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	1 Barbara Jordan: A Self-Portrait Jordan, Barbara;Hearon, Shelby Doubleday New York 1979 Hard Cover Very Good, Very Good First Edition 0385135998 / 9780385135993 Signed by Both Authors BE2 - A first edition hardcover book signed by Barbara Jordan and Shelby Hearon on the front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, and crease on the edges and corners, lights scratches and rubbing, tanning and light shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, bubble crease on the fixed endpapers (publisher's defect), light wrinkling on the last pages, light tanning and shelf wear. This is Barbara Jordan's story as she tells it for the first time, revealing her most intimate feelings about her family, her friends, and her political associates. 8.5"x6", 269 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. EC37473BB  Price: 175.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Ella in Bloom Hearon, Shelby Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated New York, New York, USA 2001 Trade Paperback Very Good, No Jacket as Issued Signed by Author Advance Reading Copy (ARC) CE3 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in pink wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus a small (about 0.5"x0.75") patch of surface damage on the back cover at the bottom right corner from label damage and light dent on the front and first few pages. Signed by the author on the title page. The main character is a gutsy and charming woman who feels that she has always been overshadowed by her older sister. The book is about her coming into bloom at last. The author is a winner of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award, fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and an Ingram Merril grant, and two fiction awards from the Texas Institute of Letters. By the author of "Woning Jolene," "Life Estates," and "Footprints." 259p. SCW05637  Price: 10.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3 Five Hundred Scorpions Hearon, Shelby Atheneum New York 1987 Hard Cover Very Good, Near Fine First Edition 0689115849 / 9780689115844 Signed by Author AT3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has light discoloration and shelf wear otherwis fine. Book has info stamped on the title page and bottom, check mark on the top right corner of the front loose endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Signed by the author on the title page. Review copy. Five Hundred Scorpions is richly colorful and wonderfully compelling, informed by an artful sleight-of-hand and an impish sense of humor that are sure to win Shelby Hearon even more devoted fans. EC14773BB  Price: 30.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4 Five Hundred Scorpions Hearon, Shelby Atheneum New York 1987 Hard Cover Very Good, Very Good First Edition 0689115849 / 9780689115844 Signed by Author AT3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has wrinkling, chipping, crease, and a few tears on the edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwis very good.fine. Book has info stamped on the bottom and front fixed endpaper, a few light stains on some page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Signed by the author on the title page. Review copy. Five Hundred Scorpions is richly colorful and wonderfully compelling, informed by an artful sleight-of-hand and an impish sense of humor that are sure to win Shelby Hearon even more devoted fans. EC14774BB  Price: 30.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5 Hug Dancing Hearon, Shelby Alfred A. Knopf New York 1991 Hard Cover Very Good, Very Good First Edition 0394586522 / 9780394586526 Signed by Author AN2 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has wrinkling, chipping, and crease on some edges and corners, discoloration, and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has previous owner's name written on the front loose endpaper, lightly bumped on some corners, a few stains on the right side page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Signed by the author on the title page. EC14805BB  Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	6 Life Estates Hearon, Shelby Vintage Books/Random House New York, New York, USA 1994 Trade Paperback Near Fine, No Jacket 0679757961 / 9780679757962 Signed by Author BY4 - A trade paperback book in near fine condition. An as new, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. Signed by the author on the title page. A book about women's freindships and losses and their powers of reinvention and renewal. Two widows in their mid-fifties. One finds a release from marriage including an attentive lover and the other feels like an employed wife. 231p. SCW01189  Price: 7.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	7 Owning Jolene Hearon, Shelby Alfred A. Knopf New York 1989 Hard Cover Very Good, Very Good First Edition 0394571754 / 9780394571751 Signed by Author AT2 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Signed by the author on the title page. A comic novel about Texas-style middle-class values and the cultural world of post-oil book San Antonio. EC14746BB  Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	8 Owning Jolene: A Novel Hearon, Shelby Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated New York, New York, USA 1988 Hard Cover Good, Good First Edition 0394571754 / 9780394571751 Signed by Author Ex-Library BD1 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear, book is slightly shelf cocked, some light fading on the top cloth edges, DJ endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers, usual library stamps, marks, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, front free endpaper, and half title page. DJ shows minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some very light fading on the spine, library label on the spine, and still in the original library mylar sleeve. Signed by the author on the title page. The main character of the story is a young woman who, as a child would be repeatedly kidnapped by her mother to Texas border towns to avoid her father's finding her. In turn her father, a big-shot oil rig salesman, would track them down and kidnap her back. It is while living in South Texas that she is made famous as a model by South Texas' most celebrated artist. A comic novel about Texas-style middle-class values and the cultural world of post-oil book San Antonio. The author is a winner of an Ingram Merrill grant, a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for Fiction, five NEQ/PEN Syndication Short Story Prizes, and two Texas Institute of Letters best novel awards. By the author of "Armadillo in the Grass," "The Second Dune," "Hannah's House," "Painted Dresses," "Group Therapy," "A Small Town," and "Five Hundred Scorpions." 209p. SCW08345  Price: 10.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	9 Year of the Dog Hearon, Shelby University of Texas Press Austin, Texas 2007 Hard Cover Near Fine, Fine First Edition 0292714696 / 9780292714694 Signed by Author AT3 - DJ is mylar protected. Book has a few light smudge/stains on the page edges otherwise fine. Signed by the author on the title page. EC14752BB  Price: 50.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart