Cooper California Alice Walker (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Sarah Levin (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition. Author's first book of short fiction. A paperback original, first title issued by Alice Walker and Robert Allen's, Wild Trees Press. Book in fine condition with minimal shelf wear. Playwright of the Year in San Francisco (1984) and American Book Award winner (1989).

Paper. 2nd Printing. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ALICE WALKER WHO WROTE THE FOREWORD HAS SIGNED ON THE TITLE PG. First collection of 12 short stories by an African American writer most known for her plays. There is a faint about 1" small damp stain to the bottom of the front edge which has caused a very thin sliver stain to the edge of the title pg. Walker's signature is untouched. Although the stain more or less disappears from the rest of the book there is faint rippling to the very bottom of the book. About vg. Book.

Condition: Very good plus. First printing. First edition of Cooper's first short story collection, with a foreword by Alice Walker - this copy inscribed by Walker to her editor on THE COLOR PURPLE, John Ferrone. J. California Cooper credits Walker for encouraging her transition from plays to short stories. Walker and her partner Robert Allen established the Wild Tree Press in 1984, and Walker notes in her foreword that it "could have been created especially for A PIECE OF MINE." 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original black pictorial wrappers. xvi, 124 pages. Inscribed by Walker on half-title: "To John + 'Johannes,' love, Alice[.]" Light wear to wrappers, small bump to spine edge. Tight.