Edith Jackson by Rosa Guy (17 items)

0000-00-00. Reprint. paperback. Used: Good. xx. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Random House Children's Books, 1992. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York. 1992. February 1992. Dell. 1st Dell Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0440211379. 181 pages. paperback. keywords: Caribbean Trinidad Literature Women African American America World Literature. DESCRIPTION - Edith Jackson lived in Peekskill, New York, with her three sisters, two foster brothers, and her foster mother, Mother Peters. Soon she would be eighteen, and when she left high school, she swore, she would take her sisters and give them a home of their own. But then she met Mrs. Bates, a retired lawyer, who laughed at Edith's ambition and gave her the reasons she felt Edith would fail. Edith hated Mrs. Bates for her preaching and wanted to stop visiting her comfortable, disheveled home. But if she did, she would lose her chance to see ' 'Mr. Brown again, Mrs. Bates's handsome nephew. Meanwhile, Edith's sisters were making plans of their own - and they were not the same as Edith's. Bessie with the mussy eyes had begun to cuddle up to Uncle Daniels, Mother Peters' friend, and… Read more

Puffin Books, 09/27/1990. New edition. Paperback. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Puffin Books, 01/26/1995. Paperback. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Puffin Books, 09/27/1990. New edition. Paperback. Used; Good. 9780241271032 **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Puffin Plus / Penguin Books, Great Britain, 1986. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 187 pages. First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz 1979. Published in Puffin Books 1985. Cover illustration by Caroline Binch. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Children's::Puffin; Teens & Young Adult; Young Adult Fiction. ISBN: 0140317864. ISBN/EAN: 9780140317862. Inventory No: 001326.. 9780140317862

Viking Books for Young Readers. First Edition. Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Penguin Young Readers Group, 1978. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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New York: The Viking Press, 1978. First printing. Hardcover, [octavo], quarterbound yellow cloth spine and brown boards, gilt spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket, 187 pp. Very good book; very good dust jacket. Jacket painting by Leo and Diane Dillon. Owner-inscribed by C.O.R.E. member and literary critic Doris Innis. Additional author inscription reads, 'In Peace and Love Rosa Guy 7/12/78'.

New York: Viking Press, 1978. Very Good-/Very Good-. New York: Viking Press, [1978]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($8.95); [4],187pp. Jacket a bit worn along margins with one-inch tear at top edge of upper panel affecting text, textblock margins quite foxed; Good to Very Good overall. Signed by the author on title page. The third volume in a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels for young adult readers by Rosa Guy, the Trinidadian-born author and cofounding member of the Harlem Writers Guild.

1978. [African American Young Adult fiction] Edith Jackson. Rosa Guy. First Edition. Viking Press New York, 1978. Measures 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 187 pages. Green cloth boards with yellow spine and gold gilt text. The story follows 17 year-old Edith Jackson as she sets out to find work and provide a home for her three sisters. Characteristic of Guy's unfiltered treatment of the difficulties faced by young adults. A founding member of the Harlem Writers Guild in 1950, Rosa Guy went on to become one of the most acclaimed authors of young adult fiction in the 20th century, known for writing openly on subjects of race and sexuality. Writing during a time when pop cultural representations of black life for young Americans was often one-dimensional and exploitive, her work provided an alternative beloved by readers for its authenticity and candor. Ex libris with stamped texblock and title page. Textblock clean and bright. Sunning to front and back boards. Overall very good condition.