Allen Wier (81 results)

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. In scenes fraught with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and humor, the author's characters, Afrecan American freedmen and slaves, native American warriors, Confederate and union veterans, immigrants, enact their destinies. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library. …

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on title page. Writing inside.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine-. 1st printing. Inscribed by the author. 234pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Trade Paperback. Condition: USED Good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. New York: Harper & Row (1989). First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A clean, tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Smoke-free shop. Defect-free. As New. SALE.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. With vivid and authentic detail and a storm of narrative power, Allen Wier's Tehano brings together historical and imagined events, giving readers a sense of the final years of the nineteenth century - a time both brutal and majestic - that spawned our present time. The disparate narrative skeins are collected through the efforts of Gideon Jones, a westering picaro who sets down his adventures and those of the people whose path he crosses. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Dampness has seeped into more than just the cover. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library. …

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Navy Blue Cloth and Burnt-Orange Board Covers with Copper Foil Lettering to Spine; Burnt-Orange Endpapers; right book edge is deckle-cut; Book Interior is clean and tight except for a small spot at extreme bottom edge of title page, its verso and half-title page; 8vo; 279 pages; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is clean and bright with no noted defects.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Dust jacket attached to cover, with a few specks; Near Fine condition. Slight spine lean. Erase marks on front end page. Near Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Ex Libris with all the usual attributes. Dust jacket attached to cover, with minute rubbing; Very Good condition. Erase marks on front end page. Near Fine condition.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. AP6 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has label on the lower spine, wrinkling, chipping, and crease on some edges and corners, discoloration on the spine, inside flaps taped on the top and bottom to the book cover, some stains, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has rubbing and wear on the cover edges, library stamping on the title page and page edges with stains, label and cardholder adhered on the back loose endpaper, wrinkling on the corners opposite the spine on some inside pages, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book was signed by the author on the title page. In the title for this, his first novel, Allen Wier names both the place-a small town in the Texas hill country, circa 1959-and the condition of the quietly desperate daily lives of his vividly realized characters. Ephemerality, mortality, and love are the themes of Blanco. Although Wier deals with a raw and unremitting world of loneliness and violence, it is a world that he has transformed by the power of his shaping imagination and made immediate and exciting. 8.5"x5.75", 234 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Allen Wier is an American writer and a professor at the University of Tennessee. Wier was born in 1946 in San Antonio, Texas and spent parts of his childhood in Louisiana and Mexico. He taught at Longwood College, Carnegie-Mellon University, Hollins College, the University of Texas, Florida International University, and the University of Alabama where he directed the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing. He held the Hodge's Chair for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Tennessee and, 2016-2019, the Watkins Endowed Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Murray State University. In 2003, Wier was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers, along with Barry Hannah and Yusef Komunyakaa. He is widely published in anthologies and periodicals, including The New York Times, Ploughshares, and The Southern Review. Wier was previously married to the poet Dara Wier. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Ex-Library.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. AP5 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has label on the lower spine and upper front, tape stain on the lower front and lower back, discolroation on the spine, crease on some sides, wrinkling on some edges and corners, inside flaps taped on the top and bottom to the book cover, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has some rubbing and wear on the cover edges, stains on the page edges, tape stains on the top and bottom of the loose endpapers, library stamping on the top page edges, library code written and cardholder adhered on the front loose endpaper, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book was signed by the author on the title page. In the title for this, his first novel, Allen Wier names both the place-a small town in the Texas hill country, circa 1959-and the condition of the quietly desperate daily lives of his vividly realized characters. Ephemerality, mortality, and love are the themes of Blanco. Although Wier deals with a raw and unremitting world of loneliness and violence, it is a world that he has transformed by the power of his shaping imagination and made immediate and exciting. 8.5"x5.75", 234 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Allen Wier is an American writer and a professor at the University of Tennessee. Wier was born in 1946 in San Antonio, Texas and spent parts of his childhood in Louisiana and Mexico. He taught at Longwood College, Carnegie-Mellon University, Hollins College, the University of Texas, Florida International University, and the University of Alabama where he directed the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing. He held the Hodge's Chair for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Tennessee and, 2016-2019, the Watkins Endowed Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Murray State University. In 2003, Wier was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers, along with Barry Hannah and Yusef Komunyakaa. He is widely published in anthologies and periodicals, including The New York Times, Ploughshares, and The Southern Review. Wier was previously married to the poet Dara Wier. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Ex-Library.…

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Near Fine. Stated First Edition, First Printing. A stock image [photo] is an accurate representation of the listed book's dust jacket design. Complete number line [1 - 10] at copyright page. NON price-clipped dust jacket [$ 18.95], clean, crisp, colors bright, minor display indications. Pages [279] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Burnt orange boards, navy cloth spine, copper gilt lettering. No reminder marks. By author of Departing as Air et al. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. Mince, Wendell [jacket] (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Slightly Chipped.