Published by New York: Riverhead Books, 2023, 2023
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
dust-jacket with moisture stain along bottom of spine and rear bottom edge, not that horrible, cover price $28.00, same stain at bottom of spine and rear cover lower edge, book itself very good, crease on spine from me opening it to make photos, cheaply produced hardcover with blue spine and yellow boards. SIGNED with INITIAL ONLY it appears with simply a black marker J on the title page with a small dot of marker black on the edge by mistake - "J" is same as other copies online. MCBRIDE, JAMES. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - STAINED, INITIALED. New York: Riverhead Books, 2023, stated "1st printing", 385pp., . In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe's theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe. As these characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community--heaven and earth--that sustain us. Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. ISBN 9780593422946.
Published by Riverhead Books, New York NY, 2002
ISBN 10: 1573222127 ISBN 13: 9781573222129
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A miracle in its own rightMcBrides prose is stunning. His ability to bring to life an actual historical event -the massacre at St. Anna and the famed Buffalo Soldiers of the 92nd Division- is a gift.-Rocky Mountain News. This copy is a first printing in near fine condition with a bright cover dustjacket in clear, mylar covering.Slight bumping to the top and bottom book boards is the only issue.The book has been signed by McBride on the title page. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipment. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Riverhead Books, New York NY, 2017
ISBN 10: 0525533257 ISBN 13: 9780525533252
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. McBride delivers pure gold. Five-Carat Soul shakes with laughter, grips with passion and oozes wisdom in this story collection.-Shelf Awareness (starred review). This copy is a first printing in near fine condition with a bright cover dustjacket in clear, mylar covering.Slight bumping to the top and bottom book boards is the only issue.The book has been signed by McBride on the title page. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipment. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Riverhead Books, New York NY, 2008
ISBN 10: 1594489726 ISBN 13: 9781594489723
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Let McBride's beautiful language carry you back to his version of Dorchester County, Maryland, in 1850. Noble and profound.-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This copy is a first printing, fine copy signed by McBride on the title page with a bright,price-intact dustjacket in clear mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Riverhead Books, New York NY, 2013
ISBN 10: 1594486344 ISBN 13: 9781594486340
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Good Lord Bird is about Henry Shackleford, a slave, who unites with John Brown in Brown's abolitionist mission. The novel won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2013 and has the sticker on front announcing this. This copy is a fifth printing hardback in excellent condition, simply signed by McBride on the title page with the price-intact dustjacket in clear, mylar covering. The only issue is a scuffing to the front cover that obliterated part of the "D" in the word BIRD. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).