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HOMEMADE LOVE
by Cooper, J. California
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0312388950
- ISBN 13
- 9780312388959
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this American Book Award-winning collection of character-focused short stories by the acclaimed playwright, who turned to fiction at the urging of Alice Walker. In the book, J. California Cooper explicitly credits THE COLOR PURPLE's Alice Walker for encouraging her transition from plays to short stories, thanking Walker in her acknowledgments for "thinking my work good enough to publish my first collection." Scarce inscribed. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original black boards. Original unclipped ($12.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 176 pages. Inscribed by Cooper to front flyleaf "To Bill / Love, peace to you - / & thank you so / much for liking my work:" dated 1/87. Jacket with mild edgewear. Book with a hint of bumping to spine ends. Tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48843
- Title
- HOMEMADE LOVE
- Author
- Cooper, J. California
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312388950
- ISBN 13
- 9780312388959
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,1980s,US American,African American author
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About the Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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