Softcover. New York, Schocken, reprint, 1988, Book: Good, 673 pages. Softcover. B&w photographs throughout. Edge wear and foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468918
Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton , 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition, as are the interior pages and binding. Smalltime is a riveting American immigrant story that travels back to Risorgimento Sicily, to the ancient, dusty, hill-town home of Antonino Sciotto, the author's great-grandfather, who leaves his wife and children in grinding poverty for a new life -- and wife -- in a Pennsylvania mining town. Clean copy. Record # 33633
Hardcover. Reno, Nevada, University of Nevada Press, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 176 pages, hardcover. Signed by author on interior front end page. Dust jacket is in generally good shape, with some minor dents. Interior pages and binding in very good condition. An account a son writes of his father, an old Basque sheepherder who lived and worked in the American West for most of his life, who, in fulfilling his dream of returning to the Pyenees, came to a new realization of what America meant to him. Clean copy. Record # 33594
Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 271 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book proposes that racial grief is a foundation for racial identity, suggesting that racial identification is itself already a melancholy act. It explores examples from culture and life to show how racial melancholia permeates our fantasies of citizenship, assimilation, and social health. Previous owner's light highlighting in pencil is present throughout, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34293
Hardcover. US, Algonquin Books, 1st, 1997-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 309 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, tight copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466760
Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 277 pages, hardcover. White pictorial boards have a few minor stains, but are still in very good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography and B&W illustrations throughout. This book is a beautiful homage to Iranian yogurt traditions--past, present, and future. Dashtaki weaves over 100 nostalgic and innovative dishes. Clean copy. Record # 34138