Palaemon Press Limited, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 42 PP. One of only 550 copies produced. Signed by Rosanna Warren, daughter of Robert Penn Warren, to noted collector Bill Boozer. Boozer was the editor of the Faukner newsletter for over 25 years and..... More
New York: Random House, 1953. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 230 [2] PP. "This is Robert Penn Warren's best book!...Cruel sometimes, crude sometimes, obsessed sometimes, the book is always extraordinary: it does know, and knows sadly and tenderly, even. It is, in short, an event, a...... More
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 32 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $4.00 intact on front flap. An extremely sharp copy. From the author of All the King's Men and highly influential member of..... More
New York: William Morris Agency, 1956. Original Document. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. 3 PP. Original stapled three page contract granting the Dutch language publishing rights for "Band of Angels" to Elsevier. Signed by Robert Penn Warren at bottom of first page. Additionally initialed by Robert Penn Warren..... More
New York: William Morris Agency, 1956. Original Document. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. 3 PP. Original stapled three page contract granting the Danish language publishing rights for "Band of Angels" to Grafisk Forlag. Signed by Robert Penn Warren at bottom of first page. Additionally initialed by Robert Penn..... More
New York: Random House, 1942. Aldren Watson. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/8 Inches. 295 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Novel of Applachia from this noted early 20th century supporter of civil rights in Tennessee. Period bookstore label on FFEP (The Personal Book..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1936. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Original first printing with date of "May, 1936" on the copyright page. Signed by Mitchell on the FFEP. Housed in a second issue dust jacket with "Gone with the Wind" at the top of the first column on rear panel. Original..... More
New York: Random House, 1959. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/8 Inches. 391 PP. 1959 reissue of the 1943 original. Signed by Robert Penn Warren at top of FFEP. "1/59" on lower edge of front flap. Price-clipped. A scarce title to find signed by the author. An extremely..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. First Edition. Original wraps. 4 3/8 X 6 3/4 Inches. 112 PP. Original "Riverside Literature Series" number 220. Contains numerous poems, but famously reprints "The Raven" by Poe and "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Key. Scuffing and wear to covers and spine as shown. More
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1993. Uncorrected Proof. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 9 Inches. 349 PP. Stated "Advance Uncorrected Proof" on the front cover. Original blue paper wraps. Spine unbroken. Tremendous biography of Pulitzer Prize winning author and newspaper editor Hodding Carter. Carter was a highly influential Civil Rights crusader..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. 303 PP. First printing of Caldwell's most important work (arguably of course). PO bookplate to front pastedown. Binding clean and tight. Housed in original issue dust jacket. Retains original price of $2.50 on..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 3/4 Inches. 266 [2] PP. Original brown cloth with with first issue gilt title stamping to cover and spine. Illustration of a dandified gentleman on cover clean and sharp. Southern tale of life on a Georgia plantation with several..... More
Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1971. Gene Meatyard. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 3/4 X 9 Inches. 96 PP + Plates. First printing of this essay on Kentucky's Red River Gorge. Original price of $6.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Berry on pasted in bookplate. Original cream..... More
Nashville, TN: Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1902. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 308 PP. First printing in the original maroon cloth binding with gilt title-stamping to cover and spine. Early, simple tales of inspiration found in the life of those living in the Appalachian woodlands..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 Inches. 109 PP. First edition of author's first book. All 24 illustrations intact. First state of ads. Spine quite worn at folds. Light wear to edges. Ink to bottom gutter from what looks like a spilled bottle..... More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 8 1/8 Inches. 192 PP. One of only 973 copies printed. Signed by Wendell Berry directly on the title-page. Original price of $20.00 intact on front flap. Hint of sunning to edges. Foxing to gutters. DJ..... More
New York: Literary Guild, 1929. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 311 PP. Original Literary Guild edition in the original issue DJ. Interestingly, this particular copy bears a handwritten inscription from George Gershwin to Al Jolson. While the association does make sense, as the author (Heyward)..... More
Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 3/4 Inches. 635 PP. Original 1960 issue in green cloth binding with gilt title to front cover and spine. Signed by Rutledge directly on the half title-page. Hint of wear to gutters, else a fine..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Inches. 207 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $3.50 intact on front flap. Second issue of the text with the copyright page tipped-in and containing five dates. Hint of foxing..... More
Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 319 PP. Full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $19.95 intact. Signed by Jenkins on half title-page. Hint of wear to DJ edges. More
Sarasota, FL: The Pineapple Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 269 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $18.95 intact on front flap. Includes entries by Stowe, Hemingway, Muir, Audubon, Bartram and..... More
Shelby, MS: Hardscramble Plantation, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 234 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $3.75 intact on front flap. Important early study of cotton farming in the South. Just as important, the book informs the reader..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1952. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 299 PP. Signed by author on original "Tod Carter Edition" limitation page. No inscription to previous owner as is typically encountered. A very attractive copy of this story that centers around Tod Carter and his exploits during..... More
Self-Published: Hope Enterprises of Jacksonville, 1978. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 166 PP. "As mother told it, when South Georgia was still a wilderness, and children attended school only in the cold months when they were unneeded on the farm, and when children often walked..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 1/4 Inches. 175 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $17.95 on rear panel. An interesting history of Capote's life and the manuscript he never..... More