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  • Welty, Eudora.
    LOSING BATTLES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Mississippi in the 1930's.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket (a little wear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine and fading to the orange lettering on the spine, as is common to almost all copies of this book.)

    Book ID: 16378
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  • Welty, Eudora.
    LOSING BATTLES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Mississippi in the 1930's.

    Condition: Very good+ in a very good+ dustjacket (initials on front endpaper, fading to the orange lettering on the spine, as is common to almost all copies of this book..)

    Book ID: 16379
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  • Welty, Eudora.
    ONE WRITER'S BEGINNINGS.

    Edition: Later printing.

    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. dj. Hardcover - A revised version of three lectures (entitled Listening, Learning to See and Finding a Voice) delivered at Harvard in 1983; includes an account of growing up in the South in the early 20th century, and how it affected her as a writer. Photographs. 103 pages. ISBN: 0-674-639251.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, small binding flaw on front pastedown with a piece of tape on it, price-clipped dj.)

    Book ID: 18870
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  • MORGANA: Two Stories from 'The Golden Apples.' by Welty, Eudora.
    Welty, Eudora.
    MORGANA: Two Stories from 'The Golden Apples.'

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1988. dj. Hardcover - A beautifully produced edition of these two stories ('June Recital 'and 'Moon Lake'), illustrated with full page drawings by Mildred Nungester Wolfe and with a new afterword by Welty. Slightly oversized format (11in by 8 1/2 in), 151 pages. Bound in blue cloth covered boards. ISBN: 0-87805-4006.

    Condition: Fine in very near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 18902
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  • Welty, Eudora.
    ONE WRITER'S BEGINNINGS.

    Edition: First trade edition.

    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - A revised version of three lectures (entitled Listening, Learning to See and Finding a Voice) delivered at Harvard in 1983; includes an account of growing up in the South in the early 20th century, and how it affected her as a writer. Photographs. 103 pages. While it has gone through many printings, this had a rather small first printing in the trade edition. ISBN: 0-674-639251.

    Condition: Near fine in very good+ dust jacket (embossed seal of prev owner, short tear at upper edge of back cover with associated creasing )

    Book ID: 19287
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  • Welty, Eudora.
    THE EYE OF THE STORY: Selected Essays and Reviews.

    Edition: First trade edition.

    New York: Random House, 1978, dj. Hardcover first edition -. ISBN: 0-394-425065.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark.)

    Book ID: 24759
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  • Welty, Eudora.
    THE EYE OF THE STORY: Selected Essays and Reviews.

    Edition: First trade edition.

    New York: Random House, 1978, dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of Welty's rather infrequent non-fiction writings, including several essays on writing fiction, commentaries on writers ranging from Jane Austen to Willa Cather and Virginia Woolf, from E. M. Forster to William Faulkner, and on miscellaneous subjects like childhood reading and Mississippi cookery. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-394-425065.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 24760
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  • Welty, Eudora.
    THE EYE OF THE STORY: Selected Essays and Reviews.

    Edition: First trade edition.

    New York: Random House, 1978, dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of Welty's rather infrequent non-fiction writings, including several essays on writing fiction, commentaries on writers ranging from Jane Austen to Willa Cather and Virginia Woolf, from E. M. Forster to William Faulkner, and on miscellaneous subjects like childhood reading and Mississippi cookery. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-394-425065.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very good+ unmarked dustjacket.

    Book ID: 24761
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  • Welty, Eudora.
    THIRTEEN STORIES.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1965.). Selected and with an introduction by Ruth M. Vande Kieft. Cover illustration by Barry Moser. ISBN: 0-15-689969-8.

    Condition: Very good condition.

    Book ID: 30792
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  • Welty, Eudora.
    THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Vintage Books, (1990.). Pulitzer prize winning novel, originally published in 1972. ISBN: 0-679-72883x.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 30864
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  • Welty, Eudora.
    MORGANA: Two Stories from 'The Golden Apples.'

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1988. dj. Hardcover - A beautifully produced edition of these two stories ('June Recital 'and 'Moon Lake'), illustrated with full page drawings by Mildred Nungester Wolfe and with a new afterword by Welty. Slightly oversized format (11in by 8 1/2 in), 151 pages. Bound in blue cloth covered boards. ISBN: 0-87805-4006.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder mark, donation stamp to edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 31544
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  • Welty, Eudora.
    ONE WRITER'S BEGINNINGS.

