wild trees press (40 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Creasing to front hinge and back left edge. Light edge wear and rubbing. Owner's name on half title page. Used Book.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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

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.

Paperback. ix, 124p., foreword by Alice Walker, first printing, very good condition in wraps. African American author/playwright's first book.

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.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

First edition - First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover. Balinese legends retold, in a weaving together of ancient and modern tales, by this Javanese artist, folklorist and peace activist. The stories of Bali are illustrated with tranditional lontar palm leaf drawings. Also included is a selection of full color plates of Madi's paintings, with his comments on each work. Introduction by Alice Walker who, with her partner Robert Allen, established Wild Trees Press, xv, 16 pp glossy plates, 103 pp. SIGNED on the dedication page by Madi, with "Ubud Bali, 2 Sept .88, at my home. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (discoloration from tape on 2 pages) Uncommon signed.

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).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine in black wraps. ix + 124pages. First Printing. There is very light rubbing to the wraps and a previous owner's neatly-penned gift inscription is on the half-title page. Otherwise Fine: clean, bright and soundly bound. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of Cooper's first book. Includes a forword by Alice Walker. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks of Books. 41-A. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight rubbing to edges otherwise in very good condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.

Condition: Very good plus. First printing. First edition of Cooper's first short story collection, with a foreword by Alice Walker - this copy inscribed by Walker to her editor on THE COLOR PURPLE, John Ferrone. J. California Cooper credits Walker for encouraging her transition from plays to short stories. Walker and her partner Robert Allen established the Wild Tree Press in 1984, and Walker notes in her foreword that it "could have been created especially for A PIECE OF MINE." 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original black pictorial wrappers. xvi, 124 pages. Inscribed by Walker on half-title: "To John + 'Johannes,' love, Alice[.]" Light wear to wrappers, small bump to spine edge. Tight.

Condition: Wrappers. Fine. First edition. First edition. Color plates, xvi, 103 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by Walker, "To John (Ferrone) / + / Johannes, / love, / Alice 3/88". Provenance: from the library of Walker's editor John Ferrone Color plates, xvi, 103 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.