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SERPENT BOX.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: HarperPerennial, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, published as a trade paperback original, a powerful and compelling coming of age story, set in Appalachia. SIGNED on the title page. 462 p. ISBN: 0-06-1126268.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 47441More details Price: $25.00 -
FOOLISH UNDERTAKING.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third in this series of mysteries involving funeral director Barry Clayton, set in a small mountain town in North Carolina (where the author himself grew up). 252 pp. ISBN: 1-590582276.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 70436More details Price: $15.00 -
BAREFOOT MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - Ninth novel by this West Virginia author, best known for 'The Night of the Hunter.' Like most of his novels, this is set in the 1930s during the Depression in the mining country of West Virginia. Farjeon, driven from his farm, wanders into the town of Glory, only to have his young pregnant wife killed in a clash between the striking miners and the strikebreakers. 350 pp. ISBN: 0-671208217.
Condition: Very near fine in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a near fine dustjacket (small chip to upper edge of back cover of dj)
Book ID: 86855More details Price: $28.50 -
A BLUE MOON IN POORWATER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Poet's first novel - set in a sleepy but troubled Appalachian town. 278 pp,. ISBN: 0-899195342.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89474More details Price: $19.50 -
A BLUE MOON IN POORWATER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Poet's first novel - set in a sleepy but troubled Appalachian town. 278 pp,. ISBN: 0-899195342.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (inked price on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 16341More details Price: $17.50 -
AFTER ELI.
Edition: First thus.
Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1992) dj. Hardcover - Southern author's award-winning second novel originally published in 1981. Set in the 1930s, when "strangers were rare in the town of Yale, and a recent double murder was still unsolved, but itinerant actor Michael O'Rear wins over the people of this remote Appalachian village. Intrigued by a legend of hidden money, Michael uses his actor's talents to win the empathy of the three Pettit women, as his charm and wit draw them inexorably into this drama of psychological horror that threatens the weak and unsuspecting." 271 pp. ISBN: 1-561450685.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 89554More details Price: $15.00 -
FLIGHT BEHAVIOR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harper Collins, (2012). Hardcover first edition - A novel which deals with the effects of climate change, set in present day Appalachia; a story of a young wife and mother on a failing farm in rural Tennessee who experiences something she cannot explain, and how her discovery energizes various competing factionsreligious leaders, climate scientists, environmentalists, politicianstrapping her in the center of the conflict and ultimately opening up her world." Author's note, 436 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to the pages)
Book ID: 68943More details Price: $24.50 -
PRODIGAL SUMMER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A wonderful and complex novel by one of the best contemporary American writers - one which 'weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia.' Illustrated endpapers. SIGNED on the title page. 444 pp. ISBN: 0-060199652.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (thin spot on half title page - from erasure or sticker removal)
Book ID: 80917More details Price: $35.00 -
FLIGHT BEHAVIOR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which deals with the effects of climate change, set in present day Appalachia; a story of a young wife and mother on a failing farm in rural Tennessee who experiences something she cannot explain, and how her discovery energizes various competing factionsreligious leaders, climate scientists, environmentalists, politicianstrapping her in the center of the conflict and ultimately opening up her world." Author's note, 436 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 68891More details Price: $15.00 -
FLIGHT BEHAVIOR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which deals with the effects of climate change, set in present day Appalachia; a story of a young wife and mother on a failing farm in rural Tennessee who experiences something she cannot explain, and how her discovery energizes various competing factionsreligious leaders, climate scientists, environmentalists, politicianstrapping her in the center of the conflict and ultimately opening up her world." Author's note, 436 pp.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 68880More details Price: $18.50 -
PRODIGAL SUMMER.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A wonderful and complex novel by one of the best contemporary American writers - one which 'weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia.' Tan endpapers. 444 pp. ISBN: 0-571-206387.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (usual light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 59189More details Price: $18.50 -
PRODIGAL SUMMER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A wonderful and complex novel by one of the best contemporary American writers - one which 'weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia.' Illustrated endpapers. 444 pp. ISBN: 0-060199652.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 50120More details Price: $16.50 -
PRODIGAL SUMMER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A wonderful and complex novel by one of the best contemporary American writers - one which 'weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia.' Illustrated endpapers. 444 pp. ISBN: 0-060199652.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 35747More details Price: $18.00 -
RABBLE STARKEY.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A coming-of-age story set in a small Appalachian town. SIGNED and dated on the title page by Lowry. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-395-436079.
Condition: Ex-library but with relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 60033More details Price: $20.00 -
GHOST RIDERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which juxtaposes the legends of the Civil War with modern day life in theAppalachian Mountains. ISBN: 0-525-947183.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 72869More details Price: $17.50 -
IN SUSPECT TERRAIN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second in McPhee's series of books about the geology of the United States; in this, he travels with a geologist from Brooklyn, New York thru the Appalachian Mountains to Indiana observing the land and theories of plate tectonics & glaciation. Chart endpapers. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-374176507.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (very inconspicuous previous owner's name, minor edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 75712More details Price: $25.00 -
SOMETHING RICH AND STRANGE: Selected Stories.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Ecco Press / Harper Collins, (2014). First edition - A collection of 34 stories by this award-winning author - stories which capture the "complexities of Appalachia - a rugged, brutal landscape of exquisite beauty - illuminate the tensions between the traditional and the modern, the old and new south, tenderness and violence, man and nature. Though the focus is regional, the themes of Rashs work are universal, striking an emotional chord that resonates deep within each of our lives." 434 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 68815More details Price: $21.50 -
THE FLOOD MOUNTAIN MYSTERIES.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in blue cloth with gilt lettering in a near fine dust jacket (minor wear to top edge of dj).
Book ID: 84319More details Price: $30.00