    Edition: Later printing.

    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. dj. Hardcover - A revised version of three lectures (entitled Listening, Learning to See and Finding a Voice) delivered at Harvard in 1983; includes an account of growing up in the South in the early 20th century, and how it affected her as a writer. Photographs. 103 pages. ISBN: 0-674-639251.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36598
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  • Welty, Eudora.
    ONE WRITER'S BEGINNINGS.

    Edition: Paperback.

    New York: Warner, (1985.). A revised version of three lectures (entitled Listening, Learning to See and Finding a Voice) delivered at Harvard in 1983; includes an account of growing up in the South in the early 20th century, and how it affected her as a writer. Photographs. 114 pp. ISBN: 0-446-343013.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 41548
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  • THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER. by Welty, Eudora.
    Welty, Eudora.
    THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Random House, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A seemingly slight story of a young woman who returns from Chicago to her childhood home in Mississippi after the death of her father, and in doing so, she confronts parts of her past and comes to a better understanding of herself - but a story imbued with Welty's artistry. A Pulitzer prize winning novel. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-394-480171.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (lower edge of front board slightly bumped, some staining to the dj).

    Book ID: 57245
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  • AMERICAN PIE. by West, Michael Lee.
    West, Michael Lee.
    AMERICAN PIE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's third novel, the story of three sharply contrasted sisters, separated by personality, geography and circumstances, but drawn together again by a freak accident. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0183578.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 54751
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  • AMERICAN PIE. by West, Michael Lee.
    West, Michael Lee.
    AMERICAN PIE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (1996.). First edition - Southern author's third novel, the story of three sharply contrasted sisters, separated by personality, geography and circumstances, but drawn together again by a freak accident. 377 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (different cover art than the final version.)

    Book ID: 54752
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  • SHE FLEW THE COOP: A Novel Concerning Life, Death, Sex, and Recipes in Limoges, Louisiana. by West, Michael Lee.
    West, Michael Lee.
    SHE FLEW THE COOP: A Novel Concerning Life, Death, Sex, and Recipes in Limoges, Louisiana.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, one which combines dark calamity with comedy, set in 1952 in Limoges, Louisiana (population: 905), where the main occupations "seem to be spreading juicy gossip and consoling the unfortunate with casseroles." 390 pp plus index to recipes and author's note. ISBN: 0-060183489.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 68976
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  • SLEEPING AT THE STARLITE MOTEL AND OTHER ADVENTURES ON THE WAY BACK HOME. by White, Bailey.
    White, Bailey.
    SLEEPING AT THE STARLITE MOTEL AND OTHER ADVENTURES ON THE WAY BACK HOME.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Addison Wesley, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of humorous stories and essays. Bailey - or June - White was a daughter of the adventure fiction writer Robb White. 238 pp. ISBN: 0-201-626705.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 15513
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  • SLEEPING AT THE STARLITE MOTEL AND OTHER ADVENTURES ON THE WAY BACK HOME. by White, Bailey.
    White, Bailey.
    SLEEPING AT THE STARLITE MOTEL AND OTHER ADVENTURES ON THE WAY BACK HOME.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Addison Wesley, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of humorous stories and essays. Bailey - or June - White was a daughter of the adventure fiction writer Robb White. 238 pp. ISBN: 0-201-626705.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 41440
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  • Wier, Allen.
    DEPARTING AS AIR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third book by this Texas-born author - set mostly in Mexico, it is the story of Jessie, looking back on how she took her second chance at love. Praise from Susan Shreve, Fred Chappell (who described this as '....true characters in a haunted and haunting novel.') and others. 203 pp. ISBN: 0-671433075.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (remainder mark, some edgewear to the dj).

    Book ID: 38770
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  • ON THE 7TH DAY GOD CREATED THE CHEVROLET. by Wilkinson, Sylvia.
    Wilkinson, Sylvia.
    ON THE 7TH DAY GOD CREATED THE CHEVROLET.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Algonquin Books, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in North Carolina in 1963, two brothers' lives revolve around drag racing in Chevrolets - even as things in the world around them begin to change. Racial tensions are running high, and the Vietnam war is looming. 410 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-130.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread, but with a remainder line)

    Book ID: 59808
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  • Williams, Joan
    THE MORNING AND THE EVENING

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - Winner of the John P. Marquand First Novel Award. William Stryon said this about the book: 'The Morning and the Evening is indisputably the work of a greatly gifted writer. It is a haunting and beautiful tale, richly interfused with humor and sharp, unsettling insights into the human predicament. Not the least of Miss Williams' talents is her perfectly focused rendering of the Southern landscape, which comes through with the clear simplicity of Flaubert's Normandy, and with the same sensuous feel of reality. A fine work.'

