Fools Errand, Signed (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Mint condition! As new in a pristine dust jacket -- crisp, bright, and tight. Boldly SIGNED on the title page and inscribed by the author. Suitable condition for presentation as a gift, or for adding to a library collection. Ships from NC. (E-6.). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed on title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. blue hardback binding, 1st ed. (2002), 181 pages in Dust Jacket SIGNED. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Signed (only) by the Author.

unbound. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. Minimal wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Slight discoloration to pages. Some wear along the DJ edges and tips. Minor wear along the edges and tips of the book itself. Some rubbing wear to DJ covers along with light crease and/or wrinkles at some spots. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition stated on copyright page. Signed by Laing on front free endpaper. Slight soiling to cloth, and a bit of fraying at the top of the spine. A small bit of (ancient) water staingin at the top of teh front endpaper, and the front paste down has a bookplate. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Bunch III, creating the national museum of African American history culture in the age of Bjush, Obama, and Trump. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine, fresh, as new copies with no markings or signs of wear. A two-book set, both copies signed by the author. 6"x9", Book One: 335 pages, Book Two: 246 pages. A blend of fantasy fiction with a spiritual worldview. To access more books on science fiction, go to Abebooks.com and search using our unique codeword SCIFBX, or visit our shop in Fort Worth. Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xvii, [1], 181, [1] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Map. Notes. Timeline of Significant Events. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Signed by author on title page. Marjorie Hudson was born in a small town in Illinois, grew up in Washington, D.C., and now lives in Chatham County, North Carolina. Hudson's stories, essays, and poems explore themes of loss, conflict, and a yearning for community deeply threaded through American history and contemporary life. Hudson's creative nonfiction book, Searching for Virginia Dare, was a North Carolina Arts Council Notable Book, and was reviewed and recommended by Our State magazine, North Carolina Literary Review, NC Library Journal, and the The Junior Tar Heel Historian. It has been a featured selection of the Reading on the Road book club at Bookwomen Center for Feminist Reading, and has been used in creative writing programs from East Carolina University's Masters to the MFA program at University of Alaska - Anchorage. In 1587 America's first English child was born in a remote island wilderness. They named her Virginia Dare. Soon after her birth, Virginia and more than a hundred men, women, and children disappeared, leaving a cryptic message carved on a tree. What became of that infant girl and her people, now known as the Lost Colony? In search of an answer, Marjorie Hudson wanders the back roads of North Carolina and Virginia in an aging Dodge Caravan with a satchel of research notes and a head full of memory and imagining. Amazed by abandoned farmhouses wrapped in kudzu, the Great Dismal Swamp "dripping with spotted snakes," the bones of the Jamestown colony, and the living nation of the Lumbee, Hudson discovers an epic story more complex and more deeply moving than she ever imagined. Weaving research and interview, memory and imagination, Hudson's tale is a spellbinding journey, an invitation to deep mysteries that lurk in the history of America and in ourselves. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing. Signed by Bunch on bookplate laid in. A fine copy in a fine DJ, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. All books are wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #110. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Later printing. Signed by Bunch on publisher's sticker on half-title. Fine in fine, gently rubbed dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Illustrated. ***Signed by Author*** New hardcover with black paper over boards and gilt lettering to spine in a new dust jacket. 8vo. (6.27 x 0.95 x 9.31 inches) Text is free of marks or underlining. Author's signature on a publishers book plate on the front endpaper. B&W photos and illustrations. Includes an index. 288 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Founding Director Lonnie Bunch's deeply personal tale of the triumphs and challenges of bringing the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to life. His story is by turns inspiring, funny, frustrating, quixotic, bittersweet, and above all, a compelling read. In its first four months of operation, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture surpassed one million visits and quickly became a cherished, vital monument to the African American experience. And yet this accomplishment was never assured. In A Fool's Errand, founding director Lonnie Bunch tells his story of bringing his clear vision and leadership to realize this shared dream of many generations of Americans. Outlining the challenges of site choice, architect selection, building design, and the compilation of an unparalleled collection of African American artifacts, Bunch also delves into his personal struggles--especially the stress of a high-profile undertaking--and the triumph of establishing such an institution without mentors or guidebooks to light the way. His memoir underscores his determination to create a museum that treats the black experience as an essential component of every American's identity. This inside account of how Bunch planned, managed, and executed the museum's mission informs and inspires not only readers working in museums, cultural institutions, and activist groups, but also those in the nonprofit and business worlds who wish to understand how to succeed--and do it spectacularly--in the face of major political, structural, and financial challenges.

