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  • SMASH CUT. by Brown, Sandra.
    Brown, Sandra.
    SMASH CUT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in Atlanta, Georgia. Defense lawyer Derek Mitchell is hired by a woman who believes that the accidental shooting of her friend, a wealthy businessman, was orchestrated by the victim's nephew - who appears to be a psychotic movie buff who enjoys acting out favorite violent film plots. SIGNED on the title page. 366 pp. ISBN: 978-1416563082.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line) Despite Brown's immense popularity most of her novels are uncommon signed.

    Book ID: 75004
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  • THE BLUE PLACE. by Griffith, Nicola.
    Griffith, Nicola.
    THE BLUE PLACE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Avon, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her third book, a novel of suspense, set in Atlanta and featuring Aud Torvingen, who retired from the police force at 29, and is a "six-footer .. with a tendency to hurt people who get in her way". Winner of the Lambda Award. INSCRIBED on the title page. 308 pp . ISBN: 0-380-97446-0.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73886
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  • THE ATLAS OF REDS AND BLUES. by Laskar, Devi S.
    Laskar, Devi S.
    THE ATLAS OF REDS AND BLUES.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2019). SIGNED first edition - Set in Atlanta, Georgia, the author's first novel "grapples with the complexities of the second-generation American experience, what it means to be a woman of color in the workplace, and a sister, a wife, and a mother to daughters in today's America. Drawing inspiration from the author's own terrifying experience of a raid on her home, she explores, in exquisite, lyrical prose, an alternate reality that might have been." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2018 (that is, before publication) 260 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 89115
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  • Major, Clarence.
    SUCH WAS THE SEASON.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Mercury House, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel focusing on a large black family in Atlanta, as depicted through the musings and ramblings of Annie Eliza, the matriach, by this award-winning poet and writer. Russell Banks called this ' the sharpest, most compassionate and thorough-going insider's view of a Black middle class family and the new South that I've ever read.' Cover illustration by Sharon Smith. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-916515-206.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder dot, little wear to top of spine of dj.)

    Book ID: 35913
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  • SUCH WAS THE SEASON. by Major, Clarence.
    Major, Clarence.
    SUCH WAS THE SEASON.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Mercury House, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel focusing on a large black family in Atlanta, as depicted through the musings and ramblings of Annie Eliza, the matriach, by this award-winning poet and writer. Russell Banks called this ' the sharpest, most compassionate and thorough-going insider's view of a Black middle class family an the new South that I've ever read.' Cover illustration by Sharon Smith. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-916515-206.

    Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, tape ghosts, and in a near fine unmarked dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53612
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  • SUCH WAS THE SEASON. by Major, Clarence.
    Major, Clarence.
    SUCH WAS THE SEASON.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Mercury House, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel focusing on a large black family in Atlanta, as depicted through the musings and ramblings of Annie Eliza, the matriach, by this award-winning poet and writer. Russell Banks called this ' the sharpest, most compassionate and thorough-going insider's view of a Black middle class family and the new South that I've ever read.' INSCRIBED on the title page "for --- in fellowship and for poetry" and dated in 1991. Cover illustration by Sharon Smith. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-916515-206.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (nick to upper edge of dj.)

    Book ID: 65146
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  • THEM. by McCall, Nathan.
    McCall, Nathan.
    THEM.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2007). First edition - McCall's third book and first novel, set in a downtown Atlanta neighborhood, where gentrification causes inevitable clashes between the working class blacks and the more affluent white families moving in. 337 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (the red, white and black cover is very different from the final version on the trade edition)

    Book ID: 58357
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  • THEM. by McCall, Nathan.
    McCall, Nathan.
    THEM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - McCall's third book and first novel, set in a downtown Atlanta neighborhood, where gentrification causes inevitable clashes between the working class blacks and the more affluent white families moving in. 338 pp. ISBN: 9781416549154.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 58416
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  • THEM. by McCall, Nathan.
    McCall, Nathan.
    THEM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - McCall's third book and first novel, set in a downtown Atlanta neighborhood, where gentrification causes inevitable clashes between the working class blacks and the more affluent white families moving in. 338 pp. ISBN: 9781416549154.

    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket. (remainder line)

    Book ID: 61951
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  • LIGHTNING MEN. by Mullen, Thomas.
    Mullen, Thomas.
    LIGHTNING MEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: 37 Ink / Atria / Simon and Schuster, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - A follow-up to the author's highly praised novel, 'Darktown' set in 1950s Atlanta. "Officer Denny Rakestraw and 'Negro Officers' Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith have their hands full in an overcrowded and rapidly changing Atlanta. Racial tensions are simmering as black families, including Smiths sister, begin moving into formerly all-white neighborhoods. When Rakes brother-in-law launches a scheme to rally the Ku Klux Klan to save their neighborhood, his efforts spiral out of control, forcing Rake to choose between loyalty to family or the law." 374 pp. Photo illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 978-1501138799.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 87531
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  • NECESSARY ENDS: A Tai Randolph Mystery. by Whittle, Tina.
    Whittle, Tina.
    NECESSARY ENDS: A Tai Randolph Mystery.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Scottsdale, AZ Poisoned Pen Press (2018) dj. SIGNED first edition - The sixth book in the Tai Randolph mystery series set in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 308 pp. ISBN: 9781590585467.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 72155
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  • DARKER THAN ANY SHADOW. by Whittle, Tina.
    Whittle, Tina.
    DARKER THAN ANY SHADOW.

    Edition: First printing.

    Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel in the Tai Randolph series. Set in Atlanta where she is running her uncle's gun shop and her best friend from childhood, Rico, is competing for a national slam poetry title. SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-1590585467.

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

    Book ID: 77960
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  • DOWN ON PONCE. by Willard, Fred.
    Willard, Fred.
    DOWN ON PONCE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Atlanta, Georgia: Longstreet Press, (1997). SIGNED first edition - Former Atlanta news photographer's first novel - described as 'hard-boiled, hilarious and harrowing.' SIGNED on the title page. 279 pp. ISBN: 1563524317.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 60821
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  • SLOW DANCE IN AUTUMN: A Hank Prince Mystery Novel. by Williams, Philip Lee,
    Williams, Philip Lee,
    SLOW DANCE IN AUTUMN: A Hank Prince Mystery Novel.

    Edition: First printing.

    Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Introduces former AAA baseball player Hank Prince, "Atlanta's most engaging private eye." 255 pp. ISBN: 0-934601-569.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 48803
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  • SLOW DANCE IN AUTUMN: A Hank Prince Mystery Novel. by Williams, Philip Lee,
    Williams, Philip Lee,
    SLOW DANCE IN AUTUMN: A Hank Prince Mystery Novel.

    Edition: First printing.

    Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Introduces former AAA baseball player Hank Prince, "Atlanta's most engaging private eye." SIGNED on the title page and also INSCRIBED on the facing page to the late noted Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-934601-569.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76413
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