Possessing the Secret Of Joy
by Walker, Alice
In Alice Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy, we meet Tashi Johnson again (she first appeared in The Color Purple). The young tribal African woman is now living in North America. As a young woman, she submitted to the customs of her people led her to submit to the tribal initiation rite of passage, which involves genital mutilation. Now severely traumatized, she spends the rest of her life trying to reconcile her heritage with her experience as a modern woman in America.
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
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- 1992
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London, United Kingdom,: Jonathan Cape, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with no statement of reprint to the copyright page therefore indicating a true first print in a near fine Dust Jacket which is not price clipped. Signed by Alice Walker to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Alice Walker
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Gray and orange boards with gold writing on spine; top of book spine slightly rumpled. Inventory stamp on top right corner of first interior page; slight shelf wear on top of dust jacket spine. Cover price of $19.95 on front dust jacket flap; slight rubbing on front dust jacket (but could be on Mylar cover). Book has overall tight binding… Read more about this item Item Price
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
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New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($19.95). Signed by the author on the title page. Gorgeous, unread copy. Item Price
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Possessing the Secret of Joy (SIGNED)
by Walker, Alice
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1992. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, signed on title, d/j (v.g.), orange boards, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages unmarked and tight.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). When Alice Walker finished writing The Color Purple she realised that she needed to tell the story of Tashi, a minor character, who… Read more about this item Item Price
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Possessing The Secret Of Joy
by Walker, Alice
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United States: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Signed by the Author. Unread with clean text. Grey quarter bound boards with brown spine and gold lettering. Signed on the title page. Not price clipped. Lightest of shelf wear. Under new mylar. Beautiful copy of a later work by the Pulitzer prize winning author of The Color Purple.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hardcover First Edition without dust jacket. Interior is bright and tight. The story of a tribal African woman now living in North America, who tries to reconcile her African heritage with her experience as a modern woman in America. Item Price
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992-06-30. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.3000 9.2000 5.5000. First edition. Minor wear on the covers, corners, and the edges. Like shelf wear. May contain some writing and or highlighting within the pages and covers. Item Price
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
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POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY
by Walker, Alice
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- 1992
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. About fine in fine jacket.. Signed first printing of this novel exploring many of the same themes as THE COLOR PURPLE, especially love after trauma and universal sisterhood. 9.25'' x 5.25''. Original quarter orange cloth, grey paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($19.95) color pictorial dust jacket designed by Vaughn Andrews… Read more about this item Item Price
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Alice Walker
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- 1992
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992-06-30. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.3000 9.2000 5.5000. Item Price
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Possessing the secret of joy
by Alice Walker
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- 1993
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Wellington, NZL
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Vintage. Very Good. 5.08 x 0.67 x 7.8 inches. Paperback. 1993. 272 pages. <br>When Alice Walker finished writing The Color Purpl e she realised that she needed to tell the story of Tashi, a mino r character, who had left Africa but had taken her wound with her to America. This is Tashi's story, told in her words and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992-06-30. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 9x4x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. edge wear; The acclaimed author of The Color Purple presents a provocative story of a young tribal African woman who lives most of her adult life in America. Tashi submits to her people's custom of genital mutilation. Severely… Read more about this item Item Price
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice.
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Great Britain: B C A , 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gift inscription on flypage otherwise unmarked.Posessing the Secret of Joy is the story of Tahsi, an African tribal woman. Told in Tashi's voice and the voices of the people who knew and loved her, it is the shattering account of a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by WALKER, Alice
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- 1992
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
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Possessing the Secret of Joy [Signed, Numbered]
by Walker, Alice
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- 1992
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A novel. This is one of 250 numbered copies signed by Walker. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine slipcase (no dust jacket, as issued). Signed and numbered by Walker on the limitation page. Item Price
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
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- 1992
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall thin). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Slight rubbing and creases to jacket; else a near fine copy as issued. x, [2], 286 pages. Story of an African woman living in North America, who uses tribal ritual and Jungian psychology to evoke… Read more about this item Item Price
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