A nice copy of the first edition, first printing of the author's second book and winner of both the Newbery Medal Award and the Coretta Scott King Award, signed by Curtis to the title page and housed in the first issue dust jacket (without the Newbery Award notice and priced at $15.95). Text is solid, clean, and tight. Unread. Lettering to spine is bright and unflaked. No marks or highlights in text. In a Fine bright first issue dust jacket (in mylar). No tears. No previous owner's names. No remainder mark or spray. Not Price Clipped ($15.95). Not ex-lib. Not a Book Club Edition. Photos sent upon request. Accurate Descriptions/Quality Books/Unmatched Prices. Seller Inventory # 6551
Synopsis:
The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.
It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him:
1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.
2. He’s the author of Bud Caldwell’s Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself.
3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!!
Bud’s got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him—not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself.
AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS
AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK
AN IRA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER
NAMED TO 14 STATE AWARD LISTS
“The book is a gem, of value to all ages, not just the young people to whom it is aimed.” —The Christian Science Monitor
“Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred
“Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. . . . This highly recommended title [is] at the top of the list of books to be read again and again.” —Voice of Youth Advocates, Starred
Review: "It's funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they're just like seeds. Both of them start real, real small and then... woop, zoop, sloop... before you can say Jack Robinson, they've gone and grown a lot bigger than you ever thought they could." So figures scrappy 10-year-old philosopher Bud--"not Buddy"--Caldwell, an orphan on the run from abusive foster homes and Hoovervilles in 1930s Michigan. And the idea that's planted itself in his head is that Herman E. Calloway, standup-bass player for the Dusky Devastators of the Depression, is his father.
Guided only by a flier for one of Calloway's shows--a small, blue poster that had mysteriously upset his mother shortly before she died--Bud sets off to track down his supposed dad, a man he's never laid eyes on. And, being 10, Bud-not-Buddy gets into all sorts of trouble along the way, barely escaping a monster-infested woodshed, stealing a vampire's car, and even getting tricked into "busting slob with a real live girl." Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963, once again exhibits his skill for capturing the language and feel of an era and creates an authentic, touching, often hilarious voice in little Bud. (Ages 8 to 12) --Paul Hughes
Title: Bud, Not Buddy (Signed)
Publisher: Delacorte Press, New York
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition (Signed)
Book Description hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1999. Blue paper covered boards with copper spine titles; top front edge of jacket worn with a couple small chips and tears; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; inscribed and signed by the author on half title page; interior clean and unmarked; 245 pages. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # SKU1162924
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later printing, inscribed by author. Price blacked out on back of jacket, small tear top edge. Seller Inventory # 415
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Later Edition. Inscribed By Author. Bookplate glued to Inside Front Cover. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # MPL00028-1023
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. SIGNED by author (signed and inscribed to previous owner by author on half-title page, dated 2/9/00). Dust jacket shows very minor shelf wear, otherwise an unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!. Signed. Seller Inventory # 76873
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Delacorte Press, New York. 1999. Hardcover. 14th Printing by Line Number. Signed by author on a bookplate on the FFFP and inscribed on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bump to tail and to upper tips. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($16.95); light bumping to head and tail. Blue boards with blue overlay on the spine with bright copper lettering on the spine. 245 pp 8vo. This is an adolescent novel set in 1936 in Flint Michigan with a motherless 10 year-old African-American boy on the run. He has a suitcase and a flyer giving him a clue about his father. In his search for him, there are plenty of characters, jazz, and the Great Depression to deal with as he seeks out this mystery man. A clean very presentable copy. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 008916
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscribed and dated by author "To Charles" on Title page in black pen. October 1999 stated with 15 14 to number line. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 Book; binding tight, mild chipping to top edges with minor chipping to bottom front edge else boards straight and clean; faint soil spot to fore edge else text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($16.95) has mild bumping to mostly spine ends with mild chipping to bottom spine, two award winning labels to front cover. Color bright and sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 032620SP1.
Book Description First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 245 pages. Very well received book from this African American writer. Winner of both the Newberry medal and the Coretta Scott King Award as well as the William Allen White Children's Book Award. A clean near fine copy in a near fine second state dust jacket. Signed by Curtis on the title page. Seller Inventory # 193671
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing, hardcover. 245 pages. Second state dust jacket with $16.95 price on front flap. Near fine with head/tail of spine lightly bumped, in a fine dust jacket with removable stickers for the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award. affixed to front panel. Mylar cover on jacket. SIGNED (signature only) by the author on the full title page. Winner of the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 134855
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition- 1ST PRT. 1ST PRT. AS NEW/AS NEW- NO MEDAL ON DJ. SIGNED ON PUBLISHER'S BOOKPLATE "LAID-IN". 2000 NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER. No medal on dustjacket. Poignant tale of 10 yr old motherless Bud living in Michigan during the Great Depression & searching for his father. Book also won the 2000 CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR MEDAL (for writing). Correct 15.95 price on DJ. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 018181
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father-the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids. Signed and dated (04/04/00) by author on the half-title page. A Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winner. This book and its Mylar-protected dust-jacket are immaculate inside and out. A beautiful signed copy! 243 pgs. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001492