Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver Barbara, Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. AG4 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Barbara Kingsolver on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has quarter inch tear on the bottom right side of the back flap, some wrinkling, chipping, crease and peeling on the edges, corners and some sides, soiled patch on the bottom spine, half-inch scratch with wrinkling on the back upper right side, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, wrnkling on the spine edges, some light smudge on the top page edges, light tanning and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 546 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it - from garden seeds to Scripture - is calamitously transformed on African soil. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa. The novel is set against one of the most dramatic political chronicles of the twentieth century: the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium, the murder of its first elected prime minister, the CIA coup to install his replacement, and the insidious progress of a world economic order that robs the fledgling African nation of its autonomy. Against this backdrop, Orleanna Price reconstructs the story of her evangelist husband's part in the Western assault on Africa, a tale indelibly darkened by her own losses and unanswerable questions about her own culpability. Also narrating the story, by turns, are her four daughters-the self-centered, teenaged Rachel; shrewd adolescent twins Leah and Adah; and Ruth May, a prescient five-year-old. These sharply observant girls, who arrive in the Congo with racial preconceptions forged in 1950s Georgia, will be marked in surprisingly different ways by their father's intractable mission, and by Africa itself. Ultimately each must strike her own separate path to salvation. Their passionately intertwined stories become a compelling exploration of moral risk and personal responsibility. Dancing between the dark comedy of human failings and the breathtaking possibilities of human hope, The Poisonwood Bible possesses all that has distinguished Barbara Kingsolver's previous work and extends this beloved writer's vision to an entirely new level. Taking its place alongside the classic works of postcolonial literature, this ambitious novel establishes Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in moderately used condition condition with wear to the spine ends. This copy directly signed by Kingsolver on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Advance Reader's Copy. Advance Reader's Copy with bookplate signed by author on dedication page. Wraps lightly worn with bumps & scuffs. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Pages toning with age. Text is unmarked. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A beautiful Harper 1st Edition of her amazing novel HB is ***SIGNED*** by the author on a bookplate on the FFEP. The hard back is in NearFine condition. The dustjacket is VeryGood+ condition and not price-clipped, intact with small rubbing at spots along the top and at top and bottom fold corners. Signed by Author. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. HARPERFLAMINGO, 1998, BOTH BOOK AND MYLAR PROTECTED DUST JACKET IN FINE CONDITION/ SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO THE TITLE PAGE/ FINALIST 1999 FOR PULITZER AND ORANGE PRIZES.A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTOR COPY, HARD TO FIND IN SUCH SUPERB CONDITION. Signed by Author.