Young Signed (83 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Without dust jacket. First Edition. A signed and numbered first edition limited to 500 copies. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 307 pages, gray cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover first edition with light shelf wear and some darkening to the spine cloth. Hinges and binding solid, paper moderately yellowed, with the previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Lacking dust jacket.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, stapled card covers, 24pp. First edition. Signed by Young at the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2000. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 2nd Printing. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light soiling to textblock fore edge and bottom edge. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 318 pp 8vo. For nature lovers as well as cooks, there's plenty to whet the appetite in this unique field guide-cum-cookbook. Starting with the first plants ready for eating in the early spring (watercress and nettles) and following the sequence of harvest through the late fall (persimmons and Jerusalem artichokes), the author offers full, easy-to-follow directions for identifying, gathering, and preparing some four dozen edible wild plants of the Great Plains and elsewhere. The nearly 250 recipes range from old-time favorites (poke sallet; catnip tea; horehound lozenges; hickory nut cake; a cupboardful of jams, jellies, and pies) to enticing new creations (wild violet salad, milkweed sandwiches, cattail pollen pancakes, day-lily hors d'oeuvres, prickly-pear cactus relish). Reflecting the author's conviction that just as we can never go back to subsisting wholly on wild things, neither should we exclude them from our lives, this book serves up generous portions of botanical information and ecological wisdom along with good food. A clean very presentable copy. Mark E. Marcuson (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Social and economic conditions in Flint, Michigan during the last recession. House hunting. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Uncorrected Proof. Signed by Young on the title page. Dell Publishing, 1988, paperback, light salmon printed wraps UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOF, Very Good + (some creasing at corners of front cover) , probably unread, 338 pages, unmarked. ISBN on back cover: 0440550041. FICTION AFRICAN-AMERICAN FICTION [ntsp] ; B0865 Y Fic; 338 pages; Signed by Author(s). …

Stapled wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine green stapled wraps with slight fading. Number 10 of an edition of 100 copies, signed by Young on the colophon page. Unpaginated, unmarked. ; Y Poe; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Black hardcover shows only light edgewear. SIGNED OM THE TITLE PAGE BY SMITH.95 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The DJ shows only slight edgewear. 2.25 lb. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good jacket. This copy is tight and clean with some edgewear to the dust cover.Signed by Young and Hogan on the title page. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This signed and inscribed copy has no creasing of the spine or covers. Light rubbing and edge wear. Author has signed and inscribed {bold} the upper half-title page. dated 2013. Interior text is clean and tight in binding. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Washington & London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). SIGNED copies are SCARCE. "SIGNED COPY" sticker on the front. Good condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. NO chips, tears or fading. The book itself is rated only Good due to several pages with a paper clip impression along the top edge. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. 2017. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row (54321) on the copyright page. Well illustrated with map, numerous drawings and b/w photos in the text, plus an 8 page section of full color photos on glossy stock. Bound in the original light brown boards with silver-stamped dark green cloth spine. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "The Chocolate Tree chronicles the natural and cultural history of Theobroma cacao and explores its ecological niche. Tracing cacao's "journey" out of the rain forest, into pre-Columbian gardens, and then onto plantations adjacent to rain forests, Allen M. Young describes the production of this essential crop, explaining how the seeds are extracted from the large, colorful pods. He details the environmental price of Europeanized cultivation, and ways that current reclamation efforts for New World rain forests can improve the natural ecology of the cacao tree. Recounting more than a dozen years of ecological fieldwork in and around cacao plantations in Costa Rica, Young reviews his research into the problem of poor levels of natural pollination on plantations. He recalls encounters with sloths, toucans, butterflies, giant tarantula hawk wasps, and other creatures found in cacao groves. Among these creatures Young discovered a tiny fly that provides a vital link between the chocolate tree and its original rain forest habitat. This discovery leads him to conclude that cacao trees in cultivation today may have lost their original insect pollinators due to the plants' long history of agricultural manipulation.". SIGNED by the AUTHOR (his signature only). First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xv, 200pp. + 8 color plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator). …

