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  • THE BLACK FLOWER: A Novel of the Civil War. by Bahr, Howard.
    Bahr, Howard.
    THE BLACK FLOWER: A Novel of the Civil War.

    Edition: First printing.

    Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - The story of a brief but bloody encounter on the road to Nashville, in the obscure village of Franklin, Tennessee in the waning days of the Civil War. SIGNED on the title page. ANew York Times Notable Book, and winner of the Howard D. Vursell Award. 267 pp. ISBN: 1-87785350X.

    Condition: Fine in fine first issue dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76928
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  • THE DEVIL'S BONES. by Bass, Jefferson (pseudonym for Dr Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson)
    Bass, Jefferson (pseudonym for Dr Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson)
    THE DEVIL'S BONES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel in the Body Farm series - "On the campus of the University of Tennessee is a patch of ground unlike any in the world -dedicated to the science of death, where human remains lie exposed to be studied for their secrets. The real-life scientist who founded the "Body Farm" has broken cold cases and revolutionized forensics . . . and now he spins an astonishing tale inspired by his own experiences." 309 pp plus 3 anatomy drawings. ISBN: 978-0060759810.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 67094
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  • FLESH AND BONE. by Bass, Jefferson (pseudonym for Dr Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson)
    Bass, Jefferson (pseudonym for Dr Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson)
    FLESH AND BONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel in the Body Farm series - "On the campus of the University of Tennessee is a patch of ground unlike any in the world -dedicated to the science of death, where human remains lie exposed to be studied for their secrets. The real-life scientist who founded the "Body Farm" has broken cold cases and revolutionized forensics . . . and now he spins an astonishing tale inspired by his own experiences." A battered body of a young man has been found in Chatanooga - and the body of new murder victim appears next to his corpse at the Body Farm. 354 pp plus 3 anatomy drawings. ISBN: 978-0060759810.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (remainder line)

    Book ID: 64285
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  • CARVED IN BONE. by Bass, Jefferson (pseudonym for Dr Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson)
    Bass, Jefferson (pseudonym for Dr Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson)
    CARVED IN BONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel in the Body Farm series - "On the campus of the University of Tennessee is a patch of ground unlike any in the world -dedicated to the science of death, where human remains lie exposed to be studied for their secrets. The real-life scientist who founded the "Body Farm" has broken cold cases and revolutionized forensics . . . and now he spins an astonishing tale inspired by his own experiences." Undiscovered for 30 years, a woman's corpse lies hidden in a cave in the Appalachian mountains of East Tennessee, transformed by the chemistry of the cave into a near perfect mummy. 335 pp plus 3 anatomy drawings. ISBN: 978-0060759810.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the first edition and in this condition.

    Book ID: 64284
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  • THE FOREIGN STUDENT. by Choi, Susan.
    Choi, Susan.
    THE FOREIGN STUDENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (1998). Hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel by this award-winning writer, the "story of the burgeoning love affair between a young Korean man scarred by war and the deeply troubled daughter of a wealthy Southern American family. In 1955, a new student arrives at a small college in the Tennessee mountains. Chuck is shy, speaks English haltingly, and on the subject of his earlier life in Korea he will not speak at all. Then he meets Katherine, a beautiful and solitary young woman who, like Chuck, is haunted by some dark episode in her past. Without quite knowing why, these two outsiders are irrevocably drawn together." Winner of the Asian-American Literary Award for Fiction. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-06019149X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80120
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  • THE AMERICAN PLAGUE: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History. by Crosby, Molly Caldwell.
    Crosby, Molly Caldwell.
    THE AMERICAN PLAGUE: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Berkley, (2006). First edition - Although most U.S. cities in both the North and the South suffered through yellow fever outbreaks for 200 years, the worst in the history of the U.S. was in Memphis Tennessee in 1878, when Memphis became a 'city of corpses.' The federal government to finally determined to find the cause of these debilitating outbreaks. Work that took twenty years but led to one of our greatest successes in medical history: Walter Reed's work in Cuba that finally proved mosquitoes, not "miasma" or filth, brought on a yellow fever season. His work led to later development of a vaccine, the same one still in use today. Notes, selected bibliography. 296 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 77892
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  • Frome, Michael.
    STRANGERS IN HIGH PLACES: Story of the Great Smoky Mountains.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1966.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The history of the Smoky Mountains -including that of the "first half billion years" and of the modern era - the creation of the park, the influence of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Rockefellers, hiking, moonshiners and bootleggers, Appalachian ballads and the Appalachian trail. Very warmly and personally INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page (to a Pan Am pilot - one who joined Pan Am in 1930! - with a reference to logging "more than a few hours in the high places over the world" and dated in 1969. Maps by Stephen Kraft. Contains a camping and hiking appendix, bibliography and notes, index. 394 pp. Full color wildflower photographs on the endpapers.

