New York: Ticknor & Fields, (1991). Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, a memoir which is also a journey through family history, feminist insight, and southern mythology. Shirley Jean Abbott grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the 1940s and 50s, the beloved daughter of Alfred Bemont Abbott, affectionately known as "Hat whose business was taking bets on horse racing. But he also loved to read, and he passed that love on to his daughter. xxi, 290 pp. ISBN: 0-899195180.

Little Rock, ArkansasL Pioneer Press (1959). First edition - A book based on speeches delivered by Dale Alford in his successful eight-day campaign for Congress as a Democratic write-in candidate from the Fifth District of Arkansas. Alford was a segregationist and a member of the Little Rock school board, who opposed the forced racial integration of the schools. Errata slip laid in. xvii, 142 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - "A rollicking, explosively inventive novel about God, sex, death, and politics in Bill Clinton country. It's a love story, a murder mystery, and a soap opera of the new American South. Its a metafictional tour de force, narrated by none other than the Holy Ghost, that Shade-About-Town." It's a great novel by a writer who doesn't fit into any pigeonholes - cover praise from Clyde Edgerton, Larry Brown and others. 655 pp. ISBN: 0-394586638.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - "A rollicking, explosively inventive novel about God, sex, death, and politics in Bill Clinton country. It's a love story, a murder mystery, and a soap opera of the new American South. Its a metafictional tour de force, narrated by none other than the Holy Ghost, that Shade-About-Town." It's a great novel by a writer who doesn't fit into any pigeonholes - cover praise from Clyde Edgerton, Larry Brown and others. 655 pp. ISBN: 0-394586638.

New York: Random House, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - An in-depth biography of the former First Lady, New York Senator and now presidential candidate that attempts to answer the question "why does she stay with him." Lynn Sher commented "With firsthand knowledge and first-rate reporting, Gail Sheehy meticulously peels back the layers of this woman we have so barely understood: revered and reviled First Lady, vunerable First Victim, flawed tactician, inspired candidate. You cannot know Hillary Rodham Clinton without reading this book." Photographs, notes, index. xv, 389 pp. ISBN: 0-375-503447.

Little Rock, Arkansas: August House Publishers, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Prize winning author's second novel, a look at the creation-evolution conflict in a small town in Arkansas. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-87483-1520.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of eleven short stories by this award-winning author. 204 pp. ISBN: 0-316-313181.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. The memorable Arkansas town from the perspective of its smallest denizens.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - A moving and evocative account of visits to the remains of once prosperous cities in Arkansas, including Buffalo City, Garl and City, and Y City. Contains appendix, 12 maps, and 67 photographs by the author. Dustjacket blurbs from Dee Brown and Willie Morris. 490 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1501009.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - The memorable Arkansas town from the perspective of its smallest denizens.

New York: St Martin's, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing loner, Lily Bard, proprietor of a cleaning and errand running service, set in the small town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. SIGNED on the title page. By the author of the Aurora Teagarden and Sookie series. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-312-144156.

New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring loner and amateur sleuth, Lily Bard, proprietor of a cleaning and errand running service, set in the small town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. INSCRIBED on the title page "For --- I hope you like Lily's adventures" and dated in the year of publication. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-312-193300.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring loner and amateur sleuth, Lily Bard, proprietor of a cleaning and errand running service, set in the small town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. SIGNED on the title page. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-312-262280.

New York: St Martin's, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring loner, Lily Bard, proprietor of a cleaning and errand running service, set in the small town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. By the author of the Aurora Teagarden and Sookie series. SIGNED on the title page. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-312-144156.

New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring loner and amateur sleuth, Lily Bard, proprietor of a cleaning and errand running service, set in the small town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. SIGNED on the title page. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-312-193300.

New York: St Martin's, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third bibliomystery featuring Claire Malloy, set in Arkansas. SIGNED on the title page. 186 pp. ISBN: 0-312-007027.

New York: Dutton, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 12th mystery to feature amateur sleuth and bookstore owner Claire Malloy. Set in a small town in Arkansas. 265 pp. ISBN: 0-525-942408.

New York: Dutton, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Ninth mystery featuring Claire Malloy, bookstore owner, part-time sleuth and full-time single mother. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-525-938109.

New York: Dutton, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Eighth mystery featuring Claire Malloy, bookstore owner, part-time sleuth and full-time single mother. INSCRIBED on the title page "To--- all the best" 246 pp. ISBN: 0-525-935916.

New York: Dutton, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 11th mystery to feature amateur sleuth and bookstore owner Claire Malloy. Set in a small town in Arkansas. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-525-939113.

New York: Dutton, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 10th mystery to feature amateur sleuth and bookstore owner Claire Malloy. Set in a small Southern town. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-525-939105.

New York: Dutton, (1995) dj. Hardcover - The 10th mystery to feature amateur sleuth and bookstore owner Claire Malloy. Set in a small Southern town. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-525-939105.

New York: Henry Holt, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel by this award-winning author, which tells the story of the Boone Fawley family's trek in 1808 from St. Louis, Missouri to Point of Rocks, Arkansas, and finally into the untamed wilderness of the Ozarks, a book which is a tribute to the pioneer spirit of many who are now unknown, but who braved the dangers of the frontier. 401 pp. ISBN: 0-805022430.

Las Vegas, ArcheBooks Publishing, 2006. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Civil war novel - the story of the son and daughter of two families in the South - one a non-slaveholder, the others owners of a large plantation. SIGNED on the title page. Glossary of terms. 290 pp. ISBN: 1595071482.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Selections from the quarterly magazine 'Bittersweet 'published by the high school students in Lebanon, Missouri to discover and preserve the lore of the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas. Among the articles are several on the rivers and ferries of the area, on the caves found in the river banks and elsewhere, on the people, and herbs and much more. SIGNED on the title page by the editor Ellen Massey. Illustrated with photographs and maps. xv, 405 pp. ISBN: 0-806119276.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - set in southwestern Arkansas, it opens in 1919 with a cow-pasture baseball game between the Sugar Springs men's team and the colored team from Bethel - an event whose outcome disturbs the delicate racial & sexual balance of the community. ISBN: 0-87113-6104.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. dj. Hardcover - SIGNED by the author on the title page. The author's first novel - set in southwestern Arkansas, it opens in 1919 with a cow-pasture baseball game between the Sugar Springs men's team and the colored team from Bethel - an event whose outcome disturbs the delicate racial & sexual balance of the community. ISBN: 0-87113-6104.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. First edition - The author's first novel - set in southwestern Arkansas, it opens in 1919 with a cow-pasture baseball game between the Sugar Springs men's team and the colored team from Bethel - an event whose outcome disturbs the delicate racial & sexual balance of the community.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - set in southwestern Arkansas, it opens in 1919 with a cow-pasture baseball game between the Sugar Springs men's team and the colored team from Bethel - an event whose outcome disturbs the delicate racial & sexual balance of the community. ISBN: 0-87113-6104.