Freeman John Editor Signed (7 results)

Condition: FINE. First printing. A paperback magazine of new writing. SIGNED by editor John Freeman next to his name (the first issue of Granta which he edited, and he is shown as "acting editor.") Contributors include Peter Carey, Don DeLillo, Nelson Algren, George Saunders, Richard Powers, Sandra Cisneros, Wole Soyinka on Barack Obama, photographs by Camilo Jose Vergara and more. Notes on the contributors. 288 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Condition: FINE. First printing. An issue which tells the story of "how and why we work in the twenty-first century. Joshua Ferris returns to the mind-numbing world of office work in America in a new piece of fiction, while Steven Hall visits the world's pre-eminent robot lab to see what machines will do for us next. Caroline Moorehead explores the trafficking of workers into the United Kingdom and Daniel Alarcon infiltrates the world of book pirating in Peru. Salman Rushdie contributes a surprising essay on sloth." SIGNED by TWO contrbutors - by editor John Freeman next to his name and by Daniel Alarcon at his contribution "Life Among the Pirates" (on book piracy in Latin America.) Also includes contributions for Yiyun Li, Jim Crace, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Derek Walcott, Brad Watson and more. Notes on contributors. 320 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Condition: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. In the first issue of Freeman's, a new biannual of unpublished writing, which brings together the best new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. "Strange encounters abound. David Mitchell meets a ghost in Hiroshima Prefecture; Lydia Davis on learning Norwegian; and in a Dave Eggers story, an elderly gentleman cannot remember why he brought a fork to a wedding. Other contributors include Louise Erdrich, Haruki Murakami, Aleksandar Hemon, Colum McCann, Kamila Shamsie, Helen Simpson, Barry Lopez, Sjon and the first published story by Fatin Abbas. SIGNED by TWO contributors - Freeman on the title page and Eggers at his story "The Fork." Notes on contributors. vi, 289 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.

Condition: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. The best new writing on California. An anthology of essays which capture some of the complexities of California as a proud melting pot, among other things. Among the contributors are Lauren Markham, Robin Coste Lewis, Jennifer Egan, Oscar Villalon, Rachel Kushner, Xuan Juliana Wang, Elaine Castillo, Frank Bidart, D.A. Powell, Yi-Yun Lee, Juan Felipe Herrera, Tommy Orange, William Vollman and many others. SIGNED by THREE authors: Mai Der Vang at her poem "Prayer to the Redwood", Rachel Kushner at "Gone in Sixty Seconds" and by Hector Tobar at his story "Portrait of the Artist as a Latchkey Child." Notes on contributors. 287 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.

Condition: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. The best new writing on California. An anthology of essays which capture some of the complexities of California as a proud melting pot, among other things. Among the contributors are Lauren Markham, Robin Coste Lewis, Jennifer Egan, Oscar Villalon, Xuan Juliana Wang, Elaine Castillo, Frank Bidart, D.A. Powell, Yi-Yun Lee, Juan Felipe Herrera, Tommy Orange, William Vollman and many others. SIGNED by FOUR authors: Rachel Kushner at "Gone in Sixty Sentences." Jaime Cortez at "Fire Notes" (and with his stamp), Mai Der Vang at her poem "Prayer to the Redwood" and by Hector Tobar at his story "Portrait of the Artist as a Latchkey Child." Notes on contributors. 287 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.

Condition: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. The best new writing on California. An anthology of essays which capture some of the complexities of California as a proud melting pot, among other things: among the contributors are Lauren Markham, Robin Coste Lewis, Hctor Tobar, Jennifer Egan, Oscar Villalon, Rachel Kushner, Xuan Juliana Wang, Elaine Castillo, Frank Bidart, D.A. Powell, Tommy Orange and William Vollman. SIGNED by FIVE contributors: Rachel Kushner at "Gone in Sixty Sentences," Jaime Cortez at "Fire Notes" (and with his stamp), Mai Der Vang at her poem "Prayer to the Redwood" and by Hector Tobar at his story "Portrait of the Artist as a Latchkey Child" and by the editor John Freeman on the title page. Notes on contributors. 287 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 2006, FIRST PRINTING (9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) 1st Edition, NF+/NF+, AS-IS, ~CLEAN AND BRIGHT COPY OF THIS BOOK~LIGHT UNOBTRUSIVE SCRATCH ON THE DUST JACKET BACKSIDE, DJ Protected Clear Mylar, Interior Nice Tight clean, Whote Cloth Titled in Black on Spine Cvr, 326 pgs, INDEX ,ENJOY SOME GREAT HOLLYWOOD LORE.ALL BEST, CHRIS FREEMAN NOV 26 06 WESTWOOD" Actor John Carlyle got his big break in 1954. New to Hollywood, the twenty-three-year-old Carlyle was cast as the assistant director of the movie-within-a movie in George Cukor's A Star is Born. Although Carlyle's scene was later cut from the film and his star status subsequently never materialized the job brought him in touch with Judy Garland, who up until her death fifteen years later was Carlyle's friend and sometime lover. SIGNED & Inscribed ON THE FULL TITLE PAGE BY TAYLOR NEGRON (WHO WROTE THE AFTERWORD)~"FOR MELISSA YOUR KIND WORDS ARE HEARD! TAYLOR NEGRON"~ALSO SIGNED & Inscribed ON THE FULL TITLE PAGE BY CHRIS FREEMAN (EDITOR WHO ALSO WROTE THE INTRODUCTION)~"FOR MELISSA--ENJOY SOME GREAT HOLLYWOOD LORE.ALL BEST, CHRIS FREEMAN NOV 26 06 WESTWOOD, Inner DJ Flap has Original Price Intact $26.95, DJ DEIGN BY Kathy Kikkert, B/W Frontispiece Foto of Author, Signed by Illustrator(s).