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  • OUT ON A LIMB: A Claire Malloy Mystery. by Hess, Joan.
    Hess, Joan.
    OUT ON A LIMB: A Claire Malloy Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourteenth mystery featuring small town Arkansas bookseller Claire Malloy, 306 pp. ISBN: 0-312-266804.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (crease to rear flap of dj.)

    Book ID: 58266
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  • MISERY LOVES MAGGODY: An Arly Hanks Mystery. by Hess, Joan.
    Hess, Joan.
    MISERY LOVES MAGGODY: An Arly Hanks Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Chief of Police Arly (Ariel) Hanks, set in small town Maggody, Arkansas (population 755.) SIGNED on the title page. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-26399.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59945
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  • HOT SPRINGS. by Hunter, Stephen.
    Hunter, Stephen.
    HOT SPRINGS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1946, where the source of real prosperity was not the springs but the brothels and the casinos run by organized crime. As Hunter explains, there was a veterans' revolt, led by a heroic prosecuting attorney, in 1946 which ultimately defeated the old line mob and gambling interests - but the actual conflict was much less violent than he made it in this book. Features ex-marine Earl Swagger. SIGNED on the title page. 478 pp. ISBN: 0-684-86360x.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 50061
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  • HOT SPRINGS. by Hunter, Stephen.
    Hunter, Stephen.
    HOT SPRINGS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1946, where the source of real prosperity was not the springs but the brothels and the casinos run by organized crime. As Hunter explains, there was a veterans' revolt, led by a heroic prosecuting attorney, in 1946 which ultimately defeated the old line mob and gambling interests - but the actual conflict was much less violent than he made it in this book. Features ex-marine Earl Swagger. INSCRIBED on the title page. 478 pp. ISBN: 0-684-86360x.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 65614
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  • HOT SPRINGS. by Hunter, Stephen.
    Hunter, Stephen.
    HOT SPRINGS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000.) dj. SIGNED first edition - Novel set in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1946, where the source of real prosperity was not the springs but the brothels and the casinos run by organized crime. As Hunter explains, there was a veterans' revolt, led by a heroic prosecuting attorney, in 1946 which ultimately defeated the old line mob and gambling interests - but the actual conflict was much less violent than he made it in this book. Features ex-marine Earl Swagger. SIGNED on the title page. 478 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80575
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  • HOT SPRINGS. by Hunter, Stephen.
    Hunter, Stephen.
    HOT SPRINGS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000.) dj. SIGNED first edition - Novel set in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1946, where the source of real prosperity was not the springs but the brothels and the casinos run by organized crime. As Hunter explains, there was a veterans' revolt, led by a heroic prosecuting attorney, in 1946 which ultimately defeated the old line mob and gambling interests - but the actual conflict was much less violent than he made it in this book. Features ex-marine Earl Swagger. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 478 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80576
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  • WINDCHILL SUMMER. by Mailer, Norris Church.
    Mailer, Norris Church.
    WINDCHILL SUMMER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, a coming of age story set in Sweet Valley, Arkansas in 1969 - a town where everyone has secrets, and when the body of a young woman is pulled from the lake, the secrets threaten to sweep away everything Cherry has believed in. SIGNED on the title page. 396 pp. ISBN: 0-375-503196.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60799
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  • SUGAR. by McFadden, Bernice L.
    McFadden, Bernice L.
    SUGAR.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, 2000. SIGNED first edition - African American author's first novel, set in a fictional small town in Arkansas in the 1950's - the story of the friendship between 2 women: one a middle-aged church-going woman grieving for her murdered 15 year old daughter, and the other a young woman who is a prostitute. SIGNED on the title page.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 38452
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  • SUGAR. by McFadden, Bernice L.
    McFadden, Bernice L.
    SUGAR.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, 2000. First edition - African American author's first novel, set in a fictional small town in Arkansas in the 1950's - the story of the friendship between 2 women: one a middle-aged church-going woman grieving for her murdered 15 year old daughter, and the other a young woman who is a prostitute. 229 pp. .

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 51855
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  • THE QUEEN OF OCTOBER. by Mickle, Shelley Fraser.
    Mickle, Shelley Fraser.
    THE QUEEN OF OCTOBER.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a coming of age story set in a small town in Arkansas, where 13 year old Sally has been sent to stay with her grandparents while her parents are getting a divorce. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-94557521.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (very light foxing on the fore-edge of the textblock)

    Book ID: 74817
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  • ILLEGAL MOTION. by Stockley, Grif.
    Stockley, Grif.
    ILLEGAL MOTION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First edition - The fourth mystery featuring Arkansas attorney, Gideon Page. 303 pp

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 3089
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  • Stockley, Grif
    ILLEGAL MOTION

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A Gideon Page mystery. However, as Joan Hess comments "Stockley has moved away from the traditional mystery format with this provocative and painfully candid exploration of significant social issues: racism, feminism, and the inherent conflict between athletics and academia."

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 6092
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  • RELIGIOUS CONVICTION. by Stockley, Grif.
    Stockley, Grif.
    RELIGIOUS CONVICTION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1994). First edition - The fourth mystery featuring Arkansas attorney, Gideon Page. 286 pp

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (scratch on back cover, lower corner creased)

    Book ID: 77165
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