Isbn: 9780671247553 - the feast of all saints (44 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Good. In the days before the Civil War, there lived a Louisiana people unique in Southern histroy. Though descended from African slaves, they were also descended from the French and Spanish who enslaved them. Called the Free People of Color, this dazzling historical novel chronicles the lives of four of them--men and women caught perilously between the worlds of master and slave, privilege and oppression, passion and pain.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. In the days before the Civil War, there lived a Louisiana people unique in Southern histroy. Though descended from African slaves, they were also descended from the French and Spanish who enslaved them. Called the Free People of Color, this dazzling historical novel chronicles the lives of four of them--men and women caught perilously between the worlds of master and slave, privilege and oppression, passion and pain.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Previous owner's ex-libre pasted on inner front cover. Text is clear of markings. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 571 p. Audience: General/trade.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition, first printing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Binding is split at pg. 96-97. Text is clear of markings. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards may have fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding remains structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Scare original book club edition. Looks like the trade edition with same same jacket art and full size b/w photo of author on rear panel just smaller. Foxing to top edge. (6"x8 1/2") Jacket is in a fresh protective mylar cover. Former owner name and 1980 are neatly penned on upper front pastedown, else free of former owner writing. Tight and clean, a little push to edges, mostly spine endps. Light rub and moderate wear/tear to edges of DJ, mostly to upper spine and a half inch closed tear to lower left front panel. *(THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition - collector's "near fine". JNon-clipped jacket in mylar cover. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Hardcover. Condizione: First Edition. DJ Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. DJ price clipped. DJ faded. Small pen mark to fore edge. Unmarked clean pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book and dust jacket have minor wear. Dust jacket in mylar. First Edition. ***PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE!***.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards and dust jacket show signs of wear. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Hard cover. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket slightly shop worn. This is not about Vampires, but the free people of color that populated New Orleans. These people not Black nor White are the backdrop of the raw sensuality and vigor of the French Quarter.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition with intact dust jacket. The in Dust jacket in Clear Mylar Protector. spine is straight and firm.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Stand-alone novel that followed the author's acclaimed "Interview with the Vampire" this one also set in New Orleans, but focused on the "gens de couleur libre: (free people of color) who flourished in the city before the Civil War. In 572 pages, this FIRST EDITION, First printing hardcover from 1979 has cream-colored paper over quarter red cloth-covered boards, with gilt devices to front/lettering to spine. Condition is VG+: internally completely clean, pages barely tanned & completely unmarked, binding strong & straight. Outside edges of text block show heavy foxing, toning & mile rubbing to extremities. The unclipped DJ is VG, with a faint dampstain to bottom edge (does not impact book) & very mild edgewear, tiny chips at both ends of spine; beautifully protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Bound in tan paper, red cloth and gold lettering along spine. Off-white DJ with B&W photo on back cover, red and black text across front cover and spine. Corners bumped, faint discoloration along edges. Closed tear running horizontally across spine at center, does not touch text or threaten structural integrity of DJ. Covers otherwise clean and neat. No date on title page. Copyright page dated only 1979. Number line reads: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. 571 pages. Fore edges faintly foxed, former owner's name written neatly on front free endpaper. Pages are otherwise clean, crisp, and bright. Binding is tight and secure. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. …

1st edition NF/VG (not price-clipped; no remainder mark; dj has some edgewear and the dj spine is very slightly faded, but still it's a nice-looking copy of her second bo.

Condizione: Near Fine/VG+. 1st. 8vo. 571pp. 1/4" tear and a bit of shelfwear to DJ. Nice copy of her 2nd vampire book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. First print w/ a full number sequence from 10-1 on the copyright page. A solid very good copy. Square and well preserved with minimal edge wear. Very good (unclipped) jacket with minimal edge wear and a short closed tear to the upper rear cover. A great copy and looks sharp in archival Brodart jacket cover. 571 pp.…

571 Pp. Author's signature on book plate affixed to half title page. Previous owner's name on f.e.p. generally very good Paper covered boards with red cloth spine in dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1979. First (1st) Printing (full number line down to 1) of the First Edition. Very Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Possibly Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind, other than a remainder mark to the bottom edge. The Binding is vermilion (red-orange) quarter cloth to tan boards, colors uniform throughout, with a bright gilt hinge design on the front panel, bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked vermilion endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, colors uniform throughout, and intact, but for a small hole at the spine and wear to the top edge, with the original price ($14.95) intact on the front flap, See photos. 571 pages. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". This historical novel, the author's second book, centers on the gens de couleur libres, or free people of color, of New Orleans in the years before the Civil War. In particular, it is set in the 1840s and deals with race, especially as it affects family issues and struggles. The novel was the basis for the 2001 mini-series of the same name, that starred James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Eartha Kitt, Pam Grier, Ben Vereen, Jennifer Beals, Robert Ri'chard, Gloria Reuben, Peter Gallagher, Daniel Sunjata, among others. NOTE: this is a heavy book, weighing 974 4grams / 2 lb. 2.3 oz., and will require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0671247557 / ISBN 13: 9780671247553. …

Hardcover. Condizione: N-Fine. N-Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight un-read un-opened copy. This copy has some light pagedge soil else fine. The 14.95 priced jacket has some light rubbing wear, minor edgewear else fine.Nice copy that would great on your Anne Rice shelf. Remainder. …

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. 1st prtg indicated by # series on copyright pg. Cream -colored boards, red quarter-cloth spine, imprinted gold hinge motif, unclipped type design dj, exc unread cond; red eps, 571 pp. Size: 6.5"-9.5".

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7.75" - 9.75" tall. Signed by Author on her bookplate on front free endpaper. A beautiful, unread copy with a beige and red cloth boards with gold titles. An absolutely gorgeous copy in like dust jacket, which has not been price clipped, $14.95! Complete number line. Book and dust jacket are Fine. Tight, clean, crisp. Selling quality books for over 35 years. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. This novel is about the gens de couleur libres, or free people of color, who lived in New Orleans before the Civil War. The gens de couleur libres were the descendants of European settlers of Louisiana, particularly the French and Spanish and people of African descent. It was a common practice for the early Caucasian settlers to free their children by their slave mistresses. Their mistresses however, were not all enslaved, some were free women of color whose families had been free for several generations. The novel takes place in the 1840s, at which time there was a large population of free people of color living in New Orleans.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. This is a pristine and unread copy from the first printing of the first edition, a gift-worthy copy for any fan of the beloved late author. Dust jacket now protected by new Gaylord Mylar sleeve. Please see my attached photos of this book.…