Vanadia Jennifer Thomas Editor (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by John Sobczak (illustrator). First Edition. SIGNED and Inscribed by photographer on the front end paper. Full page portraits of Detroit's "greatest writers, entrepreneurs, thinkers, athletes, and personalities" by John Sobczak are followed by a 2-3 pages of "stories" about each by Jennifer Vanadia. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings in the publisher's original glossy black pictorial covers with black cloth spine. No indication of edition, but probably a first edition. Based on a review of other John Sobczak books, this appears to be his signature. It does not appear that this book was issued with a dust jacket. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 206 pages; Signed by Author.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by John Sobezak (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. Softcover is black with white lettering on front and spine. States copyright 2000; first trade paperback edition. Pages are clean and tight; printed on glossy paper; appears as if unused. Exhaustively illustrated with dozens of b/w photographs. Foreword by Tim Kiska, a long time reporter for The Detroit Free Press [ in my MA (history) graduating class]; introduction by then Mayor of Detroit Dennis W. Archer [a former judge on the state supreme court]. Sections are on distinctive people from Motown, in all walks of life. My favorite, as a Detroit Tigers fan, is the section on Al Kaline, Baseball Hall of Famer. Biographies; acknowledgments. Oversized, 5#. ; B&W Photographs; 8 1/2 x 11; 209 pages; Cover has light shelf wear, rubbing/scuffing, bumping.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. John Sobczak (Photographer) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Soft cover assumed first edition of 211 pages, inscribed on the fep, or "By way of introduction" page, profusely illustrated with b/w photographs, is ti8ght bright, and free of writings. The book is good plus, pristine on the inside pages, but with a few spots on the bottom edge a small up turn at the bottom corner on the front cover. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. very clean hardcover. no marks. clean text. solid bindinng. very light wear. ISBN matches listing Fast service with confirmation, no international or priority orders over 4lbs.