    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket. (some edgewear and creasing to the dj.)

    Book ID: 34872
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  • Gay, William.
    PROVINCES OF NIGHT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Doubleday, 2001. First edition - Second novel by this Tennessee-born author, one which recounts the story of the Bloodworth Clan, set in 1952. After 20 years, E. F. Bloodworth has returned to his home in a forgotten corner of Tennessee to find his sons grown and angry. Cover praise from Steven Yarbrough, Barry Hannah and others.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 18956
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  • LITTLE SISTER DEATH. by Gay, William (1939 -2012); introduction by Tom Franklin.
    Gay, William (1939 -2012); introduction by Tom Franklin.
    LITTLE SISTER DEATH.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    Ann Arbor: Dzanc Books, (2016). Novel by this Tennessee writer published posthumously. A young writer suffering from writer's block decides that the solution is to write a ghost story and - with his pregnant wife and young daughter - he sets out from Chicago to Tennessee to explore the myth of Virginia Beale. But this is much more than just a ghost story (although it is a very good one), or the history of hauntings over the years. As Binder's investigation takes him deeper into the legacy of blood and violence that casts its shadow over the old Beale farm, he finds himself obsessed with a force that's as wicked as it is seductive. Megan Abbott described this as…

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    Ann Arbor: Dzanc Books, (2016). Novel by this Tennessee writer published posthumously. A young writer suffering from writer's block decides that the solution is to write a ghost story and - with his pregnant wife and young daughter - he sets out from Chicago to Tennessee to explore the myth of Virginia Beale. But this is much more than just a ghost story (although it is a very good one), or the history of hauntings over the years. As Binder's investigation takes him deeper into the legacy of blood and violence that casts its shadow over the old Beale farm, he finds himself obsessed with a force that's as wicked as it is seductive. Megan Abbott described this as "a tale so sinister, lush and spellbinding, it haunts your dreams long after you reach its final pages." Includes a biographical introduction by Tom Franklin and an account of the "Queen of the Haunted Dell." xii, 202 pp. ISBN: 978-1941088586.

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    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 83859
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  • TENNESSEE TEARS. by George, John Curtis with Ira L. White.
    George, John Curtis with Ira L. White.
    TENNESSEE TEARS.

    Edition: Second edition.

    Valley Springs, CA: ARM Press, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - An account of The Tennessee Children's Home Society and Georgia Tann - the largest black market baby selling scandal in US history, by a man who was one of the children "sold" to his adoptive parents, and who has since worked for adoption reform. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2007. Bibliography, 294 pp. ISBN: 0-9658302-09.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 42922
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  • Jones, Madison (1925-2012)
    THE INNOCENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by one of the major writers of contemporary Southern fiction. Although Jones won many awards in his lifetime, his work is not as well known as it should be. This is the story of a young man returning to his father's farm in Tennessee after a failed career and a disastrous marriage only to find change, regimentation and a loss of freedom everywhere he looks. The idealistism of Duncan Welsh is contrasted with the wilfully evil Aaron McCool, a moonshiner encamped on Duncan's family's property. 370 pp.

    Condition: Very good in dark green cloth with gold lettering on the spine in a good dust jacket (bookplate on front pastedown under dj flap, some rubbing and edgewear to the dj, original price of 4.75 still present.

    Book ID: 86488
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  • PLEASURE-DOME. by Madden, David.
    Madden, David.
    PLEASURE-DOME.

    Edition: First printing.

    Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A comic caper novel set in the mountains of Tennessee, the story of three brothers, each in their different ways under the spell of the stories of Frank and Jesse James. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-672-525534.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 45958
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  • PLEASURE-DOME. by Madden, David.
    Madden, David.
    PLEASURE-DOME.

    Edition: First printing.

    Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A comic caper novel set in the mountains of Tennessee, the story of three brothers, each in their different ways under the spell of the stories of Frank and Jesse James. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-672-525534.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (tear at top of dj spine, lower corner of back cover of dj) .

