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TAKING THE ARROW OUT OF THE HEART; Poems / Translated by Manuel Garcia Verdecia
by Walker, Alice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1501179527
- ISBN 13
- 9781501179525
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: 37INK / ATRIA -- Simon & Schuster, 2018. First Edition, First Printing BILINGUAL: English & Spanish. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. SIGNED boldly by the Author on a special "Alice Walker / Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart" bookplate affixed to the half title, tall 8vo, off-white quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over near-matching white boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with a broken arrow bracketing "POEMS" and gold floral borders by Philip Pascuzzo, blue endpapers, 259 pages + [2] About the Author. Spanish translations face English. Alice Walker (b.1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist. She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Walker also wrote the novels Meridian (1976) and The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970), among other works. <br /> <br /> SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION!
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8498
- Title
- TAKING THE ARROW OUT OF THE HEART; Poems / Translated by Manuel Garcia Verdecia
- Author
- Walker, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing BILINGUAL: English & Spanish
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1501179527
- ISBN 13
- 9781501179525
- Publisher
- 37INK / ATRIA -- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- stories, americana, memoirs, essays, marriage, the South, short stories, autobiography, bilinguial, English, Spanish
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Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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