    Condition: Ex-library with partially removed pocket, edgeworn and pc dj.

    Book ID: 5962
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  • Williams, Joan
    THE MORNING AND THE EVENING

    Edition: BOMC edition (false first with no indication of BOMC status except for the embossed dot on the back

    New York: Atheneum, 1961. dj. Hardcover - Winner of the John P. Marquand First Novel Award. William Stryon said this about the book: 'The Morning and the Evening is indisputably the work of a greatly gifted writer. It is a haunting and beautiful tale, richly interfused with humor and sharp, unsettling insights into the human predicament. Not the least of Miss Williams' talents is her perfectly focused rendering of the Southern landscape, which comes through with the clear simplicity of Flaubert's Normandy, and with the same sensuous feel of reality. A fine work.'

    Condition: VG/poor (very edgeworn dj, pc)

    Book ID: 5966
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  • Williams, Joan
    PARIAH AND OTHER STORIES

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1983. Hardcover first edition -

    Condition: NF/G (chip on back cover.)

    Book ID: 5969
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  • Williams, Joan
    PAY THE PIPER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - "A novel set in the Deep South about a woman's passionate dangerous affair with a prison convict" - the fifth novel by the author of 'The Morning and the Evening..'. ISBN: 0-525-24543x.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (rem line, closed tear at top of spine, crease on front cover of dj.)

    Book ID: 5971
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  • Williams, Joan
    THE MORNING AND THE EVENING

    Edition: BOMC edition (false first with no indication of BOMC status except for the tiny embossed dot on the

    New York: Atheneum, 1961. dj. Hardcover - Winner of the John P. Marquand First Novel Award. William Stryon said this about the book: 'The Morning and the Evening is indisputably the work of a greatly gifted writer. It is a haunting and beautiful tale, richly interfused with humor and sharp, unsettling insights into the human predicament. Not the least of Miss Williams' talents is her perfectly focused rendering of the Southern landscape, which comes through with the clear simplicity of Flaubert's Normandy, and with the same sensuous feel of reality. A fine work.'

    Condition: Very good+ in a very good dustjacket.

    Book ID: 6306
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  • Williams, Joan
    THE MORNING AND THE EVENING

    Edition: BOMC edition (false first with no indication of BOMC status except for the tiny embossed dot on the

    New York: Atheneum, 1961. dj. Hardcover - Winner of the John P. Marquand First Novel Award. William Stryon said this about the book: 'The Morning and the Evening is indisputably the work of a greatly gifted writer. It is a haunting and beautiful tale, richly interfused with humor and sharp, unsettling insights into the human predicament. Not the least of Miss Williams' talents is her perfectly focused rendering of the Southern landscape, which comes through with the clear simplicity of Flaubert's Normandy, and with the same sensuous feel of reality. A fine work.'

    Condition: Near fine in a very good - dj (pc, edgewear.)

    Book ID: 14801
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  • PAY THE PIPER by Williams, Joan
    Williams, Joan
    PAY THE PIPER

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, 1988. Hardcover first edition - "A novel set in the Deep South about a woman's passionate dangerous affair with a prison convict" - the fifth novel by the author of 'The Morning and the Evening..' 312 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed stiff red wrappers.

    Book ID: 38934
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  • Williams, Philip Lee,
    BLUE CRYSTAL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A psychological thriller set deep in the heart of Kentucky's cave country; the 7th novel by this critically acclaimed and award-winning Georgia author. Dust jacket by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-802114997.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 31017
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  • PERFECT TIMING. by Williams, Philip Lee.
    Williams, Philip Lee.
    PERFECT TIMING.

    Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

    Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's fifth novel, one which features his blend of humor and pathos. "When a music professor tormented by a crumbling marriage and the onset of middle age recognizes his first love in a TV special on the homeless, he sets out with his hilarious born-again ex-con cousin to rescue her. The result is rollicking, riotous entertainment." SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED to the noted collector Larry Owens "with gratitude for your support" and dated in 1995. 304 pp. ISBN: 1-561450243.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76416
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