Franklin, TN: Self Published, 1991. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 3/8 Inches. 460 PP. Scarce original copy of this history of Franklin, TN and surrounding area. Told in simple stories from the memory of Yates, a beloved Franklin teacher and High School Principal. Includes personal accounts of..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 443 PP. "Ratliff Sutton as a small boy ran away from home and lived with negroes in a Georgia swamp." First edition with original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Second novel from Cheney..... More
New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 440 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.95 intact on front flap. Book clean and tight. DJ a bit chipped at corners and spine ends. Minor loss to lower..... More
Houston, TX: Hutchins House Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 176 PP. Scarce surviving cookbook from the now closed Confederate House Restaurant in Houston, TX. Owners Gordon and Betty Edge hosted Presidents and famous personalities in Houston for half a century with these distinctly Southern..... More
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 12 3/8 X 10 1/4 Inches. 144 PP. Stated First Edition on the last page of text. A profusely illustrated catalog of Dunlap's work over the years. Blurbs on rear cover from Roy Blount Jr., Barry Hannah, Sally..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 327 PP. First printing copy with the publisher "A" and seal on the copyright page. Original price of $3.50 intact on front flap. Original cloth sharp and clean. Light toning to text. DJ..... More
New York: Random House, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 438 PP. Stated "First Printing" on on the copyright page. Early novel of life in Louisville, KY from the film screenwriter or "Rhapsody in Blue" and "New Orleans" among others. Blank "unicorn" bookplate to..... More
New York: Random House, 1955. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 375 [1] PP. Stated "Second Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $3.95 intact on front flap of jacket. Signed by Robert Penn Warren directly on the FFEP. Book amazingly sharp and clean. Only the..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 286 PP. First printing with the called for Bonanza publishing letter line to the "A" on the copyright page. No price on jacket AS ISSUED. Complete with cookbook section at rear. Light wear to..... More
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1979. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. "Ida M'Toy, an old negro woman, for a long time a midwife in my little Mississippi town and for another long time a dealer in second-hand clothes in the same place, has been..... More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 211 PP. First printing of this overlooked classic of the agrarian movement in America and especially the South in the early 20th Century. The famous "Agrarian" poets including John Crow Ransome and Robert..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Forest History Society, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2 X 10 7/8 Inches. 184 PP. First printing of this swan song publicaton by and about famed Southern Historian Stanley Horn. This copy presented and signed by Horn to William "Bill" Boozer of the Nashville Banner newspaper. Boozer..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 218 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $12.50 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed on Christmas Eve in the year of publication! Important Fugitive Poet..... More
Knoxville, TN: Celtic Cat Publishing, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. 6 1/4 x 9 184 Inches. 219 PP. First printing of this scarce volume of poetry from Marion, a noted Southern poet and writer who has helped shape the landscape of Appalachian literature. Signed by Marion directly on the half..... More
Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 9 Inches. 208 PP. "Madison Jones is one of the country's great prose stylists.. There is not a writer in America whose work I admire more that the work Madison Jones has done." Harry Crews Stated "1st Printing"..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 9 Inches. 343 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $26.99 intact on front flap. Signed by author directly on the title-page. Winner of the 2018 Edgar Award for..... More
New York: Library of America, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 7/8 Inches. 1021 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $40.00 intact on the front flap. Signed by Berry directly on the title-page. Includes Nathan Coulter, A Place on Earth, A World Lost and..... More
Nashville, TN: Smith, Camp & Co., 1857. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 5 X 7 7/8 Inches. 356 PP. First printing copy in the original embossed cloth binding. The directory contains the names, business, and residence of all heads of families and businesses in Nashville, Memphis, Clarksville, Shelbyville, Knoxville, Franklin..... More
New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 75 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line on the copyright page. Original price of $8.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Robert Penn Warren on the FFEP. A sharp copy. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 189 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Signed by Rutledge directly on the FFEP. Price-clipped. Minor primitive tape repairs to inside of jacket, hence the "Good" grade. A very scarce book to find signed..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. 5 1/4 X 7 5/8 Inches. 318 PP. First novel from this Georgia born winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer. Original blue cloth binding. Spine rubbed and a few minor dings to boards. An excellent copy overall..... More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1909. First Thus. Cloth. 5 1/8 X 7 3/8 Inches. 358 PP. First edition from Winston following the success of the 1897 original that was published by J.C. Bauer. Born in Alabama, Moore trained as a lawyer but found success in the literary field in the..... More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1902. First Thus. Cloth. 4 3/4 X 7 1/8 Inches. 358 PP. First edition from Coates following the success of the 1897 original that was published by J.C. Bauer. Born in Alabama, Moore trained as a lawyer but found success in the literary field..... More
New York: Poseidon Press, 1993. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 6 X 9 1/8 Inches. 444 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed by Crews on the dedication page. Additionally inscribed by Huntley Johnson, the dedicatee. Light foxing to gutters. Hint of..... More
Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 117 PP. First printing of this collection of poems told in an antiquated African American dialect. Poems include: Ole Marster, De Ole Battered Banjo, Uncle Joe, Mammy's Charge and The Race Question among many others..... More