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University of Illinois Press, 2006. First edition. SIGNED. Fine and bright in like pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Affectionately inscribed and fully signed by the author on the full title page

New York: Nation Books, 2012. xxiii, 277 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author Jeff Biggers on the title page, no dedication. A fine copy of the first printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Days after President Obama beseeched his fellow lawmakers in the State of the Union to come together as a people, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, 'and find common ground, even as we're having some very vigorous debates,' the extraordinary effect of Arizona's sagebrush rebellion had already rippled across the country.In the alarming and fascinating State Out of The Union, award-winning author Jeff Biggers shows how the Arizonification of America is in full swing. More than 25 state legislatures have already introduced copycat anti-immigration bills of Arizona's controversial SB 1070. But immigration reform is just the opening salvo-in Arizona, and for the 2012 elections.With one of the most radical Tea Party factions in control of its legislature,… Read More

Nation Books, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 300 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to a previous owner on the title page. Cultural historian Jeff Biggers takes us to the dark amphitheatre ruins of his family's nearly 200-year-old hillside homestead that has been strip-mined on the edge of the first federally recognized Wilderness Site in southern Illinois. In doing so, he not only comes to grips with his own denied backwoods heritage, but also chronicles a dark and missing chapter in the American experience: the historical nightmare of coal outside of Appalachia, serving as an expose of a secret legacy of shame and resiliency.

Urbana, Illinois: Univ of Illinois Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. Signed first edition, hardcover. Signed by author on title page. As new copy with no flaws. 8vo, 184 pp. , bookseller #00259.

Shoemaker & Haord, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($26.00 price intact). Published by Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006. Octavo. White cloth over black boards stamped in gold with red endpapers. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 238 pages. ISBN: 9781593760311. 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 Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

Clean pages and tight binding. Excellent used condition. From a smoke-free home.
signed by the editor, Joan Farmer, and Shirley and Clifton Caldwell, who wrote the introduction

Albany & Fort Griffin: The Clear Fork Press, 1974. [viii], 114pp ---- Signed on front free endpaper by Shirley Caldwell ----. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

1/1/1930. Hardcover w/DJ. Bobbs-Merrill, 1930, assumed first edition with dj design (signed) by Mary Briggs, a bit tattered at top of spine. VG/VG

Texas Tech University Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 241 pages, map, photos. Introduction by A. C. Greene. Limited to 260 copies bound in ¼ leather SIGNED by Greene and Taylor, folder with Erwin Smith photos, original publishers prospectus for the book, housed in a slipcase. Contains cowboy and ranching photos by Erwin Smith. The original issue price was $150.00..

Los Angeles: California Museum of Afro-American History and Culture, 1983. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Signed by John Biggers on the front flyleaf. The catalogue of a major exhibition examining Biggers' growth as an artist over forty years. A muralist who came to prominence after the Harlem Renaissance and toward the end of World War II, Biggers (1924-2001) created works critical of racial and economic injustice, and was one of the first black artists of the era to embrace an integration of African and African American influences in his work. Oblong octavo: [28] p. with 9 illustrations. Original pictorial paper wrappers. Some light rubbing; else very good or better.

312 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's grey cloth with red lettering to spine and cover in original jacket. Inscribed on second front end-paper. First edition in second state jacket.Earl Derr Biggers is remembered primarily for his novels, especially those featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan, from which popular films were made in the United States and China. Derr Biggers was born in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from Harvard University in 1907. He worked as a journalist for The Plain Dealer before turning to fiction. His novel Seven Keys to Baldpate was popular in 1913, and George M. Cohan quickly adapted the novel as a hit Broadway stage play of the same name. Cohan starred in the 1917 film version, one of seven film versions of the play, and a 1935 revival. More than 10 years after Baldpate, Derr Biggers had even greater success with his series of Charlie Chan detective novels. The popularity of Charlie Chan extended even to China, where… Read More

(Austin, Texas): J. Mason Brewer, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by Roy Bedichek. Quarto. xi, 80pp. Green padded leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Near fine with short ink gift inscription, hint of wear at the spine ends and gilt dulled, as usual. One of 400 numbered copies Signed by the author. This is copy 160. A wonderful collection of folk tales written by J. Mason Brewer, the first African-American member of the Texas Folklore Society and a pioneering folklorist, that feature the snuff-dipping character Aunt Dicy and are illustrated throughout by renown Black artist John T. Biggers, whose illustrations for this volume were the subject of an exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center in 1999. A very uncommon book despite its limitation and the first copy we've handled.

[New York]: [Limited Editions Club], [1994]. First Edition. Original Art. Fine in a Fine cloth clamshell box. John Biggers. Large folio consisting of 5 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS and the title and colophon pages. For her favorite poem, originally published in I SHALL NOT BE MOVED, Angelou chose the internationally acclaimed African-American printmaker John Biggers to illustrate a book published by the Limited Editions Club in an edition of only 400 numbered copies signed by both the author and the artist. It was one of the largest-format books (17-3/4" x 22") ever issued by the club. This is the separate portfolio of 5 numbered 18" x 24" lithographs, all individually SIGNED by the artist, laid in a large cloth clamshell box with the artist's name lettered in black on the front. This is set #58 of only 60 sets in addition to about a dozen various proof copies.