John Young Signed (6 results)

Condition: FINE. Trade paperback, Book of the Month club edition. A significant anthology with contributions from both established and emerging writers, including Tina McElroy Ansa, Octavia Butler, James Alan McPherson, John Mc Cluskey, Ernest Gaines, Rita Dove, Darryl Pinckney, Connie Porter, Barbara Neely, Wesley Brown, Becky Birtha, Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker, Connie Porter, Gayl Jones, Al Young and many others. SIGNED by Al Young at his contribution. Preface by John Edgar Wideman. Notes on contributors. 690 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Condition: FINE. 3rd printing, a trade paperback originaL. A significant anthology which collects the works of seventy-six contemporary California poets, including Philip Levine, Peter Everwine, Mark Jarman, Adrienne Rich, Dennis Schmitz, Carolyn Kizer, Gary Soto, Al Young, Kim Addonizio, Charles Wright, Carol Muske, Larry Levis, Robert Hass, Gary Snyder, William Everson, Gary Soto, Luis Omar Salinas, Diane Wakoski, Garrett Hongo, Jane Hirsheld, and Brenda Hillman, Sherley Ann Williams, and many more. SIGNED by poet David St. John at his contribution. Each poet has written an introductory statement for their selections, and each is accompanied by a photograph of the poets. 444 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers.

Condition: VERY GOOD. 3rd printing, a trade paperback originaL. A significant anthology which collects the works of seventy-six contemporary California poets, including Philip Levine, Peter Everwine, Mark Jarman, Adrienne Rich, Dennis Schmitz, Carolyn Kizer, Gary Soto, Al Young, Kim Addonizio, Charles Wright, Carol Muske, David St. John, Larry Levis, Robert Hass, Gary Snyder, William Everson, Gary Soto, Luis Omar Salinas, Diane Wakoski, Garrett Hongo, Jane Hirsheld, and Brenda Hillman, Sherley Ann Williams, and many more. Each poet has written an introductory statement for their selections, and each is accompanied by a photograph of the poets. SIGNED by FOUR poets at their selections: Gary Soto, Brenda Hillman, David St John and Carol Muske (Dukes). 444 pp. Very good in illustrated wrappers.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing, a thick trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Published to celebrate Stanford's Centennial. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Includes selections from 100 contributors from Edward Abbey through Peter Beagle, Wendell Berry, Robert Haas, Ken Kesey, Larry McMurtry, Tillie Olsen and more. SIGNED by 3 authors at their contributions: Marilyn Chin, Thomas McGuane and Al Young, and uncommon thus.xxii, 512 pp. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (corners curling a bit, crease to lower corner of back cover).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten Letter Signed by Minister John Young to Levi Leone. Dated 1869. A letter accepting an invitation to meet Mr. Levi's "distinguished guest". John Young c.1805-1881 was Minister Haverstock Hill, London. Levi Leone, 1821-1888. English jurist and statistician. His chief work, History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870, is considered to be a partisan account of British economic development. Size is 180mm x 110mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17153. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Hand Written Letter and Envelope Signed by The Rt Hon John Young 1826-1915, of Galgorm Castle, High Sheriff of County Antrim, Ireland. Dated 1891. A business letter to Alfred Clark dealing with land. The Rt Hon John Young 1826-1915, of Galgorm Castle, High Sheriff of County Antrim, 1863, Privy Counsellor, Doctor of Law, who married firstly, in 1855, Grace, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Savage, and had issue. GALGORM CASTLE, near Ballymena, County Antrim, is a three-storey 17th century house in a fortified enclosure - or bawn - built ca 1645 by the Rev Alexander Colville. Size is 177mm x 113mm. Condition is good. Light folding crease. Envelope a little soiled. More images can be taken upon request. ReF17795. Signed by Author(s).