Item #46277 Wounded in the House of a Friend [Signed]. Sonia Sanchez.

Wounded in the House of a Friend [Signed]

Boston: Beacon Press, 1995. Very Good / Very Good. Item #46277
ISBN: 0807068268

Boston: Beacon Press, 1995. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Unclipped dust jacket. Publisher's white cloth to spine, white paper over boards. 94 pp.

Dust jacket has light smudging and edge wear. No tears, no chips. Bottom corner of rear flap creased. Verso of DJ foxed. Boards have some biopredation, particularly on cloth. Corners square. Binding sound. Edges foxed. Pages clean and unmarked.

Inscribed on half title page by Sonia Sanchez: "Ebe Yiye! Sonia Sanchez 6/10/95, Washington." "Ebe Yiye" means "It will get better!" in Twi, a language spoken in Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast. An oft-used phrase of Sanchez's, it appears within the book as well in poem number 6.

Overall, a very good copy in like dust jacket.

Price: $150.00