Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
American Dreams
by Sapphire
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1852423277
- ISBN 13
- 9781852423278
- Seller
-
Grottoes, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
U.S.A.: Serpents Tail, 1994. SIGNED BY SAPPHIRE AND DATED3/13/94 on title page. First Edition paperback with French Flaps. Very fine condition, opened only for signing. Ships in a box.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.
Synopsis
Sapphire is the author of American Dreams , a collection of poetry which was cited by Publishers Weekly as, "One of the strongest debut collections of the nineties." Push , her novel, won the Book-of-the-Month Club Stephen Crane award for First Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association's First Novelist Award, and, in Great Britain, the Mind Book of the Year Award. Push was named by the Village Voice and Time Out New York as one of the top ten books of 1996. Push was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work of Fiction. About her most recent book of poetry Poet's and Writer's Magazine wrote, "With her soul on the line in each verse, her latest collection, Black Wings & Blind Angels , retains Sapphire's incendiary power to win hearts and singe minds." Sapphire's work has appeared in The New Yorker , The New York Times Magazine , The New York Times Book Review , The Black Scholar , Spin , and Bomb . In February of 2007 Arizona State University presented PUSHing Boundaries, PUSHing Art: A Symposium on the Works of Sapphire . Sapphire's work has been translated into eleven languages and has been adapted for stage in the United States and Europe. Precious , the film adaption of her novel, recently won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Awards in the U.S. dramatic competition at Sundance (2009).
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Catch and Release Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001841
- Title
- American Dreams
- Author
- Sapphire
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1852423277
- ISBN 13
- 9781852423278
- Publisher
- Serpents Tail
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1994
Terms of Sale
Catch and Release Books
full refund of purchase price within 14 days of receipt
About the Seller
Catch and Release Books
Biblio member since 2008
Grottoes, Virginia
About Catch and Release Books
Hunter S Thompson/beatsPolitics/governmentmodern first editionsnon-fiction first editionsigned first editionfishing
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
How to tell if a signature is genuine
Author's signatures can undoubtedly increase the value of a rare book or first edition. The more scarce the book is, the more an autograph adds to its value. But how to tell if the signature is real? Find out how you can avoid common pitfalls in identifying an author's signature.
A Brief History of the Dust Jacket
When did dust jackets first appear, and what exactly are they for? Learn about this often-important detail as it applies to book collecting. More...
