Plum Pickers by Barrio Raymond (19 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed. 'Signed by author'. Cover has minor scuffing.

unknown_binding. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.

Trade paperback. Condition: Fine. 10th printing.

VG PB. First major work about Chicano migrant workers published in the U.S. skillfully recreates the agricultural milieu lived in but not shared by greedy landowners, company executives, groveling foremen and oppressed stoop laborers. Sl edge wear. Reprint edition.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Second printing. 8vo, 201 pp. Wrappers sunned and lightly stained, page edges tanned.

Condition: Good. Good condition international edition textbook.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THE PLUM PLUM PICKERS, A NOVEL, Raymond Barrio, softcover, 1971. BOOK CONDITION: Good. The text block is in near fine condition with no marks, tears, or dog ears. Foxing along top edge. There is no bookplate nor signature of previous owner. Not a library book nor remainder. Tight binding. Orange wraps are in good condition (crinkling along edges, crease in lower right-hand corner of front cover, some curling of fore edge). 8 x 5 ĵ, 202 pages, 8 ounces XX [From the back cover] PLUM is more than an account of a migrant family; it is a reflection of the Chicano's tortured soul (Mario T. Garcia, Mexican American Studies, San Jose State College, California). Barrio has done an absolutely first-rate job of describing the realities of life as it is experienced by a part of the population about whom most Americans are sadly misinformed (Paul Jacobs, writer). THE PLUM PLUM PICKERS may sound like the title of a way-out boppy book. But it is a serious and realistic portrayal of the life and conditions of the Mexican agricultural workers in the fruit country of California (The Industrial Worker). XX RAYMOND BARRIO'S social protest novel THE PLUM PLUM PICKERS (1969) remains the most anthologized work of Chicano fiction. Selections from it have appeared in more than twenty high-school and college-level textbooks. Barrio was born in West Orange, New Jersey. His parents immigrated to the United States from Spain in 1920. His father, Saturnino Barrio, born in Seville, was killed by poisonous fumes in a chemical factory in New Jersey; his mother, Angelita Santos Barrio, was from Algeciras. In unpublished correspondence Barrio explained that he and his brother lived with foster families while their mother pursued her career as a Spanish dancer, giving him a "very independent United States Protestant education, despite a Catholic birth and upbringing." He identifies with both Protestant and Catholic religious traditions. He has lived in California most of his life. A World War Two veteran, he attended various colleges including CCNY, USC, Yale, University of California at Berkeley, and Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He has taught art at Ventura college and UC Santa Barbara, now teaches at West Valley College in Campbell.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Tenth Printing. Orange cloth, lettered along the spine in black. Foreword by Earl Conrad. Binding sound, an unmarked copy. ; 201 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped ($1.75 price intact). Published by Ventura Press, 1969. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with very light toning to the page ends, and a black mark on the bottom page ends. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Paperback. 201p., eraser mark on front wrap, old price stamped on front blank, else very good later printing (cover reads "fourth printing" but interior reads "third printing") trade paperback in pictorial wraps.

Paperback. 201p., followed by author photoportrait and vita, tiny mark on front wrap, reader's crease to spine, else very good later printing (specified "third") trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Laid in find two book reviews, one quite extensive.

Paperback. 201p., inscribed and signed by Barrio dated June 28/69, Pages somewhat browned, barest hint of smell when pages are fanned, otherwise very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 7th ptg. 2629 shelf. Unread. Trade paperback, pictorial white covers. No names, clean text. Author's attractive 1976 presentation, signed in full to "Deborah" on title pg. 201 p. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1/4 inch abrasion on spine and 1/4 inch stain to top text block--visible in photos. SIGNED and inscribed by Barrio. Additionally, there is a small publishers note card signed by Barrio loosely inserted in book. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. Sunnyvale, CA: Ventura Press, 1969. 202 pp. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/4". Illustrated pictorial with minor wear, signed/inscribed by the author "To Paul Sandstrom - a serious and imaginative artist. Ray Barrio. June 26/69." Slightly soiled first trade edition paperback, otherwise in very good condition. A fictional novel describing the family of Manuel and Lupe Gutierrez, Mexican immigrants and their children, describing the horrendous conditions of prune pickers along the Monterey Peninsula and Santa Clara county in the late 60's.

Paperback. 201p., personal inscription signed by Barrio, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps.