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Just Plain Folks: Original Tales of Living, Loving, Longing, and Learning, As Told by a Perfectly Ordinary, Quite Commonly Sensible, and Absolutely Awe-Inspiring colore
by Johnson-Coleman, Lorraine
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316460842
- ISBN 13
- 9780316460842
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Little Brown & Co, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. First Edition with full number line. Signed and inscribed by Johnson-Coleman in black ink on publisher's bookplate pasted on half-title page. Slight rubbing to jacket; else a nearly new copy as issued. xiv, 241 pages. First book of the North Carolina author; contains 28 short stories in all, plus the author's introduction and epilogue ('A Final Say'); also notable for the introductory verses ('Listen My Chile').
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L033270
- Title
- Just Plain Folks: Original Tales of Living, Loving, Longing, and Learning, As Told by a Perfectly Ordinary, Quite Commonly Sensible, and Absolutely Awe-Inspiring colore
- Author
- Johnson-Coleman, Lorraine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316460842
- ISBN 13
- 9780316460842
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- NW0013 Johnson-Coleman, Lorraine American Literature 20th Century American Fiction Contemporary Short Story African-American North Carolina First Book Signed Inscribed, , , , , , ,
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- Fine
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