The Bean Trees
by Kingsolver, Barbara
The Bean Trees, first published in 1988, is the first book written by Barbara Kingsolver and was followed by a sequel, Pigs in Heaven.
Taylor Greer hightails it out of Kentucky as soon as she gets a car, refusing to be just another small-town girl. She soon finds herself in Oklahoma near Cherokee territory, and in a parking lot, a desperate and frightened woman hands Taylor a Cherokee toddler and leaves.
Taylor and the child, named Turtle, keep moving out west and try to find somewhere to put down roots and grow.
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The Bean Trees
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The Bean Trees: by the Winner of the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed By Author on Title Page. 1st Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket Book. Inscribed By Author on Title Page Book has light stain on inside front and back cover where dust jacket was glued in. dust jacket has corresponding staining on flaps. Inacribed "Chuck, warm wishes" and… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Harper & Row, 1988. [1988]. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Light brown boards quarterbound in beige cloth. The spine is stamped in brown. Octavo. 232pps. There is mild bumping to the tips and touches of dustspotting to the fore-edge (only). Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Harper & Row, 1988. [1988]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Light brown boards quarterbound in beige cloth. The spine is stamped in brown. Octavo. 232pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bean Trees.
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THE BEAN TREES
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NY: Harper, 1988. Bound in tan cloth over brown boards, stamped in brown in colorful dust jacket. Previous owner's neat signature to top of front endpaper. Overall, a beautiful, crisp, clean first edition of this, the author's first book. Signed by the author (signature only) on the title page. 232 pp.. Signed by Author. First… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bean Trees
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Scranton, Pennsylvania: HarperCollins. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060158638 . Signed by author. Some wear to outer tips of front d/j, some bruising to spine ends, price-clipped. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for… Read more about this item Item Price
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Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harpercollins, 1988. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's highly praised debut novel that follows the adventures of Taylor Greene, a young woman who having grown up poor in rural Kentucky, buys an old car and heads west. A touch of wear to bottom corners, a hint of soiling to bottom text block, tiny nick… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bean Trees
by KINGSOLVER, Barbara
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New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Item Price
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THE BEAN TREES
by Kingsolver, Barbara
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New York: Harper & Row. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 232 pages; This copy is inscribed by Kingsolver on the front free endpaper. Inscribed to "June", who wasJune Caldwell Martin, the 3rd wife of novelist Erskine Caldwell. ; Signed by Author . Item Price
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** The Bean Trees -New York: Harper Perennial, 1989. 46 printing first perennial Library addition 1989. Paperback. Fair/none. Cover design by Suzanne Noll. Cover illustration by Lisa Desimini. Author photograph 1993 by Seth Kantner. Book is in good condition covers show wear around edges and a small black smudge on rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked except… Read more about this item Item Price
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