New York, NY Doubleday Books 2001 First edition. First Edition-First Printing Hard cover Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by two time Pulitzer Award Winning Author Colson Whitehead in person. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket; a tight, unread copy in excellent plus condition. A First Edition-First Printing with a full number line beginning with a 1. Signed on the Title page, signature only, by multi award winning Author Colson Whitehead, in person, during his book tour event in New York City on October 26, 2016. A photo of Colson during the event, and an event announcement will be included. "John Henry Days" is on one level a novel which is a multifaceted, retelling the story of John Henry, the black steel-driver, who died outracing a machine designed to replace him. On an alternate level, the novel is the story of a disaffected, middle aged black journalist on a mission to set a record for junketeering, for those who attend the annual John Henry Days Festival. Colson's "John Henry Day" won the Young Lions Fiction Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, as well as being a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Rest assured, this award winning, collectible copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our ...

ISBN10: 0385498195, ISBN13: 9780385498197, [publisher: Doubleday] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Doubleday Books 2001 First edition. Hard cover Fine in fine dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING + LIKE NEW + ORIGINAL HARDBACK FORMAT, PROTECTED BY A MYLAR COVER; COLLECTING BOOKS SINCE 1988, SELLING BOOKS SINCE 2008 Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 400 p. Audience: General/trade.

ISBN10: 0385498195, ISBN13: 9780385498197, [publisher: Doubleday] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]

New York Doubleday 2001 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner inscription.; 1.4 x 9.4 x 6.1 Inches; 400 pages.

Doubleday Books 2001 First edition. Hard cover Fine in fine dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING + LIKE NEW CONDITION + ORIGINAL HARDBACK FORMAT, PROTECTED BY A MYLAR COVER; COLLECTING BOOKS SINCE 1988, SELLING BOOKS SINCE 2008 Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 400 p. Audience: General/trade.

ISBN10: 0385498195, ISBN13: 9780385498197, [publisher: Doubleday] Hardcover First Edition Doubleday, New York, 2001. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Stated "FIRST EDITION", first printing with a full number line starting with "1". 9-1/2" tall, 389 numbered pages; plain, lightly flecked sand boards with black quarter binding, gilt lettering on spine; bright red end pages. Book is square, hinges tight, corners not bumped, very tiny ding on lower edge of each board, head and heel of spine lightly crimped; interior clean and unmarked; no page corners folded or damaged. Jacket is clean; no tears, folds or fading; publisher's original price of "U.S. $24.95 / Canada $34.95" listed at the top of the front flap. Condition of book and jacket consistent with being gently read. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. Signed in thin black felt tip pen by the author on title page below his printed name, followed by two dots like a colon; done in my presence at Left Bank Books in the Central West End of Saint Louis, Missouri on Friday, June 6, 2014, after a short talk (actually a reading, probably selected excerpts from his recent book "The Noble ...
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