    Book ID: 61824
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  • THE HINTERLANDS: A Mountain Tale in Three Parts. by Morgan, Robert
    Morgan, Robert
    THE HINTERLANDS: A Mountain Tale in Three Parts.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a family who found and marked their way into America's eastern frontier, beginning with Petal in 1772, who as a teenager ran off with a handsome homesteader to the mountains of Tennessee. ISBN: 1-56512-0213.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (appears unread, ink mark bottom edge, sunning to the spine of dj)

    Book ID: 24798
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  • THE HINTERLANDS: A Mountain Tale in Three Parts. by Morgan, Robert
    Morgan, Robert
    THE HINTERLANDS: A Mountain Tale in Three Parts.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a family who found and marked their way into America's eastern frontier, beginning with Petal in 1772, who as a teenager ran off with a handsome homesteader to the mountains of Tennessee. ISBN: 1-56512-0213.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 35899
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  • EARLY FIRES: Poems. by Morris, R. B.
    Morris, R. B.
    EARLY FIRES: Poems.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Iris Press, (2007.). First edition - A series of poems originally published as three separate volumes, and appearing here for the first time as a trilogy in one book. A presentation copy INSCRIBED on the dedication page - "Thank you for bringing your strong inspiration to Esalen. A great pleasure to meet you. Here's some of my back pages from hard Knoxville." 163 pp. ISBN: 0-916078-930.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 47954
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  • A DANGEROUS ROAD. by Nelscott, Kris.
    Nelscott, Kris.
    A DANGEROUS ROAD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing African-American private investigator Smokey Dalton - set in Memphis in 1968 where tense racial relations are beginning to build towards danger, as the strike of the sanitation workers enters its third week. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-312262647.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83148
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  • HARVEST HILL: 31 Tales of Halloween Horror. by Palisono, John, signed. Hultquist, Michael J. and Douglas Hutcheson, editors.
    Palisono, John, signed. Hultquist, Michael J. and Douglas Hutcheson, editors.
    HARVEST HILL: 31 Tales of Halloween Horror.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Lakeside, AZ: Graveside Tales, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - "Welcome to Harvest Hill, Tennessee: a seemingly idyllic community. But within the shadows of this restful town roams a centuries-old evil that rears itself in some awful form or influence every Halloween when the veil between worlds is thinnest. We offer a choice crop of truly disturbing accounts - large and small, stretching from the 1700s into the present day - as a warning to all." An anthology containing 31 original stories. Introduction by Al Sarrantonio. INSCRIBED on the half title page by contributor John Palisano. Notes on contributors. 345 pp plus 8 pp of advertisements. ISBN: 0-9801338-4x.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 49053
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  • HARVEST HILL: 31 Tales of Halloween Horror. by Palisono, John, signed. Hultquist, Michael J. and Douglas Hutcheson, editors.
    Palisono, John, signed. Hultquist, Michael J. and Douglas Hutcheson, editors.
    HARVEST HILL: 31 Tales of Halloween Horror.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Lakeside, AZ: Graveside Tales, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - "Welcome to Harvest Hill, Tennessee: a seemingly idyllic community. But within the shadows of this restful town roams a centuries-old evil that rears itself in some awful form or influence every Halloween when the veil between worlds is thinnest. We offer a choice crop of truly disturbing accounts - large and small, stretching from the 1700s into the present day - as a warning to all." An anthology containing 31 original stories. Introduction by Al Sarrantonio. SIGNED on the half title page by contributor John Palisano. Notes on contributors. 345 pp plus 8 pp of advertisements. ISBN: 0-9801338-4x.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 49052
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  • OLD JIM CANAAN. by Skinner, Margaret
    Skinner, Margaret
    OLD JIM CANAAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Young Southern author's first novel, set in Memphis, Tennessee in the years between 1890 and 1922, the story of an Irish family's struggle to make its way. Old Jim, the uncle of the family, is a tavern keeper, a prize fight promoter, a gambling and sporting house owner and political boss - and in the sights of the reform mayor, E. H. Crump. . ISBN: 0-945575378.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82895
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  • THE NO-NAME MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS. by Steele, William O.; illustrated by Jack Davis.
    Steele, William O.; illustrated by Jack Davis.
    THE NO-NAME MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1964). Hardcover first edition - Folklore inspired tale - "There were once three brothers who lived way back among the high hills of Tennessee... The youngest had no name at all, but he did have a farm on top of the highest mountain in Tennessee." Illustrated throughout with drawings by Jack Davis. 80 pp.

