Telegraph Avenue [Signed]

New York: Harper, 2012. First edition, first printing (full number line). Octavo in red color illus DJ, 468 pages, 24 cm. Very gentle rubbing to spine foot, extremely mild wear to spine head, publisher stamp to half-title page, faint soiling to fore-edges, highlighting to dedication page, bright pages in tight binding, barcode sticker to rear DJ, exceedingly gentle rubbing to DJ corners, else near fine(+) in near fine(+) DJ. in near fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780061493348

DJ protected in archival myar sleeve. Signed by author. In this novel the author takes us to Telegraph Avenue. It is a story that explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California, families, one black and one white. Here he creates a world grounded in pop culture: Kung Fu, 1970s Blaxploitation films, vinyl LPs, jazz and soul music, and an epic of friendship, race, and secret histories. Longtime band mates Archy and Nat preside over Brokeland Records, a used-record emporium. All is well until a former NFL quarterback, one of the country's richest African Americans, decides to build his latest Dogpile megastore on nearby Telegraph Avenue. Not only could this spell doom for the little shop and its cross-race, cross-class dream, but it opens up past history regarding Archy's untethered dad and a Black Panther-era crime. Contents: 1. Dream of Cream -- 2. The Church of Vinyl -- 3. A Bird of Wide Experience -- 4. Return to Forever -- 5. Brokeland. Family secrets -- Fiction.