CHARLEY BLAND: A NOVEL
NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, (c1989). First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title. 8vo. (12), 207 pp. Gray cloth-backed boards, all edges sprinkled brown, decorated dust jacket. Very good. More
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SOMETHING IN THE WIND
(NY): Harper & Row, (c1971). First edition of the author’s second book. 8vo. (8), 244 pp. Two-tone cloth, decorated dust jacket (short tear at head of spine, foxing to lower portions of several leaves and fore-edge). Very good. More
REMINISCING ABOUT NEW ENGLAND, in a short typed letter, signed by Glasgow April 10, 1942, from her home in Richmond, Virginia, to Mrs. Arthur B. Taylor in Boston, Massachusetts
8vo. One-page, approximately 100 words, in part: “I love the old New England houses, for I always think of New England as my second home. I have happy memories of Boston, and I haven spent all my summers, in recent years, at Castine, Maine … after a long illness, I...... More
THE DESCENDANT: A NOVEL
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First edition, first issue, the author’s first book. 8vo. (4), 276, (blank), (6, ads) pp. Ads include Twain's American Claimant and books by Richard Harding Davis. Original green and gilt-stamped decorated cloth. Bookplate, catalogue entry for a different copy affixed to rear pastedown. Very..... More
BARREN GROUND
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1925. First edition, 1/500 copies specially bound for the publisher’s “friends among the bookmen,” signed by the author. Original cloth and boards, illustrated spine label, black-trimmed orange endpapers. Very good copy (lacking the dust jacket). Very good. More
HORNET'S NEST
NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, (c1996). First edition, “uncorrected proof for limited distribution.” Tall 8vo. (10), 374 pp. Mystery set in Charlotte, North Carolina. Printed blue wrappers. Very good. More
CRUEL & UNUSUAL, A NOVEL
NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, (c1993). First edition, uncorrected advance proof. 8vo. xii, 332 pp. Kay Scarpetta mystery. Printed yellow wrappers. Very good. More
SECRETS AND SURPRISES, SHORT STORIES.
New York: Random House, (c1978). First edition, author’s third book, a review copy, with slip, promotional letter, and captioned photo laid in. 8vo. (10), 307 pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Silver-stamped cloth and boards, dust jacket. Very good. More
PICTURING WILL
NY: Random House, (c1989). First edition. 8vo. (8), 220 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Cloth-backed gilt-stamped boards, illustrated dust jacket. Fine. More
THE STORY OF OLD FORT LOUDON, by Charles Egbert Craddock; With illustrations by Ernest C. Peixotto
NY: Macmillan, 1899. First edition. 8vo. (6), 409, (2, ad leaf) pp. Eight plates. BAL 14813. Wright III 3897. Original blue and gilt-stamped decorated brown cloth. Owner’s name on pastedown, else very good. More
THE STATE LIBRARY
Nashville, TN: Nashville Evening Tennessean, 1936. First separate edition (originally appearing as the newspaper’s “My Opinion” piece in the October 20, 1936, issue). Printed broadside in two columns, 11 x 17 inches, presenting a statement on the library’s holdings and mission, usually two paragraphs of dense text under sub-headlines: “State..... More
THE TURKEY'S FEATHER
(Athens, GA): The Georgia Review, 1952. First separate edition, reprinted from The Georgia Review, Vol. VI, No. 4, winter 1952. Tall 8vo. 465-474 pp. During her life, Haun (1911-1966) published one book, The Hawk’s Done Gone, a loosely connected group of short stories of life in the Tennessee mountains, and her..... More
LOUISA C. McCORD
Columbia, SC: USC Extension Dept. Bulletin, No. 91, October 1920, first publication of the author’s Master’s thesis. 8vo. 42 pp. Illustrated from a wood engraving and a photograph of a sculpture, both of McCord (1819-1879) who published economic translations, poetry, and a play prior to the Civil War. Original decorated brown..... More
A CHRISTMAS STORY
[Charleston, SC ?]: A. Cramer Koster, 1932. First separate edition (first published in the Charleston Evening Post, December 19, 1931). 12mo. (8) pp. Text printed between ornamental borders, decorated initial letter. Little boy finds a cache of old coins in the attic, enough for the sled he wanted, but more importantly..... More
IN DIXIE LAND: STORIES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA BY SOUTHERN WRITERS; Illustrations by Ila McAfee
New York: The Purdy Press, 1926. First edition. 8vo. xxi, (2), 226 pp. Illustrated from line drawings. The 14 stories include contributions from Grace King, Katherine Sherwood Bonner, Martha Young, and Jane Screven Heyward (a text-ending poem). Original black cloth, prointed paper labels on spine and upper cover, illustrated dust..... More
Commenting on a letter written by an admirer, in a typed note, signed by Tyler October 24, 1985.
