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Grand Central Publishing, New York, 1st Edition,1st Printing October 2021, SIGNED by Jamie Foxx on a tipped-in leaf. Hardcover with dust jacket, 221 numbered pages, 24 x 16 cm, yellow boards with black lettering on spine, front jacket cover features B&W photo of Foxx in car with daughter (with a black on yellow "ACT LIKE YOU GOT SOME SENSE" speech bubble); rear jacket cover featured color family photographs. NEW (unread) book. Condition is Fine in Fine, a crisp copy with minimal shelf wear. From Academy Award-winning multi-talent Jamie Foxx, a hilariously candid look at the joys and pitfalls of being the father of two daughters.

Penguin Press, New York, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing 2021, SIGNED by Henry Louis Gates Jr on a publisher's bookplate attached to the half title page. Hardcover with dust jacket, 278 numbered pages, 24 x 16 cm, black paper over olive green textured boards with gilt titling on upper board aand spine, jacket printed in lack, gold and olive green featuring blac-and-white photograph "Congregation Listening to Minister. NEW, unread book. Condition is Fine in Fine. Packed securely in a sturdy (200# burst test) box. From the New York Times bestselling author of "Stony the Road" and one of our most important voices on the African American experience comes a powerful new history of the Black Church as a foundation of Black life and a driving force in the larger freedom struggle in America.

Doubleday, New York, 1st Edition,1st Printing 2021, SIGNED by Colson Whitehead on a tipped-in page. Hardcover with dust jacket, 318 numbered pages, 24 x 16 cm, black boards with silver titling, jacket printed with sections in red, yellow, green sections with retro illustrations. NEW (unread) book. Condition is Fine in Fine: tiny crease on rear top corner of jacket. From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns, and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s (Courtesy Goodreads).

Hutton Press, New York, 1st Edition, 1st Printing 2021, SIGNED by Jason Mott, on a bookplate affixed to the half title. Hardcover with dust jacket, 319 numbered pages, 22 x 15 cm, book features black paper over bright yellow textured boards, jacket printed in yellow and black with a creative "cut-away" book illustration by Christopher Lin. NEW (unread) book. Condition is Fine in Fine, a crisp copy with minimal shelf wear. 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Winner (Fiction) . With audacity and invention, Jason Mott s Hell of a Book weaves together three narrative strands an unnamed author, a boy named Soot, and a figure known as The Kid into a masterful novel. In a structurally and conceptually daring examination of art, fame, family and being Black in America, Mott somehow manages the impossible trick of being playful, insightful and deeply moving, all at the same time. A highly original, inspired work that breaks new ground (NBA Judges' Citation).

Delacorte Press, 1st Edition 2020, 3rd Printing, SIGNED by Ruby Bridges on a publisher's bookplate attached to the half title page. Hardcover with dust jacket, 55 numbered pages, 19 x 14 cm, black boards with silver titling on spine, jacket is white with a Norman Rockwell image ("The Problem We All Live With"), depicting Ruby Bridges' historic walk to school, lavishly illustrated with many (30+) period photographs and illustrations. NEW (unread) book. FINE in FINE DJ. Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your Time is both a recounting of Ruby's experience as a child who had to be escorted to class by federal marshals when she was chosen to be one of the first black students to integrate into New Orleans' all-white public school system and an appeal to generations to come to effect change.

Delacorte Press, 1st Edition 2020, 3rd Printing, SIGNED by Ruby Bridges on a publisher's bookplate attached to the half title page. Hardcover with dust jacket, 55 numbered pages, 19 x 14 cm, black boards with silver titling on spine, jacket is white with a Norman Rockwell image ("The Problem We All Live With"), depicting Ruby Bridges' historic walk to school, lavishly illustrated with many (30+) period photographs and illustrations. NEW (unread) book. FINE in FINE DJ. Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your Time is both a recounting of Ruby's experience as a child who had to be escorted to class by federal marshals when she was chosen to be one of the first black students to integrate into New Orleans' all-white public school system and an appeal to generations to come to effect change.

Scholastic, New York, 1st edition, later printing, SIGNED by Ruby Bridges on a publisher's bookplate attached to the half title page. Large format hardcover with dust jacket, 63 numbered pages, 28 x 24 cm, pictorial boards with sepia close-up of Ruby as a child on front cover and photographs from November 14th, 1960 on the rear. The jacket features the same images except with an embossed "Jane Addams Children's Book Award" sticker. NEW, unread book. Condition is Fine in Fine. Surrounded by federal marshals, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first black student ever at the all-white William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 14, 1960. Sepia-toned period photographs join the sidebars in rounding out Bridges' account. But Bridges' words, recalling a child's innocence and trust, are more vivid than even the best of the photos. Like poetry or prayer, they melt the heart.