French Flaps. Condition: Fine. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, unread copy, signed on title page. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: FINE. Trade paperback, Book of the Month club edition. A significant anthology with contributions from both established and emerging writers, including Tina McElroy Ansa, Octavia Butler, James Alan McPherson, John Mc Cluskey, Ernest Gaines, Rita Dove, Darryl Pinckney, Connie Porter, Barbara Neely, Wesley Brown, Becky Birtha, Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker, Connie Porter, Gayl Jones, Al Young and many others. SIGNED by Al Young at his contribution. Preface by John Edgar Wideman. Notes on contributors. 690 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Printed card covers, some shelfwear, lightly age-toned edges, no owner's mark or annotations, binding tight, ; 544 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Signed and dated (Oct 21/91) by author on ffep: 'The Eagle". Hint of bumping to ends of spine, faint foxing on top edge, else very good plus. DJ wrinkled on ends of spine, dampstained on heel of spine, else very good plus. Protected in mylar. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing in wrappers. A title in the Portable Stanford Series - an anthology of fiction by nineteen writers who taught at Stanford, including Tillie Olsen, Stephanie Vaughn, Robert Stone, Arturo Islas, M. Scott Momaday, Herbert Gold, Yvor Winters, Ron Hansen and others. SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Al Young at 'Chicken Hawk's Dream' and Ron Hansen at 'The Sun So Hot I Froze to Death.' Uncommon thus. 196 pp. Very good in illustrated wrappers (pgs 85-116 have been bound in upside down, crease to back cover.). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Besides the jacket, clean, sturdy, unmarked copy, very good condition. The jacket, however, is bent and ripped on the top, has slight wear on the other edges and back, and an old price tag on the top right. MU Top of jacket is bent and ripped.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Toronto: National Heritage, 2002 Softcover, oversized 8vo, illustrated, 221 pages A fine unmarked, uncreased copy A presentation copy, signed by the author, along with noted disc jockey Jim Paulson, CBC producer Jim Guthro, and others on title page Fine +. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: FINE. 3rd printing, a trade paperback originaL. A significant anthology which collects the works of seventy-six contemporary California poets, including Philip Levine, Peter Everwine, Mark Jarman, Adrienne Rich, Dennis Schmitz, Carolyn Kizer, Gary Soto, Al Young, Kim Addonizio, Charles Wright, Carol Muske, Larry Levis, Robert Hass, Gary Snyder, William Everson, Gary Soto, Luis Omar Salinas, Diane Wakoski, Garrett Hongo, Jane Hirsheld, and Brenda Hillman, Sherley Ann Williams, and many more. SIGNED by poet David St. John at his contribution. Each poet has written an introductory statement for their selections, and each is accompanied by a photograph of the poets. 444 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition, NOT signed by the author Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine first printing signed by Young on the title page. 54 pages, unmarked; OOCO A3A; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Roger S. Firestone (the youngest son of Harvey Samuel Firestone --- the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company). Black cloth-covered boards, red spine and front board lettering, red front board decoration, 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches, 212 pp., frontispiece photo of Harvey S. Firestone and 15 other pages of b/w photo illustrations. Near fine. No dustcover. (K061).…

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. Special issue devoted to the stories of students at U.C. Berkeley - a literary magazine that aims "to publish the newest and most interesting writing from North America's many writing cultures." This issue is uncommon in that it is all short fiction; contributors include Fae Myenne Ng, Michael Moore, Eric Miller, Lisa Gulick and more. SIGNED by editor and African American poet Al Young on the title page 254 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. Very good in stiff illustrated covers (some minor soiling to covers, stain on lower corner of front).…

Condition: VERY GOOD. 3rd printing, a trade paperback originaL. A significant anthology which collects the works of seventy-six contemporary California poets, including Philip Levine, Peter Everwine, Mark Jarman, Adrienne Rich, Dennis Schmitz, Carolyn Kizer, Gary Soto, Al Young, Kim Addonizio, Charles Wright, Carol Muske, David St. John, Larry Levis, Robert Hass, Gary Snyder, William Everson, Gary Soto, Luis Omar Salinas, Diane Wakoski, Garrett Hongo, Jane Hirsheld, and Brenda Hillman, Sherley Ann Williams, and many more. Each poet has written an introductory statement for their selections, and each is accompanied by a photograph of the poets. SIGNED by FOUR poets at their selections: Gary Soto, Brenda Hillman, David St John and Carol Muske (Dukes). 444 pp. Very good in illustrated wrappers. …

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. A thematic anthology which group poems by common subjects, poems "that interpret food and drink in a myriad of imaginative ways. From Pablo Nerudas condimental odes ('Ode to Salt' and 'Ode to an Onion') to Langston Hughes 'I, Too, Sing America,' sustenance and libations play shifting and diverse roles throughout. It's fascinating to read Natasha Trethewey ('Invocation, 1926') and Charles Simic ('Watermelons'), Gary Soto ('The Plums Heart'), Martn Espada ('Coca-Cola and Coco Fro'), and works by poets of the past and to see how the poems diverge and converge."(Diego Baez). SIGNED by Joy Harjo at the first poem in the book 'Perhaps the World Ends Here.' Among other poets whose work is included are Elizabeth Alexander, Wendell Berry, Elizabeth Bishop, Billy Collins, Mark Doty, Robert Frost, Allen Ginsberg, Louise Gluck, Seamus Heaney, Li-Young Lee, Frank O'Hara, Sharon Olds, Mary Oliver, Adrienne Rich, Theodore Roethke, Tracy K. Smith, Gertrude Stein, Wallace Stevens and more. Edited and with an introduction by poet Kevin Young. Index. 319 pp. Very good in near fine dust jacket. (name on front endpaper, upper corner of several leaves slightly bumped).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Slim 8vo; Hardback; a few speckles to cover; gold gilt lettering to cover; v. Small writing in corner of fep; Long inscription and signing by author on title page - see picture; small JF and crossing out of incorrect isbn on rear of title page; no other library markings; vg-; ; Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. 1st printing of the first Canadian hardcover edition SIGNED by the late Canadian novelist Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) on the front free endpaper. Presumably, Laurence purchased this copy and gave it to a friend or family member as a gift in the year of publication. There is no personalized inscription or internal markings. A unique example of Laurence signed ephemera. The book is square and tight with sharp corners and uniform tanning of the pages. The boards are decorated with a photo of Imlach behind the bench of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The jacket is price intact but otherwise poor with sunstaining to the spine, tears, creases, losses and sticker residue on the front panel. Signed by Margaret Laurence.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. SUMMARY: Nine immortal sons of the Dragon King set out to mke something of themselves. Young, Ed (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).