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Austin, TX, U.S.A.: University of Texas Press, 1988. Y5 - Book has approx. 2" crease on the front rigth side, old price label on the back bottom, and very light shelf wear otherwise fine. Jewel Babb is an independent Anglo woman who has lived most of her eighty years in the isolated desert region near EL Paso. Border Healing Woman is her story.. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, TX, U.S.A.: University of Texas Press, 1985. Y5 - One corner bumped causing permanant bend in that corner of the book, remainder mark on the bottom, light shelf wear and light edge wear. Jewel Babb is an independent Anglo woman who has lived most of her eighty years in the isolated desert region near EL Paso. Border Healing Woman is her story.. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Villard Books, 2001. BZ3 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof/advance uncorrecterd proofs book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A memoir about a broke college student who created an online journal that chronicled her day-to-day trials and tribulations. The site quickly gained an audience on the web. This book is the first complete compilation of her experiences, written with humor and honesty. 205p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.25". Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, USA: George Braziller, Inc., 1971. CB2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some light surface wear along the boards' bottom edges and a patch (about 0.75"x2") on the back bottom right corner plus there are the usual library stamps on the top and bottom outside paper edges, inside surface of the front board, front endpaper, and title page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. An autobiographical ramble of the younger years of a noted intellectual and writer. Indexed, 312p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 6"x8.5". Ex-Library.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA: University of New Mexico Press, 1986. CE1 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. With a foreword by Rennard Strickland. A memoir of the author's Cherokee boyhood in the 1930s. 216p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8".

Dinan, Virginia Lorraine Phillips, 1995. CG1 - A hard cover book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket with a gift inscription by the author to the original owner on the front endpaper. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in burgandy cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A collection of family stories tracing the history of the family of Virginia Lorraine Phillips Dinan. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs. 216p.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1998. CG5 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with a heavy clear plastic lamination applied to the covers plus there are the usual library stamps and labels on the back cover, the top outside paper edges, the half title page, and the title page. This is a title in the publisher's The Concord Library series. A book about farming anf farm life by a noted writer who also is from a farming family. The author is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship. Endnotes, 145p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Villard Books/Random House, 2000. CH4 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An as new, unread, tight, clean, sound copy in cream colored wraps with black lettering. A personal narrative by the author of "In the Wilderness." This is the story of how an intelligent and passionate young woman thirsted for experience of what lay out in the world. She went after it rejecting the patriarchal domination of family and church to find her own way. Then she overcomes the dominance within a relationship and still manages to survive. The author is a winner of the PEN/Jerard Fund Award. 239p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, USA: Simon & Schuster, 2002. BY5 - A hard cover first edition book in veyr good condition. A sequence of numbers appears on the copyright page with the "1" present and no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in white paper covered boards quarter bound in textured blue paper with metallic copper lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a remainder mark on the bottom outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear. A book about a woman journalist's search for balance between life, motherhood, and career. By the author of "First, Do No Harm" and "Show Me a Hero." 221p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Morrow/Avon, 2001. BY5 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a very, very light bump at the front extreme bottom right corner. A memoir by a noted author. I tells how she had trained from childhood to become a concert pianist but how at 19 a mysterious muscle disorder forced her to give this up. By 21 she could not grip a pen or walk across a room and she entered a world of limbo in which no one could explain what was happening to her or predict her future. At 23 she began a new life in a motorized wheelchair and made a resolution to start writing fiction. By the author of "Midnight Champagne" and "Vinegar Hill." 269p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Chicago, Illinois, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1955. BD2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light yellowing on the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows moderate overall wear plus there is some light edge wear along the top and bottom edges heavier with some chipping on the top and bottom spine edges and corners plus there is a piece (about 0.5"x0.75") missing on the back at the bottom left corner plus there are closed tears (about 0.25" to 0.5") on the top edge at each corner plus there is some yellowing on the spine plus there is some very light rubbing overall plus there is some very light yellowing on the endflaps top edges. Plus there is some very light rubbing overall. A memoir of a noted American journalist of the turn of the last century. He was a reporter during the golden days of American journalism and served as an international correspondent during the years before World War I. In 1915 he shifted to… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. BD3 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An as new, unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color tan wraps with black lettering. A memoir of a writer growing up at the edge of postwar Los Angeles. The glorious promise of his family is protrayed as well as the battering it receives from silence, resentment, misdirection and eventually the death of his beloved older brother in an explosion. The author redeems these complications and failures by capturing both expectant childhood and adult regret, which he sees as at the heart of the American dream. 