Horse Novel by Brooks Geraldine, Signed (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED by Pulitzer winning author GERALDINE BROOKS, in blue ink on specially bound-in publishers page; a sure sign of authenticity. Viking 2022 First edition, first printing. This is a first printing with a different ISBN on back dust jacket cover, but is a true first printing with original ISBN on colophon page. Condition: brand new and unused; fine/fine/fine. Orange hardboards with red spine; corners sharp. Text block clean, tight, square, unmarked, unread. Brightly illustrated dust jacket, impressionistic colorful race track design, with black printing; original price on flap; fine condition. Protected in clear archival Brodart wrapper (removable.) Packaged with care and shipped in a box to arrive in best condition. Complete satisfaction guarantee; no sale is final until you are satisfied. "Inspired by the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, 'Horse' is a novel or art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism." (from the flap). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition. Hard cover. Viking (2022) New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING Hardcover: new. Dust jacket: new. Signed by the author to publisher's bound in page. First edition, first printing stated. Dust jacket is wrapped in protective archival grade mylar. Photos available upon request. COA included. "Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling." The New York Times Book Review "Horse isn't just an animal storyit's a moving narrative about race and art." TIME "A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusionyou just can't look away." Oprah Daily Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horseone studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Viking, 2022, New York. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Unstated first edition, stated "1st Printing" with no number line. 9-1/4" tall, 401 numbered pages; plain orange boards with red quarter binding, black lettering on spine, front board is plain; plain ivory end pages; fore edge is trimmed. The book is brand new and nearly pristine: the exterior is square, spotlessly clean, edges free of bumps and dings, lower front corner lightly bumped, head of spine lightly bumped; hinges are very tight and not damaged in any fashion. The interior is completely free of writing, stray marks, stains of any sort and page damage of any type. Paper is very lightly toned and is very flexible. No distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving; pages are tight and clean with no marks. Jacket is also brand new and nearly pristine: it is perfectly clean; no tears, folds or fading; no bumps on edges; lower front corner lightly creased; the jacket has two stickers: 1-1/2" circular black-on-gold "Signed / Copy" sticker on front panel at the spine above the title and a 2-1/4" x 1" black-on-white store sticker (author, title, price, ISBN number & bar code) in the middle at the bottom edge of rear panel; publisher's original price of "U.S. $28.00 / Canada $37.00" listed on the upper right corner of front flap. Condition of book and jacket consistent with being brand new and not read. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. Signed in thin black pen by the author on a publisher's tipped-in signature page which immediately follows the FFEP. Dust jacket is now in protective mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).