Resultados de búsqueda: Women from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY Writers and Readers Publishing: Harlem River Press, 1995. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows shows very slight spine lean; very faint soiling at top edge; minimal indications of shelving along bottom edge of boards. Binding secure; text clean. Dustwrapper shows mild rubbing; price unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 165pp. Hardback with DJ. This was a book that all of black america (especially black men) should read. Anybody on this side of the color bar knows, HAIR IS A BIG DEAL. It really widened my eyes (and I do mean widened, 'cause mine are already open) to the plight and inner struggles a sister goes through just with her hair. To conform or not to conform, that is the question? To weave or not to weave? To let a hot comb sizzle your ears or let curling irons burn your neck? To perm or let… Leer más

London, UK The Athlone Press, 1989. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine/Near Fine. Book shows pages beginning to tan with age; slight spine lean. Binding secure; text clean. Dustwrapper shows mild rubbing to sheen; unclipped; mylar-protected. Just about 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 199pp. Translated by Colin Gordon. This is the UK edition, published prior to the US edition, in 1989. Hardback with DJ. This text presents a discussion of the relationship between sexualtiy and epistemology. It analyses the ways in which philosphers conceive of women and how their masculine concepts of women enter philosophy. Alongside this critique of philosophy as its is practised, the author articulates a philsophy of feminism which sees feminism as truly philosophical and liberating to the conventional and traditional practice of "male" philosophy.

New York, NY Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Ed, so stated. Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. Dustwrapper shows price intact. 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. Not a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 257pp. Hardback with DJ. A moving novel of a close-knit family disrupted by a sudden, tragic death. The remarkably true voice of eight-year-old Via Mahoney Revere is Minot's triumph here, as the stunned child tries to absorb the fact that her beloved mother has died in a car accident. The reader's emotional response rises as the chapters progress toward the moment when Via's life will suffer the irrevocable blow. In its poignant denouement, this narrative of domestic happiness and heartrending grief culminates in a radiant vision of eternal love INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Freedom, CA Crossing Press, 1989. Hardcover First Edition USA; unstated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows faint evidence of shelving at bottom edge of boards. Binding square and secure; text clean. DJ very lightly sunned at spine; some very faint rubbing and soiling; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 232pp. First Edition USA; unstated. Shifts in relationships, particularly between women, are subtly revealed in this collection of 16 stories and one novella. In several of the stories, a woman's viewpoint is caught with irony, even a painful hilarity. Miner writes in clear, accessible prose, and they have moments of resonating perception. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY Doubleday: Anchor Books, 1993. Paperback First Edition Thus [1993]; First Printing indicated. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; just a hint of wear to the extremities; the mildest overall rubbing to the wrapper covers; the pages are fairly heavily tanned, due to aging; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. (8 x 5.15 x 0.85 inches). 379 pages. Weight: 12.8 ounces. Trade Paperback.

Boston Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Hardcover First Edition (1999), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, in accordance with Houghton Mifflin's customary practice at the time of publication. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition (1999), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, in accordance with Houghton Mifflin's customary practice at the time of publication. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket: The Book shows a faint thumb smudge at the fore-edge; a couple of small water stains at the top of the rear hinge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of minor, unobtrusive imperfections only.… Leer más