Jun 10, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. SOFTCOVER. Signed by the author, Maxine Hong Kingston, directly to the full title page. Prior owner name on the first front end page, (FFEP). First edition/first printing copy with number line "10987654321" and "First Vintage Books Edition" printed on the copyright page. Some cover wear and page toning as would be normal for a book this age. NOT Remaindered. NOT owner Inscribed, NOT Ex-library, NOT Book Club Edition, NOT Price clipped ($9.95). NOT signed on a PUBLISHER tipped-in page, laid in the page, half-title page, first front end page, or bookplate as many books are today! (Note: Publishers are now attempting to pass off books as "Signed" by inserting author-signed sheets at the time of printing like cited above!). First Edition, First Printing, hand SIGNED to the full title page by Maxine Hong Kingston. No other inscriptions; full signature only. Publication date: June 10, 1990. No other names, writing, underlining, highlighting, creases, prior owner inscriptions, bookplates, etc. Title: Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book, Maxine Hong Kingston, Vintage Books (Random House), [1990], 1990, 342 pp., 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. ISBN 0679727892. FREE USPS tracking. ALWAYS wrapped securely for added protection. I may have multiple copies of this book for sale. If I do, all were signed the same day, at the same signing event, at the same time, using the same pen by the author. I use only one listing photo of the signed book page for all the listings, and each signature page, naturally, may be slightly different. I welcome any questions you might have. BS000161C.

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Maxine Hong Kingston is the daughter of Chinese immigrants who operated a gambling house in the 1940s, when Maxine was born, and then a laundry where Kingston and her brothers and sisters toiled long hours. Kingston graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1962 from the University of California at Berkeley, and, in the same year, married actor Earll Kingston, whom she had met in an English course. The couple has one son, Joseph, who was born in 1963. They were active in antiwar activities in Berkeley, but in 1967 the Kingstons headed for Japan to escape the increasing violence and drugs of the antiwar movement. They settled instead in Hawai‘i, where Kingston took various teaching posts. They returned to California seventeen years later, and Kingston resumed teaching writing at the University of California, Berkeley. While in Hawai‘i, Kingston wrote her first two books. The Woman Warrior , her first book, was published in 1976 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award, making her a literary celebrity at age thirty-six. Her second book, China Men , earned the National Book Award. Still today, both books are widely taught in literature and other classes. Kingston has earned additional awards, including the PEN West Award for Fiction for Tripmaster Monkey , the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, and the National Humanities Medal, which was conferred by President Clinton, as well as the title “Living Treasure of Hawai‘i” bestowed by a Honolulu Buddhist church. Her most recent books include a collection of essays, Hawai ‘ i One Summer , and latest novel, The Fifth Book of Peace . Kingston is currently Senior Lecturer Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Bookseller: Charm City Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BS000161C
Title: Tripmaster Monkey (SIGNED)
Author: Kingston, Maxine Hong
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
ISBN 10: 0679727892
ISBN 13: 9780679727897
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (June 10, 1990)
Place of Publication: UNITED STATES
Date Published: Jun 10, 1990
Pages: 352
Keywords: Asian American Literature & Fiction, Short Stories Anthologies, Literary Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: SIGNED BOOKS;

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