Bessie Smith: Signed (22 results)
Published by Signet Books N.D., New York
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed by the author on the title page. 9th printing, pictorial paperback, Very Good.
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Published by Outlines, UK 1997
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Scrivener's Books and Bookbinding, Derbyshire, , United KingdomScrivener's Books and Bookbinding
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Soft illustrated covers, 160pp, signed by author to title page, b&w photographs, a few marks to the fore edge, otherwise a clean tight copy. Signed by Author(s).
Published by 1st ed Editions du Limon Paris 1994
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: JIRI Books, Lisburn, , United KingdomJIRI Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Demy8vo, 286, [2] p. Illustrated. Original pictorial light card covers. Tiny fawn mark at the bottom edge of the first and last leaf otherwise a fine copy inscribed on the half-title by the Author. First edition. Inscribed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Signet
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaSellers & Newel Second-Hand Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Paperback Edition. Inscribed by the author to his publisher on the title page and inscribed '1987' date. Clean, square and tight. Pages are unmarked. Wraps are in immaculate condition. A special bonus in this Signet Edition is the author's one-scene play 'Fam and Yam.' A lovely copy of three plays by… the acclaimed American playwright. Inscribed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Signet, New York
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaSellers & Newel Second-Hand Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Paperback Edition. Inscribed by the author to his publisher on the title page and inscribed '1987' date. Clean, square and tight. Pages are unmarked. Wraps are in immaculate condition. A special bonus in this Signet Edition is the author's one-scene play 'Fam and Yam.' A lovely copy of three plays by… the acclaimed American playwright. Inscribed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Bath, Somerset: Absolute Press 1997
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: William Cowan, Oban, , United KingdomWilliam Cowan
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. KAY, Jackie. Bessie Smith. Bath, Somerset: Absolute Press 1997. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy, as issued. Note: Republished by Faber and Faber in 2021 to great praise ' . . . Kay's biography [is] a joyous and formally daring undertaking . . . Bessie Smith remains an… act of intimate witnessing, a biography about a black, bisexual, working-class American artist by a celebrated Scottish poet who recognised her own blackness and queerness in Smith's songs, her wild mythos and "beautiful black face" . . . Time hasn't dimmed the books restlessly creative scholarship . . . exhilarating.' The Guardian. Signed by Author(s).
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- Signed
Seller: Back Lane Books, North Vancouver, BC, CanadaBack Lane Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday, Davis, Angela Y. Published by Vintage, 1998. Card covers. Signed by Angela Davis on versus of front cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 427pp., illustrations. Contents in fine, unread condition; covers have the lig…htest of shelf wear. From the publisher: "From one of this country's most important intellectuals comes a brilliant analysis of the blues tradition that examines the careers of three crucial black women blues singers through a feminist lens.Angela Davis provides the historical, social, and political contexts with which to reinterpret the performances and lyrics of Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday as powerful articulations of an alternative consciousness profoundly at odds with mainstream American culture. Through meticulous transcriptions of all the extant lyrics of Rainey and Smith—published here in their entirety for the first time—Davis demonstrates how the roots of the blues extend beyond a musical tradition to serve as a consciousness-raising vehicle for American social memory. A stunning, indispensable contribution to American history, as boldly insightful as the women Davis praises, Blues Legacies and Black Feminism is a triumph.". Signed by Author(s).
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Published by Rose Island Publishing Company, Amherst, MA 2000
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Condition: Very Good. Amherst, MA: Rose Island Publishing Company, 2000. First Edition Stated. Octavo (26cm); publisher's glossy photo-illustrated paper-covered boards, no jacket as issued; 304pp.; color and halftone photographic illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, spine very slightly cocked, else Very Good and sound. Signed by… the author on title page with signed typed note from Grimes laid in addressed to the American singer Bernice Johnson Reagon, thanking her for "We'll Never Turn Back," which Grimes cited in this work "to help explain Bessie Smith's musical heritage through her father, a Baptist Minister, and to help illuminate the courage of Roland Hayes in his pioneering performance work in the concert hall." An excellent association copy.
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Chicago Signed Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Chicago Signed Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. As new condition. Signed by Author(s).
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.johnson rare books & archives, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by Angela Davis on the half-title. A brilliant analysis of the blues tradition that examines the careers of three crucial black women blues singers through a feminist lens. The civil rights icon provides the historical, social, and political contexts…with which to reinterpret the performances and lyrics of Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday as powerful articulations of an alternative consciousness profoundly at odds with mainstream American culture. Octavo. Light bump to the spine heel; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
More imagesPublished by Pantheon Books, New York 1998
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books
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Paperback. Condition: near fine. 6th paperback printing. xx, 427 pages: illustrations; 25 cm. Signed by Davis on half-title. A legitimately de-accessioned copy but lacking any such marking. Ex-library with a donation bookplate, circulation slip (no circulation marks) and stamp; else about near fine thus, with very slight edge-we…ar to wraps.
