- Keyword = Texas Institute of Letters Award
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PROUD FLESH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The matriach of a Texas country family - notorious for their clannishness and their excesses and violence - is dying and the entire family gathers around. Humphrey's third novel, winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Award. 328 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-394-466373.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (fading to the edges of the boards, binding a bit shaken, spine slightly sunned)
Book ID: 63611More details Price: $20.00 -
DRIVING TO BILOXI.
Edition: First printing.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1968. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second collection of poetry (and the last published during his lifetime) by this Southern writer, who was described by James Dickey as "wild, various, and almost unbelievably inventive and energetic." Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Award and a finalist for the National Book Award. 56 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (closed tears.)
Book ID: 3703More details Price: $20.00 -
DRIVING TO BILOXI.
Edition: First printing.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1968. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second collection of poetry (and the last published during his lifetime) by this Southern writer, who was described by James Dickey as "wild, various, and almost unbelievably inventive and energetic." Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Award and a finalist for the National Book Award. 56 pp.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84302More details Price: $27.50
