Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, early printing of Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, lightly faded boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the previous owner’s name and school on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with the price on the front flap and mild surface wear and heavy edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
In these fifteen superb stories, written in a style at once ineffable and immediately recognizable, Toni Cade Bambara gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from sassy children to cunning old men, in scenes shifting between uptown New York and rural North Carolina. A young girl suffers her first betrayal. A widow flirts with an elderly blind man against the wishes of her grown-up children. A neighborhood loan shark teaches o white social worker a lesson in responsibility. And there is more.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