8vo. One-page, in full: “I enjoyed your letter, and the vivid orange flower, and the thought of the three of you taking turns reading. And I’m glad you liked the book. Thank you for writing. Sincerely, Anne Tyler.” Folded for mailing and accompanied by its envelope, with Tyler’s embossed return..... More
LADDER OF YEARS
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First edition, uncorrected proof. Tall 8vo. (6), 325, (1) pp. Inscribed business card of Knop publicity executive laid in. Printed yellow wrappers (spine faded, front wrapper spotted), captioned portrait photograph of the author and publisher’s notice stapled to front wrapper verso. Good copy only. More
BREATHING LESSONS
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition, uncorrected proof, second issue with first leaf corrected. 8vo. (6), 330 pp. Printed gray wrappers (little foxing at upper edge of front panel), publisher’s notices affixed to front wrapper and front endpaper. Very good proof of Tyler’s Pulitzer Prize winner. More
DRIVEN FROM HOME
Charlotte, NC: Clark Publishing Co., nd [ca. 1925]. First edition. 8vo. 245 pp. Novel based on textile mill work; “many scenes take place on a farm near Greensboro” (OCLC). Powell North Carolina Fiction 131: “Drunkard drives his wife and baby daughter from home.” Original gilt-stamped black cloth (rubbed, some soiling);..... More
JULY 7th: A NOVEL
Chapel Hill, (NC): Algonquin Books, 1984. First edition, “unrevised proof,” the author's first book, published simultaneously with The Cheer Leader. 8vo. (6), 387 pp. Printed orange wrappers; light foxing to top edge, but very good. More
FROST AND FLOWER: MY LIFE WITH MANIC DEPRESSION SO FAR; [With a frontispiece engraving by Barry Moser.]
Decatur, GA: Wisteria Press, 1995. First edition, 1/297 copies (this #154 on Nideggen handmade paper) signed by the author and illustrator. 8vo. 20 pp. Two-tone cloth, gilt spine title, publisher’s acetate dust jacket (tear in upper front panel). Very good. More
INGLIS FLETCHER OF BANDON, CHRONICLER OF NORTH CAROLINA
Indianapolis, (IN): Bobbs-Merrill, nd [1946]. First edition. 12mo. 18, (1) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Biographical sketch of the popular novelist of colonial and revolutionary North Carolina, issued by her publisher. OCLC locates six copies (Indiana, Notre Dame, Southern Mississippi, New Hanover Co. Public, North Carolina, Cleveland Public). Original printed..... More
THE SCOTSWOMAN
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, (c1954). First edition. 8vo. 480 pp. Endpaper maps. Novelization of Flora MacDonald’s life in North Carolina. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth, color illustrated dust jacket (small chip at one corner). Very good. More
QUEEN'S GIFT
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, (c1952). First edition, the “Constitution Edition” with an illustrated leaf signed by the author. 8vo. 448 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth, color illustrated dust jacket. Very good. More
BENNETT'S WELCOME
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, (c1950). First edition. 8vo. 451 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth, color illustrated dust jacket. Very good. More