Moustaphas Eclipse by Mcknight Reginald, Signed (13 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize 1988. Author signed on title page. 129p. Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: Fine+. First Edition. Softcover. First softcover edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page, and SIGNED again, with date and inscription, on the dedication page ("Bored Loaf, '95") . Illustrated covers are clean and sharp, slight uplift to corners. Book is firm in binding, crisp interior. In Fine + condition. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 129 pages; Signed by Author.

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Signed by author on title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is "Moustapha's Eclipse" , a book of short stories by black author Reginald McKnight. The book won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for 1988. Published by the University of Pittsburgh, this is a signed First Edition with the dated signature of Mcknight on the title page. It is previously owned, and has a neatly inked gift inscription on the front free end-paper. The stories in the book are : * Mali is Very Dangerous * First I Looked at the Purse * Peaches * Who Big Bob? * Uncle Moustapha's Eclipse * Gettin to Be Like the Studs * The Voice * The Honey Boys * How I Met Idi at the Bassi Dakaru Restaurant * Rebirth Said Margaret Atwood about McKnights work : " These stories display an enviable verbal panache, a wacky inventiveness, and, from time to time, a directness and honesty that makes you squirm. The writer's focus is on Black experience, in both America and Africa, but he brings to it his own quirkiness, his own distinctive voice. He is a writer very much worth watching." TITLE : Moustapha's Eclipse AUTHOR : Reginald McKnight IMPRINT : University of Pittsburgh PLACE : Pittsburgh, PA DATE : (1988) EDITION : First Edition STATUS : OP SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : Dated signature of the author on title page. Winner of the 1988 Drue Heinz Literature Award DETAILS : Trade hardcover; 129 pages plus one page of previous Drue Heinz Award recipients; approx. 6" x 9"; dark turquoise-green, cloth covered binding with gilt lettering on spine and front board; red end-papers; decorated dust-jacket has a photograph of McKnight on the rear panel. CONDITION -- BOOK: VERY GOOD -- JACKET : VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive. The book has a dated signature by McKnight, and a neatly penned gift inscription by an unknown person, and the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR : Clean and bright with near-negligible signs of handling; text-block edges are clean. BINDING : Solid INTERIOR : Neat and brief penned gift inscription on front free end-paper; authors dated signature on title page, else all is clean and presentable with no other marking. DUST-JACKET : Fading to spine, else clean and attractive with near-negligible signs of wear. Signed by Author(s).

Original Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Book and dj are fine. Signed and dated by the Poet on the title page and Inscribed to Jim Brady on the dedication page by the Poet. Signed by the Poet. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Signed. Signed by author. DJ very good, nearly no wear. Boards slightly bowed. Faint odor. Else a clean and tight copy.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 129 pages. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Heavy sunning to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462701.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The stories are spoken in a true host of voices, savvy guides to the worlds of West Africa and black America, through the minefields of adolescence, racism, found and failed beliefs. Inscribed: "Tom, No, it's not autobiographical, and it's not politically correct, but it's 16.95 a copy and my mother's damned proud. Be well Reg Mck." Also signed on the title page and dated Feb 14, 1989. Dust Jacket spine sunned and now in a new Brodart cover. Signed by Author(s).

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

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. Glossy wrappers. Fine. Signed by the author, and additionally very warmly Inscribed by McKnight to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. Wrappers. Very near fine. Signed by the author, and additionally very warmly Inscribed by McKnight to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco. Additionally laid in is a two-page typescript with hand-corrections, of Delbanco's introduction of McKnight at a reading at the University of Michigan.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. SIGNED & dated in 1993 by Reginald McKnight on title page. Near fine in fine dust jacket (Top edge lightly foxed. ) Author's FIRST book. Stories.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Review copy. (Publicity release laid-in . ) SIGNED by Reginald McKnight & dated in 1993 on the title page. Close to fine in fine dust jacket (Hint of faint foxing at edges. ) Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner. Stories. The author's FIRST book.