195p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, USA: Knopf Publishing Group, The, 2001. BD3 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated black and white wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some very, very light soiling on the right outside paper edges. A memoir of a writer growing up at the edge of post war Los Angeles. The glorious promise of his family is protrayed as well as the battering it receives from silence, resentment, misdirection and eventually the death of his beloved older brother in an explosion. The author redeems these complications and failures by capturing both expectant childhood and adult regret, which he sees as at the heart of the American dream. 192p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 2001. BE1 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof/uncorrected manuscript book in very good condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in light green wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light surface chippin on the spine top and bottom edges. A memoir by a noted African American poet that offers a view of young black men's longing for loving, stable marriages, fatherhood, and homes in safe neighborhoods. It is about the human desire to escape cycles that deprive children of what they need most and creates empty shells of grown men and which are rooted in an American political culture which accepts obstacles in the lives of inner city poor. 297p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Vintage Books/Random House, 1990. BE4 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus some light yellowing of the top and right outside paper edges plus some light creasing on the front cover. This is a well written story of the author's journey from childhood on an isolated sheep-farm in Australia to her departure for America. It is about the despair of an ambitious young woman facing a destiny limited by her gender. The first book in the author's series of autobiographical books. This author eventually became president of Smith College. By the author of "True North", "Women Reformers and American Culture", "The Female Experience in 18th and 19th Century America," and "Merchants and Merinos." 238p. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2005. BE5 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/advance uncorrected proofs book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very, very slight overall shelf wear. A memoir of the author's journey to Korea, including North Korea, in 2003. The author commanded a rifle platoon during the Korean war and was awarded the Bronze Star for valor. The author criss-crossed the country and, in the south, interviewed GIs and and officers, revisited the DMZ, and revisited two ridgelines where he fought during the war. The book combines his memories of the Korean War with a look at the soldiers then and today. By the author of "The Marines of Autumn" and "Warning of War." 267p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, USA: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1973. BF1 - A trade paperback book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated tan wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus some very light soiling on the outside paper edges plus some yellowing of the paper edges plus some light creasing on the spine plus some very light fading on the spine. The spiritual autobiography of a noted iconoclastic writer on religion in America. By the author of "God's Revolution and Man's Responsibility," "The Secular City," "On Not Leaving It to the Snake," and "The Feast of Fools." Notes on sources, indexed, 350p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 2001. BG3 - A trade paperback advance reading copy (ARC)/advance uncorrected proof first edition book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. A memoir of the author's introduction to journalism in the closing days of World War II and in postwar Paris. The author was managing editor of National Review for 27 years. 183p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1992. BH3 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color photo illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with a clip to the top right corner of the front endpaper plus there is some very light soiling and yellowing of the outside paper edges. A book about the author's family focusing on the three men in it who had the greatest influence on her and the other women of the family: Thomas Watson, Milton Winternitzz, and John Cheever. Illustrated with black and white photographs. By the author of "Home Before Dark." 204p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Owego, New York, USA: B. E. Dean Company, 1989. BH6 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color photo illustrated blue wraps with very minor overall shelf wear. The first volume of the author's self-published autobiography and family history which also relates his attributed ancestory as George Washington's great-great-great-grandson. 659p. This book weighs more than 2 pounds when packaged to ship.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.