New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. First printing signed on laid-in bookplate. Important novel of race relations in the South published just prior to the 1960's era that would be defined by the Civil Rights struggle that is eloquently portrayed here..... 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
Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 2001. Limited Edition. 5 3/8 X 7 7/8 Inches. 18 PP. One of only 1200 sewn copies produced. Signed by Wendell Berry directly on the title-page. Original wraps and stiff paper outer wrap sharp and clean. 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
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 259 PP. Signed and inscribed "To Lesa / from the Big City / Rick Bragg" on the title-page. Original bookseller autograph signing ticket from old Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Nashville laid-in loose. Stated "First..... More
Austin, TX: Cold Mountain Press, 1976. Signed Limited Edition. Original wraps. 4 3/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. 8 PP. Original tie-binding clean and intact. Signed by Wendell Berry directly on the limitation page. #83 of 300 signed copies. More
New York: Random House, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/21 Inches. 272 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number code on the copyright page. Original price of $23.95 intact on front flap. Basis for the Ashley Judd film of the same name. More
Oxford: Yoknapatawpha Press. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches.265 PP. First printing copy with original price of $12.95 on front flap. Signed by Willie Morris on the front end page. A sharp copy overall. More
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 209 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. More
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2000. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 3/4 X 8 7/8 Inches. 207 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $18.00 on rear panel. More
Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 377 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Nice history of Vanderbilt University written by long-time Chancellor Alexander Heard (namesake of the Heard Library on campus)..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 220 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Signed, "For Miss Bess Showalter, a loyal fried, a great help with Ky Children, Virgil Steed" (Dated August, 1948). Book has a slight tape ghost..... More
New York: Random House, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 8 1/8 Inches. 109 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.75 intact on front DJ flap. Hint of sunning to DJ spine, else a fine copy. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 Inches. 306 PP. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Original blue cloth boards sharp and clean. A novel of uniquely Southern hardship surrounding the marriage of Janey at..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 358 PP. Stated "First Edition" with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed by the late Terry Kay directly on the title-page. Original price of $25.00 intact on..... More
Nashville, TN: Printed for the Author, 1859. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 668 PP. Original first printing of this scarce early history of Nashville and early middle Tennessee. This copy rebound in fairly simple cloth binding with title-stamping to spine. Slip signed by "the..... More
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 494 PP. Stated "First Published 1981" with no additional copyright dates. Hint of scuffing to DJ spine. A very attractive copy. More