wild trees press navarro ca (12 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED, "Charlotte Mendez," on title page. ; 8.30 X 5.40 X 0.60 inches.

Paperback. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing; pages tanned a bit. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 103pp. Introduction by Alice Walker. Trade Paperback. Recreates lost legends of the village of Tenganan, populated by people descended from the "original Balinese" or "Bali Aga." In this imaginative short-story collection, the artist and folklorist who lives in Bali, Indonesia, recreates lost legends of the village of Tenganan, populated by people who are believed to be descended from the "original Balinese" or "Bali Aga." The work also includes humorous sketches of contemporary Balinese life, such as "Uses of the Rubber Stamp," which describes the "capricious god" that "determines your fate" in a bureaucracy. The old tales are narrated by a magical spirit that travels back and forth in time. The frightening "Amok!" unfolds when the spirit overhears a father telling his son about the fate of a man who brutally murdered 16 villagers after he was taken by "the great Darkness." Conversely, in the modern day "Messenger," a humanitarian shadow gives the narrator a letter calling for an end to the arms race and instructs him to share it with "people of all nations, races, and beliefs." By weaving together ancient and modern tales, Kertonegoro effectively demonstrates how mysticism and superstition continue to influence the lives of rural Balinese even as they become increasingly Westernized. Stories are illustrated with reproductions of oil paintings and traditional palm leaf drawings. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated.

Soft Cover. Soft Cover. Very Good. 3rd Printing. Signed & Inscribed By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gift inscription.

Paperback. xv, 103p. + 16p. paintings and text by the Javanese artist, first printing, wraps. The artist/folklorist/antinuclear activist presents a group of Balinese legends, accompanied by his paintings and Walker's three-page introduction. Some sticker residue on wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Large softcover, color-illustrated wrappers, glossy blue spine and borders front and back, a color-illustration at center front of woman among ferns with hummingbird above her head,137 pages. Light crease at top front. Fine+.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Fine HC in Good+ DJ. Blue cloth over boards, gilt letters. Bright, clean covers and spine; tightly bound; crisp, clean interior. DJ is clean and complete; lightly scuffed; 1/2 inch closed tear at front cover top edge; 3/4 inch closed tear at back cover top edge. 8vo, 135 pp. Author's first novel.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 124 pages. First edition, first printing. Cover design by Sarah Levin. Foreword by Alice Walker. Her first book, 12 short stories. Fine book in wrappers. A beautiful copy!.

Paperback. xv, 103p. + 16p. paintings and text by the Javanese artist, small sketched throughout text plus a number of color reproductions on inserted coated paperstock; wraps, very good condition, first printing, signed by Walker on the title page and by Kertonegoro on the half-title page. The artist/folklorist/antinuclear activist presents a group of Balinese legends, accompanied by his paintings and Walker's three-page introduction,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Author's first book. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

First edition - First printing, a trade paperback original. A first person narrative" by this teacher, activist and pioneer in grassroots citizenship education, whom Martin Luther King called the Mother of the Movement edited and with an introduction by Cynthia Brown. Septima Clark was born in 1898 in Charleston, South Carolina, the daughter of a former slave and a laundrywoman, and she taught for over 30 years in South Carolina. In 1956 she was fired for refusing to disavow her membership in the NAACP, and after that she worked fulltime in running workshops, first for Highlander and later for the SCLC and the American Field Service, where taught people basic literacy skills, their rights and duties as U.S. citizens, and how to fill out voter registration forms. Among those who participated in one of her workshops was Rosa Parks. Illustrated with photographs. Includes a chronology and notes on sources. 134 pp. Wild Trees Press which published this account was founded by Alice Walker and Robert Allen. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (hint of sunning to the spine).