Absolutely Nothing Get Alarmed by Charles Wright (35 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st HarperPerennial ed. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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

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

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

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

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Binding tight, pages clean. Cover has creases on back and some minor edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Original hardcover in jacket, first printing stated, book is quite bright with jacket in removable mylar sleeve. For its age, binding is secure; some fading, soiling to the top spine. Appears may have at one point come into contact with liquid as there is smudging, small stains at top endpapers, front back. Previous price impression on blank endpaper at corner. Jacket is very bright in mylar with just a few smudges, light soiling. Very good minus. d5.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reissue edition. 387 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 215pp. Brown cloth boards with white title and brown yellow boards. Pictorial dust jacket with title and title on spine. Original price intact on justjacket. In archival Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 215pp. Brown cloth boards with white title and brown yellow boards. Pictorial dust jacket with title and title on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages; 1973 Farrar, Straus & Giroux. HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound in quarter burgundy cloth over patterned yellow-and-black paper-covered boards; publisher's burgundy top stain bright, with a few superficial drip outlines. Color pictorial dust jacket designed by Milton Glaser of Push Pin Studios, uniformly bright with the publisher's $6.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Jacket shows mild crimping and superficial rubbing at spine ends, with some light shelf soiling to surfaces. Publisher's printed review slip laid in at front. A sharp copy of Wright's third novel, housed in a distinctive Glaser jacket. VG++/VG++.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 215pp. Brown cloth boards with white title and brown yellow boards. Pictorial dust jacket with title and title on spine.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - "Reading Wright is a steep, stinging pleasure."Dwight Garner, New York TimesIn this incisive, satirical collection of three classic American novels by Charles Wrighthailed by the New York Times as "malevolent, bitter, glittering"a young, black intellectual from the South struggles to make it in New York City. This special compilation includes a foreword by acclaimed poet and novelist Ishmael Reed, who calls Wright, "Richard Pryor on paper."As fresh and poignant as when originally published in the sixties and seventies, The Messenger, The Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to get Alarmed About form Charles Wright's remarkable New York City trilogy. By turns brutally funny and starkly real, these three autobiographical novels create a memorable portrait of a young, working-class, black intellectuala man caught between the bohemian elite of Greenwich Village and the dregs of male prostitution and drug abuse. Wright's fiction is searingly original in bringing to life a special time, a special place, and the remarkable story of a man living in two worlds. This updated edition shines a spotlight once again on this important writera writer whose work is so crucial to our times.…

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorCharles Stevenson Wright was born at New Franklin, Missouri, on June 4, 1932. He published three highly praised autobiographical novels. He died at the age of 76. Klappentextrnrn?R.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Fine first edition. Black-sepckled yellow cloth over maroon paper. DJ in archival sleeve. 215 PP.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Owner name on the rear pastedown else fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 215 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Milton Glasser. His 3rd book. His observations on poverty, drug addiction, prostitution, venereal disease, murder, bureaucratic indifference, race riots & frustrated rage. As new book in an as new dust jacket. A beautiful book. …

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo, burgundy quarter cloth over mustard textured cloth, brown topstain, 215pp. Stated first printing. Unclipped dust jacket (6.95) mildly creased, worn to edges, rubbing to panels. Slight lean to boards. Contents clean, binding firm. The third and final novel from the underrated Black American writer, once dubbed by Ishmael Reed as "Richard Pryor on paper." Dust jacket design by Milton Glaser. A nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. 215pp. Brown spine over yellow and black tweed boards. White titles on spine. Square, clean copy, first edition stated on copyright page. Dust jacket crisp and unclipped. Milton Glaser jacket art. Wright's final book, part of the trio that prompted Ishmael Reed to call him Richard Pryor on paper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition, Octavo, original yellow and brown cloth over boards, white stamped lettering on spine, publisher stained red top edge, color illustrated dust jacket. Three stories about African American life in 1960s New York from American novelist Charles Setevenson Wright. Near fine, with near fine dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a just slightly tanned jacket. Wright's third book.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 387 pp Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.