Condition: Good. 2010. First Published. 99 pages. Signed by the author. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Signed by the author with dedication to title page. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Black marking to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Sticker to rear cover.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Fine dust jacket. ; Inscribed by the author on the title page. ; 8.6 X 5.9 X 1.0 inches; 181 pages; Signed by Author. Signed.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. 1st Edition thus. Inscribed by Editor. Unpublished poem, A Golden Wedding Fancy, #31/50 numbered copies laid in Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Category: Literature & Literary; Inscribed by Editor. ISBN: 0810802791. ISBN/EAN: 9780810802797. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 18048.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Lynd Ward (illustrator). 1st Edition. Three first editions. Fool's Errand (Doubleday Doran, 1928) a book of poems, is INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. In cloth boards, with one corner worn through. Its jacket, with an illustration by J. Sanger, is chipped and in two pieces. End of Roaming (Thornton Butterworth, 1931) HAS AN 11-LINE AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the ffep. No jacket, in cloth boards. The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck (Farrar & Rinehart, 1934) in cloth boards, has a partial jacket and a frontispiece, both by Lynd Ward. Alexander Laing was prolific author of poetry, fiction, sea stories, and nonfiction. He was a professor at Dartmouth College. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 99 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine gray with black and green lettering. Dust jacket has mild shelfwear to edges, protected in mylar covering with no pricing information. Boards full bound in black cloth with mild shelfwear to edges of boards. Signed by author to title page. Shelved in Room C Overflow. 1406865. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. UK first edition (the true first), first printing with number line to 1. Signed by author Robin Hobb at the title page. Cream boards with red spine titling, very good with bumping to spine ends and bottom fore-edge corner of front panel. Spine slanted forward. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar with light edgewear, sunned to spine. Pages toned, text unmarked. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Stephen Youll, dj art. (illustrator). 1st U.S. Edition. Signed by Author(s). The book has slight soiling to the page block. The dust jacket is unclipped ($24.95) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line. Signed by the author on the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. A tiny chip and a closed tear to the DJ. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. Stephen Youll, dj art. (illustrator). 1st U.S. Edition. Signed by Author(s). This book is an Advanced Reading Copy of the First Edition in pictorial wraps. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line. Signed by the author on the title page.

First edition. Very sharp inscribed copy of the first book in the Tawny man series from Hobb. 8vo, 584pp. Signed and inscribed by Hobb to the former owner on the half title page and dated in 2002. Page block toned else fine in fine jacket.

Condition: Very Good. Doubleday, Doran & Co 1928 Binding: Hardcover SIGNED. Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth, brown lettering. No dj. 8vo. 59 pages. Signed by the author on ffep. VG. Firm binding; lightly frayed cloth at spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First Impression. A Very Fine copy in black cloth, in a Very Fine glossy grey dustwrapper. 99pp. This copy INSCRIBED (to a third party), and SIGNED by the Author on the title page. Q22562.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good +++. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. Reprint from Original Plates. 361 pp. plus ads. Brown decorated cloth black lettering. Bold gilt on spine. Signed "Tourgee A. W." on title page. Original owner's label on pastedown. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Author Signed/No Personal Inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Octavo, contemporary quarter morocco and marble boards lettered in gilt; with minor rubbing to extremities. Enlarged, illustrated "testimonial" edition "by One of the Fools; The Famous Romance of American History. New, Enlarged, and Illustrated Edition. To which is Added, by the Same Author, Part II. The Invisible Empire: A Concise Review of the Epoch on Which the Tale is Based." BAL 20348. A major presentation copy, inscribed: "Gen. Chester A. Arthur - Dear Sir: Allow me to present you this volume in testimony of my high esteem. Respectfully, A. W. Tourgée, Aug. 26th/80," on the front endpaper; with Arthur's library bookplate on the front pastedown ---- Throughout his long career, Tourgée advocated equal rights for African Americans. Born in Ohio, and educated at the University of Rochester, he enlisted in the Union army and saw action at Bull Run and Chickamauga. After the Civil War, Tourgée moved to North Carolina, where he became involved in Reconstruction politics. During his tenure as a Supreme Court judge, Tourgée effectively challenged the Ku Klux Klan. His appeals to Congress revealing the extent of white supremacist violence, helped speed passage of laws authorizing the use of federal troops against the Klan. After 1877, he returned to the North, where he expressed disappointment over the ultimate failure of Reconstruction in his autobiographical novel, "A Fool's Errand." Published anonymously in November 1879, "A Fool's Errand" sold more than forty thousand copies within six months. Like Harriet Beecher Stowe's fictional exposé on the plight of African Americans, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Tourgée's 361-page muckraking novel achieved financial success and critical acclaim as a classic of unflinching social commentary. Encouraged by the accolades accorded "A Fool's Errand," Tourgée produced a second edition of the work, supplemented by 136 pages of documentary evidence based upon public records and eyewitness accounts. The testimonies regarding the motives, organization, activities, and victims of the Ku Klux Klan in the new section of "A Fool's Errand," entitled "The Invisible Empire," provoked further public outrage over human rights violations. The testimonial edition of "A Fool's Errand" was published less than two weeks before the Republican National Convention convened in early June 1880. It appeared with Tourgée's name on the title page. The surprise disclosure and "Invisible Empire" supplement served to further heighten interest in the bestseller and perhaps influence the convention's unprecedented endorsement of federal government-supported public education, an issue that Tourgée had long advocated. After Grant's third-term nomination proved unsuccessful, Tourgée backed the convention's compromise nominee James Abram Garfield, an acquaintance since childhood, and running mate Chester A. Arthur, the former collector of the Port of New York and lawyer, who had earlier defended the civil rights of free Blacks and fugitive slaves. Months after the Republican Convention, Tourgée presented Arthur with this copy of the testimonial edition of "A Fool's Errand" --- "in testimony of my high esteem." A historically significant copy of the most important fictional exposé on Reconstruction, with a most distinguished provenance. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, dust jacket. Loughcrew, Gallery Books. Signed by the author to title page.   A fine copy. .