Dear Stranger, First Edition (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Used - Very Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Printing. White boards are scuffed, rubbed on edges. Pages are clean, a few check marks in text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original price of $24.00 printed on dust jacket. No writing, marking or remainder mark. Not ex-library.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED by author on first page, SIGNED by author on title page. Very light edge wear, clean copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First/First. William Morrow, NY, 2000, 295pgs, First/First edition, in Near Fine/Near Fine condition, with a bit of shelf/edgewear to book, and minimal shelfwear to DJ. Otherwise tight, square, clean, and unclipped (please review photos). The Author has Signed on title page "Good Health!" In the tradition of Beaches, two women with a bond of friendship. All books bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. Blue and yellow boards with blue lettering.

paperback. Condition: Fair/No Dj. 1st Printing. mass Market Pb 0446302368 book store stamp present.

First Edition. First Printing Hardbound Good+/Good+., DJ 8vo, 408, Inscribed/signed on half-title page. Light bottom corner bump. Light wear to book. DJ has general wear to edges. DJ is not price clipped. ISBN:0-446-51247-8.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by William Morrow, 2000. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition hardback, 2015. Pictorial boards near fine (the marks visible on the covers are part of the design, not actual defects). Pages very clean & tight. No inscriptions. 287 pages.

Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow and purple paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 295pp. Near fine/near fine. Tight and nice first edition, boldly signed and inscribed by the author in blue ballpint on the title page: "To Maria, / Good Health! / Laney Katz Becker." (Becker's pen skipped on the "e' in "Health," which letter she then re-penned in red fineline!).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Dark grey hardback with gilt lettered spine, complete with original dustjacket. In new condition: firm and square with strong joints, no bumps, no rubs. Contents are crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Thus a very nice copy that looks and feels unread, now offered for sale at a very reasonable price.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Review copy with promotional material laid in; In Dear Stranger, Catherine Kidwell tells the story of a young girl's journey from her small town in upstate New York to the city of New York, where she discovers a new world filled with people and experiences she never could have imagined.Dear Stranger is a story of hope and joy, of the power of friendship and the strength of family. It is a story of the power of belief and the power of love. It is a story of the power of hope, the power of change, and the power of forgiveness.; 8vo; $6.00.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Each story paginated separately. 5.75 inches. No dw. Blue cloth, blindstamped decoration to boards and spine, gilt titles on spine. Bumped corners and few small marks. Internally, owner's narme on endpaper. Faint grubby marks throughout and one a bit darker. Consists of 12 children's stories, of a moralising or proselytising style. Each one has its own titlepage and a small engraved titlepage vignette. No date stated, Victorian, c.1870. (Literature, Children, Victorian, Nineteenth Century) 190g Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 47pp. Octavo. Pictorial stapled wrappers. Fine. Begins with a two-page introduction by Ted Thomas, Jr. and Margaret Anne Strodder, stating that this is the first published work by Hamm, and "he writes about prison, where he has spent the last ten years of his life. locked in solitary confinement since he was 21. ." The author, poet, and playwright was a vocal figure in the Massachusetts correctional reform movement of the 1970s after being sentenced to life at Walpole State Prison. He was finally paroled in 2020 after more after 50 years in prison. Uncommon. *OCLC* locates seven copies.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. 47pp. Octavo. Pictorial stapled wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by Hamm to his sister (who is mentioned on the acknowledgments page): "Marilyn: Time will tell if you're a good business manager [with small drawing of a smiling face], but my past twenty-eight years has already shown me you are a dear friend. Love always - your brother, Ralph, 79." Scare with *OCLC* locating seven copies. Laid in is an original Typed Poem Signed (six lines) on small card with original ink design by Hamm. Accompanying the book are 16 photocopies pages of the original typescripts for seven of the poems from the book, each dated in 1977, and a few with variations from the published versions. Also present is a photocopy copy of a moving four-page letter, written by Hamm to his mother, dated Jan. 10, 1979, about his life in a Massachusetts prison and his treatment by the administration. Hamm, the author, poet, and playwright, was a vocal figure in the Massachusetts correctional reform movement of the 1970s after being sentenced to life at Walpole State Prison. He was finally paroled in 2020 after more after 50 years in prison. A compelling archive.