More imagesPublished by Pantheon, New York 1998
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Dirt Farm Books, Swarthmore, PA, U.S.A.Dirt Farm Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. 427pp. Navy spine over blue boards, silver titles on spine. Binding square and tight, pages clean, but there is a crushed spot at the bottom of the front gutter. Book grades out at VG- as a result, otherwise a clean, neat copy. Dust jacket has edge…wear and the same crushed spot, but does remain unclipped. Signed and inscribed briefly by Davis on half-title in blue ink. Davis's insightful 1998 study of four female greats of the blues and their ties to feminist thought and issues. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.
More imagesPublished by Coward-McCann, Inc, New York 1960
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); light blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in dark blue on spine; dustjacket; 158pp. Author's signed bookplate laid in. Light tanning and rubbing to board edges; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, price-clipped, tanned, with shelf-soil, 0.5" tear to front spine fold, and tiny te…ars and creases to extremities; Very Good. Albee's first commercially-published book. AHEARN APG 001c. [84316]. Signed.
More imagesPublished by Pantheon Books, New York 1998
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.Bad Animal
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Pantheon Books, 1998. Octavo. Hardcover with a dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Angela Davis on the half-title page. Black boards with silver lettering along the spine. Spine is cocked. Modest foxing along the top edge of the text block.… "Marcus Book Stores" sticker to the first free end paper. Unclipped jacket has mild edge wear. Book is good, unclipped jacket is very good. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by New York: Coward-McCann 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. 158 pp. With paper slip taped to front flyleaf, with an (unsigned) inscription in red ink, reading: "With the apologies of the author." Light blue cloth, title stamped on spine. Slightly worn (price clipped; both corners) d/j with… Eberstadt photo of Albee. Excepting very minor wear, near fine. The playwright's first book. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Coward-McCann, NY 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG++ (second state). First Edition. The First Edition of the author's first book (a book of three plays). In the second state dustwrapper which has been clipped (by the publisher) and the price $3.50 added to the bottom of the front flap (by the publisher). Signed by autho…r on a bookplate affixed to the second free endpaper. Signed By Author.
More imagesPublished by Coward-McCann, New York 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. About fine in spine-toned, very good or better second state dust jacket, price-clipped and new publisher's price stamped at the bottom of the front flap. Signed by Edward Albee. Some have referred to the price-clipped jacket as second state, however we…have handled a number of review copies, all of which were price-clipped and with the new price added, evidence is that the change would have been made even before publication. Author's first hardcover book, preceded only by a wrappered acting edition.
Published by Coward - McCann, Inc., E-325 1962
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.Last Exit Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Coward McCann, New York 1962. 158 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Edward Albee on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present…to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Three neat little short reads by the writer who digs into our conscience. How that nice southern writer understood the complexity of Jerry and the Dog, I will never know. But he sees uniquely into all of us with his characters and sometimes startling storylines. The man understands language. At a time when Hollywood is about to make the story of Liz and Dick cheap, read something by a man who not only knew them but made Who's Afraid of Virginia Woilf for them. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 158 pages; Signed by Author.
More imagesPublished by Dramatists Play Service, (New York) 1989
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. Acting edition. Fine in printed wrappers. Signed by the Albee. Marian Seldes's copy with a note in her hand: "signed on March 12, 2008." Laid in is an accordion style program for Albee's 80th birthday celebration at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Seldes was a frequent Albee collaborator who appeared in *Tin…y Alice*, *Three Tall Women*, *The Play About the Baby*, and won a Tony Award for her work in *A Delicate Balance*. A nice association.
Published by Dramatists Play Service, New York 1962
- Signed
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Condition: Very Good. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1962. Acting Edition; no additional printings indicated. Octavo staple-bound booklet (20cm); 94pp. Publisher's orange wrappers with black text. Wraps bumped and scuffed; small circle of sticker residue on front panel. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages… clean. Very Good. Signed by the playwright on full title page.
Published by Coward McCann 1960
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. THE ZOO STORY, THE DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH, THE SAND BOX, Coward McCann, 1960, first edition, a few minor stains to the f.e.p., else near fine in near vg dust-wrapper with some inner tape reinforcement, 3 short closed tears and some dust-soil. The authors first book. Signed by the author on a bookplate laid in.
Published by Coward-McCann, New York 1960
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: MODLITBOOKS, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.MODLITBOOKS
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Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing, signed and inscribed by Albee on the half title page. Small previous owner's name and date to front free endpage, no other markings apart from Albee's inscription and signature. Dust jacket has top corner clipped as usual with rear corner priced at $3.50.…an excellent clean example of the mostly white jacket, modest shelfwear and a single short closed tear, apporx 1/2 of an inch, to the rear panel. A nice signed first edition of Albee's first published book preceded only by the softcover acting edition. Signed and Inscribed.