    Condition: Fine in orange cloth, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75842
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  • FIDDLE AND BOW: A Novel. by Taylor, Robert [Love] Jr.
    Taylor, Robert [Love] Jr.
    FIDDLE AND BOW: A Novel.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel based on the history of the author's own family from the 1700s to the present - included in the family was an Indian fighter, his son who was Andrew Johnson's chief negotiator with the warring tribes, two governors of Tennessee and many others. Includes family photographs. ix, 20 pages of photographs, 270 pp. Genealogical family tree illustrated end papers. ISBN: 0-912697245.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (ligtht foxing to edges of textblock.)

    Book ID: 85536
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  • FOR THE SAKE OF MY COUNTRY": The Diary of Col. W.W. Ward, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, Morgan's Brigade, C.S.A. by Ward, Col. W. W. Edited By R.B. Rosenburg.
    Ward, Col. W. W. Edited By R.B. Rosenburg.
    FOR THE SAKE OF MY COUNTRY": The Diary of Col. W.W. Ward, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, Morgan's Brigade, C.S.A.

    Edition: First printing.

    Murfreesboro, TN: Southern Heritage Press, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Confederate Nation Series Vol. 1. A previously unpublished diary, which had even been lost to the family. Ward enlisted as a private in the 7th Tennessee Infantry and served in Virginia under Stonewall Jackson. After a medical furlough, he joined Morgan's Cavalry where he quickly rose to Colonel commanding the 9th Tennessee Cavalry, one of Morgan's finest regiments. This diary covers 13 months, beginning in 1864 when as a prisoner-of-war, Ward was moved to a prison in Delaware, where his experiences were surprisingly positive. Includes a long prologue by Rosenburg and a foreword by Ward's great-grandson, Ward Sykes Allen. An interesting association copy INSCRIBED on the front…

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    Murfreesboro, TN: Southern Heritage Press, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Confederate Nation Series Vol. 1. A previously unpublished diary, which had even been lost to the family. Ward enlisted as a private in the 7th Tennessee Infantry and served in Virginia under Stonewall Jackson. After a medical furlough, he joined Morgan's Cavalry where he quickly rose to Colonel commanding the 9th Tennessee Cavalry, one of Morgan's finest regiments. This diary covers 13 months, beginning in 1864 when as a prisoner-of-war, Ward was moved to a prison in Delaware, where his experiences were surprisingly positive. Includes a long prologue by Rosenburg and a foreword by Ward's great-grandson, Ward Sykes Allen. An interesting association copy INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To Delbert, with admiration from Jane Allen Gregory, great-granddaughter of William Walker Ward." [Delbert Mann was the television and movie director best known for his Oscar winning film "Marty." Gregory is also one of the dedicatees of this book.] Illustrated with a frontispiece and en texte photographs. Appendix containing several letters of Ward. Selected bibliography, index. 164 pp. ISBN: 0-963196332.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Laid in is a card with a two-page handwritten note from Gregory to Delbert Mann.

    Book ID: 57976
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  • THE CAVE. by Warren, Robert Penn (1905-1989)
    Warren, Robert Penn (1905-1989)
    THE CAVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1959) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this award-winning writer set in a small town in Tennessee in the 1950s where a young man is believed to be trapped in a cave, and the town becomes the center of national attention - a catalyst which changes the lives of many in the town. 403 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (crossed out name stamped on front endpaper, a straight and tight copy, original price of 4.95 still present on dj)

    Book ID: 86574
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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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  • 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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  • APPALACHIA. by Wright, Charles.
    Wright, Charles.
    APPALACHIA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of poems by this Pulitzer and National Book award winning poet, the final book in his trilogy of trilogies. 64 pp plus notes. ISBN: 0-374-117284.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket .

    Book ID: 58063
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  • BUFFALO YOGA: Poems. by Wright, Charles.
    Wright, Charles.
    BUFFALO YOGA: Poems.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of short lyric and longer narrative poems by this Pulitzer and National Book award winning poet. 76 pp plus notes. ISBN: 0-374-117284.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear to dj at base of spine.)

    Book ID: 48980
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  • BUFFALO YOGA: Poems. by Wright, Charles.
    Wright, Charles.
    BUFFALO YOGA: Poems.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of short lyric and longer narrative poems by this Pulitzer and National Book award winning poet. 76 pp plus notes. ISBN: 0-374-117284.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (tear to upper corner of dj at fold) .

    Book ID: 86432
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