American Fiction from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911 1st ed. 437pp. illus. green pictorial cloth 8vo w/gilt titles: fair/no dj [hinges are cracked and in need of professional re-backing but are attached, and book is quite readable; ffep is chipped @ fore edge but text block is tight; gilt is nice and bright] A useful vintage first edition complete with… Read more about this item

Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1991 1st ed. 610pp. hardback sm 4to: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [hint of spine creasing; else F] A nice copy of the third volume in the Georgia author physician Sams's (1922-2013) trilogy of autobiographical fiction that began with "Run With the Horsemen."

Christy, MO: self-published, 1899 1st ed. 335pp. + index. illus. brown cloth sm 8vo: Good/no dj. A solid original copy of this strange reimagining of Noah's flood by the Canadian-American Curry (1837-1906).

Atlanta: Peachtree, 1984 3rd ptg. SIGNED on half-title p. by author. 528pp. hardback sm 4to: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. A nice collectible copy of this sequel to Georgia author physician Sams's (1922-2013) "Run with the Horsemen."

Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1891 Golden Rod ed. INSCRIBED by author. 371pp. + ads. t.e.g. cloth 12mo w/gilt decorations: ex lib. copy; white ink Dewey "Read" on spine; no other external markings; text is age browned; hinges are cracked but firm; else a nice complete & tight copy with the author's revelatory inscription. Authorial inscription is on a small sheet… Read more about this item

New York: Berkeley Books: 2005 1st ed. INSCRIBED by author on title p. 312pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [edges are age browning owing to quality of publisher's paper; else a nice crisp copy]

INSCRIBED at length on title p. by author. 310pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Fine in a Very Good+ dj in Brodart poly cover [ffep has been neatly removed; small edge tear on last page; else a nice crisp copy; dj = tear @ spine head; else VG+] A political thriller by the two-term governor and three-term U. S. senator from… Read more about this item

INSCRIBED on title p. by author & signed "Armistead." 274pp. paperback tall 8vo: near Very Good [small sepia damp stain at top edge of several pages. including top of title p; some edge foxing and age darkening; else a clean, complete & tight copy] Nice author signature under a very brief inscription.

INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 262pp. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good+ in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [couple of vestiges of a tipped down card on ffep; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] Nice author signature under a very brief inscription.

INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 220pp. paperback tall 8vo: Very Good [darkening of edges; text is lightly age browned; else a clean, complete & tight copy] Nice author signature under a very brief inscription.

New York: Random House, c1962 book club ed. 305pp. red cloth 8vo w/gilt titles: Very Good+ in a Good+ dj in Brodart poly cover [fore edge foxing; else a very nice clean, complete & tight copy] A nice hard bound edition of this picaresque last novel that won the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

New York: Random House, 1976 reprint. 364pp. navy cloth tall 8vo: Good in a Good dj in Brodart poly cover [ink gift inscription ffep; red crayon doodle ffep; edges are foxed; else a clean, complete & tight copy; dj = edge tears; now protected in poly cover] Historical fiction in Vidal's Narratives of Empire series.

Macon, GA: Mercer Univ. Press, 2008 3rd ptg. 309pp. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. Georgia author Sams's (1922-2013) last novel.

Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Co., 2006 1st ed. 192pp. black cloth tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. An historical first novel set in Civil War era Atlanta by a native of the area.

Athens: Univ. of Georgia Press, 1972 1st ed. 157pp. navy cloth 8vo w/gilt spine titles: Very Good in a near Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover. A scholarly study of Melville's novels Typee, Omoo, Mardi, Redburn and White-Jacket.

Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2005 1st ed. thus. INSCRIBED on title p. by Bianchi. 264pp. paperback 8vo: Fine.

New York: Putnam's. 1995 1st ed.. hardcover. INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 276pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Fine in a Very Good+ dj in Brodart poly cover.

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1948 1st ed. 237pp. hardback 8vo: Good+ in a Good dj in poly cover. A romance by the prolific American novelist Miller (1884-1960).

New York: Viking Press, 1972 2nd ptg. SIGNED on ffep by author. 442pp. hardback sm 4to: Very Good+ in a Good+ dj in poly cover [dj = torn along front fold; else G+]

New York: Putnam's, 2000 1st ed. SIGNED on front flyleaf by author. 387pp. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good in a Very Good dj.