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New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1978). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark, short tear to upper edge of back cover of dj) . First printing. The second (and most popular) novel by this Southern author, and her only foray into horror fiction. Set in "a wealthy suburb in Atlanta where… Read more about this item

New York:: Context Books,, (2001). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Southern author's second book, following his highly praised memoir, and first work of fiction. Contains 13 stories, mostly set in Virginia, which chronicle the lives of narrators living on the margins of urban life. The title story… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2009.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. "Her first book in nine years. Lark & Termite is set during the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea. It is the story of the power of loss and love, the echoing ramifications of war, family secrets,… Read more about this item

New York:: Arbor House,, (1986). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's first novel set in the rural South of the 1940s and 1950s which "explores one family's convoluted history. Physical and emotional violence, religious fanaticism, and pot-boiling love and hate combine to define one of those bizarre families, seemingly exaggerated… Read more about this item

New York:: The Literary Guild,, 1934.. Hardcover -. Near fine in blue cloth with silver lettering on spine and front cover (bookplate). Book club edition. A book which was both a best seller and a classic account of 1920s Alabama, part memoir, part history, and part cultural analysis. In 1921, Carmer accepted a position at the University… Read more about this item

New York:: World Publishing Co.,, (1947). Hardcover -. Very good in black cloth with silver lettering (name on front endpaper), no dust jacket.. . First thus. Forum Books edition. Smith's classic novel of the South - the "strange fruit" are, of course, the victims of lynchings hanging from the trees. A book which generated controversy at the… Read more about this item

New York:: Random House,, (1956). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in black and white boards in a very good black dust jacket with some rubbing, foxing to the interior. . First printing. Award-winning author Warren returns to the South where he was brought up and recounts conversations he had regarding segregation and integration - although his… Read more about this item

New York:: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,, (1961.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in brown cloth in a good dustjacket (bookplate, edgewear to top of dj, original price of 4.95 still present) .. First edition. The Old Man is gone now, except in the Boy's memory - and the boy has left North Carolina to begin his life… Read more about this item

San Francisco:: Chronicle Books,, (1997). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. First printing. An "evocative collection of small essays, [which paint] lovely pictures in words, describing not only subtropical plants such as sea oats, magnolia, and kudzu, but also the (slightly fictionalized) people of her childhood in the South. . . … Read more about this item

Chapel Hill, NC:: Algonquin Books,, 1989.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning) . First printing. His third book, second novel based on the history of the author's own family, set in Oklahoma City in the 1920s, during the oil boom years. 280 pp.

New York:: Random House,, 2000.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Set in Big Stone Gap, Virginia in the year 1973. A family scandal sends the heroine, 35 year-old Ave Maria Mulligan into new levels of activity, shattering her quiet spinster life. First novel by this… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill, NC:: Algonquin,, 2003.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Edgerton's 8th novel,a "breezy comedy tinged with sadness," set at a convalescence home in North Carolina, where nonagenarian Lil is recuperating from a bad fall. But Lil is restless and wants some adventure and before long Lil and "the girls"… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1971). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a near fine dustjacket (small chip to upper edge of back cover of dj). First printing. Ninth novel by this West Virginia author, best known for 'The Night of the Hunter.' Like… Read more about this item

Boston:: Little Brown,, (1965). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in dark brown cloth (small address label on front pastedown) in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, some rubbing to front cover). First printing. Southern author's controversial second novel, based on events in the town where he lived and one which reveals the racial tensions buried in… Read more about this item

New York:: William H. Morrow,, (1997). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A novel set in the rural South in the 1940s, right after World War II, a story which explores the earliest beginnings of desegregation in the South. Two boys - one black and the other white - "spend their… Read more about this item

New York:: The Viking Press,, (1984). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's first novel set in Charleston, South Carolina, the story of a disintegrating family and of the power of love, winner of the 1985 Hemingway Foundation Award for a first work of fiction. SIGNED on the… Read more about this item

New York:: Crown,, (1970). Hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing before publication. Coming of age novel set in the tobacco growing area of North Carolina in the 1930s during the Depression - Joedel, a thirteen year old boy of mixed white and Native American heritage, is attending the annual auction for… Read more about this item

New York:: Morrow,, 1945.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in green cloth with red illustration on the front cover, lettering on the spine (a bit of wear to the covers, usual light toning to the pages, but a tight and clean copy), no dust jacket. . First printing. Recounts the histories of the grand plantation houses… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1994.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A novel, set in Eunola, Mississippi. When a woman returns home after 35 years she finds a world full of "conflicted glory - sorrowful, hilarious, passionate, all at once." 220 pp.

New York:: Harcourt Brace & Company,, (1957). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in dark green cloth with gold lettering on the spine in a good dust jacket (bookplate on front pastedown under dj flap, some rubbing and edgewear to the dj, original price of 4.75 still present.. First printing. The first novel by one of the… Read more about this item