
- 9781879960473
- Publisher
- aunt lute books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- stories, americana, memoirs, essays, signed, photo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- A.N.
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- 12mo
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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