Sandra Cisneros Signed (7 results)

Condition: FINE. 2nd printing. A collection of poems, mostly in English, but some in Spanish, by this Argentian-born writer. SIGNED on the title page by Sandra Cisneros who wrote the introduction - in the form of a poem titled "A Woman Like You." 84 pp. Fine in stiff pale blue illustrated wrappers.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. An anthology of short stories and brief prose pieces by Cathryn Alpert, Lucia Berlin, Sandra Cisneros, Ann Cummins, Linda Hogan, Pam Houston, Teresa Jordan, Barbara Kingsolver, Rita Maria Magdaleno, Melissa Pritchard, Sharman Apt Russell, Luci Tapahonso, Mary Sojourner, Terry Tempest Williams and nineteen others. SIGNED by Cisneros at her contribution. Edited and with an introduction by Kathryn Wilder. 220 pp. Slightly oversized format. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Condition: VERY GOOD. Trade paperback. A collection of essays and poems by 21 writers - including Sandra Cisneros, Rosario Ferre, Francisco Goldman, Cherie Moraga, Luis Rodriguez, Richard Rodriguez, Elena Poniatowska, Nancy Mairs, Denise Chavez, Rosario Castellano, Pat Mora, Margaret Randall and others - exploring the concept and the role of the mother goddess, the Virgin of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico, protector of the downtrodden, who miraculously appeared in the 16th century to a poor Mexican and who represents a combination of indigenous Aztec and Catholic traditions. SIGNED by TWO authors: Pat Mora at her contribution "Las Reglas de Coatlicue." and Cherie Moraga at "El Mito Azteca." Translated from the English by Mariela Dreyfus. EN ESPANOL. 289 pp. Very good condition (underlining on one page, brackets on another.).

Condition: NEAR FINE. Second edition, a trade paperback original. Includes 32 short stories ranging from early pieces by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Poe, through Faulkner, Hemingway, Shirley Jackson, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Walker and Margaret Atwood. While most selections are by American authors, there are some from other countries, including Anton Chekhov, Chinua Achebe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and more. SIGNED by Sandra Cisneros at her contribution "Barbie-Q" and uncommon thus. Includes alphabetical list of authors and a new foreword for this edition. Index. xii, 308 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. unpaginated with illustrations by Terry Ybanez. Oblong octavo (8 3/4" x 11") bound in original publisher's pictorial boards in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author on title page. First edition. In this bilingual picture book, a girl describes how each person in her family has a different hair type. She describes how their hair feels, looks and smells. The various hair types in this family, ranging from stiff to silky to sweet smelling, show the diversity among us. Condition: Signed on the title page else fine in like jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition; 8vo Illustrated stapled wraps, minor darkening to spine, signed by Carl Hertzog, Director of the Press. Ow VG: 69pp, illustrations, references. Social Science Series Number Two. Development of the cattle industry in Texas, branding and regulations, techniques and equipment, livestock trade of Texas, etc. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition; 8vo tall olive cloth bds, gilt spine titles, Special ltdedn of 50 copies; SIGNED on special edn page by author, MYRES, AND SIGNED BY Carl Hertzog, Director of the Press, AND SIGNED BY Jose Cisneros [illus] ow VG/ndj: [6]+ 69 pp, illustrations, references. Greeting card from Hertzog tipped in; Development of the cattle industry in Texas, branding and regulations, techniques and equipment, livestock trade of Texas, etc./ASSOCIATION: From the personal library of Rodney Thomas Russell November 17, 1938-November 24, 2018. He married Sheryl Peterson in San Antonio on Feb. 28, 1963 in Seguin. The couple traveled to the Stagecoach Inn in Salado for their one-night honeymoon. Rod was employed by Ford Motor Company, BSA Motorcycle Company and Mobile Scout Manufacturing. The Russells came to Salado in 1991 and bought the Baines House on Royal and Center Circle and opened it as a bed and breakfast inn in 1996. His mother's line (Jesse Thompson) are descendants of Austin's Old Three Hundred. Rod was number 993. Signed by Author(s).