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20022310662New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2002. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Minor ink marginalia. 2002 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. Lucy a teenage girl from the West Indies comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis and Mariah and their four children. Lewis and Mariah are a thrice-blessed couple--handsome rich and seemingly happy. Yet alomst at once Lucy begins to notice cracks in their beautiful facade. With mingled anger and compassion Lucy scrutinizes the assumptions and verities of her employers' world and compares them with the vivid realities of her native place. Lucy has no illusions about her own past but neither is she prepared to be deceived about where she presently is. Farrar, Straus & Giroux paperback books
2000UKINANN00MELFarrar Straus and Giroux 2000. Good. Kincaid Jamaica. Annie John. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2000. 148pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with light rubbing remainder mark a few dog ears and notes. Large price sticker on rear cover. Story of a young girl coming of age in Antigua. Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback books
1997UKINAUT00FPPlume 1997. Very Good. Kincaid Jamaica. Autobiography of My Mother. New York: Plume 1997. 228pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to edges and former owner's name written in ink to top of inside of front cover. Plume paperback books
UKINBES00LWHoughton Mifflint. Very Good. Kincaid editor Jamaica . The Best American Essays 1995. Boston : Houghton Mifflint ND. 263pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges and light soiling. Houghton Mifflint paperback books
1983UKINTHE01LRFarrar Straus Giroux 1983. Very Good. Kincaid Jamaica. At the Bottom of the River. New York City: Farrar Straus Giroux 1983. 82pp. 8vo. 1/4 Cloth. Book condition: Very good. There are three small moisture stains to fabric and two other tiny stains to board of front cover. Farrar, Straus, Giroux hardcover books
199620297NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Fine. 1996. Paperback. Advance reading copy paperback. Fine in illustrated wraps. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback books
1990TB25085New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1990. First Edition. First printing Fine in 1/4 black cloth and white paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 164 pages of text. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
199019012NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0374194343 . First edition. Fine in a very near fine light crease to rear flap dust jacket. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
199920298NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Fine. 1999. Paperback. Advance reading copy paperback. Fine in glossy illustrated wraps. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback books
19902660NY: Farrar Straus Giroux 1990. First edition. . 163 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. NY: Farrar Straus Giroux unknown books
199019560NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Near Fine. 1990. Paperback. Advance reading copy paperback. SIGNED by the author. Near fine in illustrated wraps. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback books
19972516NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0374216819 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1985SKU1018021Farrar Straus and Giroux 1985-06-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket - Very Good. First Printing Dust jacket and book are clean- jacket price not clipped- jacket has a small bump to the jacket front top edge has a very good binding no marks or notations. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
199768027New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1997. Hardcover. 198p. first edition dj a fine clean copy. The African American novelist's tribute to her brother brainy and a bit of a rogue who died of AIDS aged thirty-three. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
1999140009New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1999. 36p. 5x7.5 inches two excerpts together printed in blue ink; dos-a-dos in stapled blue wraps nice production with rubricated title pages and tissue-guard separator. Limited edition chapbook promoting the two books to be published by FS&G in 2000. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
198557217NY: Farrar Straus Giroux 1985. 8vo pp. 148. Paper wraps. Cover slightly scuffed and faded edges very slightly spotted o/w a VG tight copy. Farrar Straus Giroux unknown books
198329284New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dust jacket but for a tiny bump/wrinkle at head of spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 82 pp . Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
1990105035New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Her fourth book a novel about an au pair from the West Indies who comes to North America for work. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
19972271851Farrar Straus & Giroux 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Security tag on jacket reverse. 1997 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 197 pp. "Jamaica Kincaid's incantatory poetic and often shockingly frank recounting of her brother Devon Drew's life is also the story of her family on the island of Antigua a constellation centered on the powerful sometimes threatening figure of the writer's mother. Kincaid's unblinking record of a life that ended too early speaks volumes about the difficult truths at the heart of all families. Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
1999101453New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1999. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays with illustrations by Jill Fox. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. An attractive book. Farrar Straus and Giroux unknown books
2001287490New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2001. First. hardcover. fine/very good. 8vo 1/2 white cloth d.w. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2001. Very good<br/><br/> Collection of the author's writings from 1978 to 1983 that were published in The New Yorker magazine.<br/><br/> Farrar Straus & Giroux unknown books
1996287488New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1996. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo brown boards d.w. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1996. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> A novel set in Dominica.<br/><br/> Farrar Straus & Giroux unknown books
19962271852Farrar Straus & Giroux 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Very minor ink underlining. 1996 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 228 pp. "Narrated by an elderly West Indian woman looking back on her life a story beginning at the height of imperialism and ending as colonialism fades deals with sex human relations and the interplay of power and powerlessness. By the author of Annie John. Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
198929405New York: Knopf / Whitney Museum. 1989. First Trade Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine copy in near fine cardboard slipcase. The trade edition was preceded by a Deluxe limited edition published in 1986. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Knopf / Whitney Museum hardcover books
1990189651New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1990. Hardcover. 164p. signed by author on titlepage remainder stamp to top corner of front free endsheet an upside-down "P" otherwise very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and gilt price-clipped dj. African American novelist grew up on Antigua and now lives in Vermont. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books