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SO SMALL A CARNIVAL.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Viking, (1986.) dj. Hardcover - First in a trilogy of mystery novels set in New Orleans, written by the distinguished Southern writer and scholar, John Corrington and his wife. Their first collaboration. 214 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (rem line.)
Book ID: 48873More details Price: $12.50 -
VOODOO RIVER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Los Angeles PI Elvis Cole goes to the bayou country of Louisiana to solve a mystery with its roots over 30 years in the past. The fifth novel in this series. SIGNED on the title page. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-60766.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 73900More details Price: $40.00 -
VOODOO RIVER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Los Angeles PI Elvis Cole goes to the bayou country of Louisiana to solve a mystery with its roots over 30 years in the past. The fifth novel in this series. INSCRIBED on the title page "to -- Elvis and Joe say 'welcome aboard.'". 298 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-60766.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (sticker ghost on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 52711More details Price: $35.00 -
LOUISIANA LIGHT & POWER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's very funny first novel (second book) - a 'wild and wacky ride through the Louisiana backwaters.' Granta 20 author. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-393036480.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 41495More details Price: $50.00 -
THE CONDOR PASSES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth novel, and her first after the Pulitzer Prize winning 'The Keepers of the House. ' Like that novel, this is a multi-generational saga set in New Orleans. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-394472497.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 42621More details Price: $15.00 -
THE CONDOR PASSES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth novel, and her first after the Pulitzer Prize winning 'The Keepers of the House. ' Like that novel, this is a multi-generational saga set in New Orleans. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-394472497.
Condition: Fine in olive green cloth in a very near fine dust jacket (hint of toning to the dj).
Book ID: 78563More details Price: $21.50 -
THE CONDOR PASSES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth novel, and her first after the Pulitzer Prize winning 'The Keepers of the House. ' Like that novel, this is a multi-generational saga set in New Orleans. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-394472497.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. Reviews laid in.
Book ID: 53644More details Price: $18.00 -
SATISFIED WITH NOTHIN'
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a coming of age story which powerfully portrays the African American male experience. It starts in rural 1970s Louisiana where Jamie Ray Griffin is attending the newly integrated high school and chronicles Jamie Ray Griffin's difficult journey from naive teen to football star to cynical adult. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 316 pp. ISBN: 0-684822598.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57723More details Price: $30.00 -
SATISFIED WITH NOTHIN'
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a coming of age story which powerfully portrays the African American male experience. It starts in rural 1970s Louisiana where Jamie Ray Griffin is attending the newly integrated high school and chronicles Jamie Ray Griffin's difficult journey from naive teen to football star to cynical adult. 316 pp. ISBN: 0-684822598.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57166More details Price: $18.00 -
DARK RIVER RISING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing Baton Rouge detective Wallace Hartman. Linda Castillo called this "crime fiction at its finest, a fascinating blend of atmosphere, a compelling mystery, and a protagonist you wont soon forget. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 978-1250110091.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot top edge)
Book ID: 78716More details Price: $30.00 -
KILLER'S INK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dodd, Mead, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - First suspense novel written under this pseudonym, introducing Pulitzer prize winning reporter Pete Brady who resigns from the New Orleans paper to buy a small weekly in northern Louisiana - only to encounter murder in his first week there. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-396092799.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65413More details Price: $15.00 -
THE CUTTING SEASON.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harper Collins, (2012.). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, set on a plantation in Louisiana, which has become an historical site - a reminder both of antebellum days and of the evils of slavery. SIGNED on the title page. 384 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (upper corner slightly bumped.)
Book ID: 57701More details Price: $35.00 -
THE CUTTING SEASON.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Harper Collins, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's second novel, set on a plantation in Louisiana, which has become an historical site - a reminder both of antebellum days and of the evils of slavery. SIGNED on the title page. 374 pp. ISBN: 978-0061802058.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64541More details Price: $24.50 -
GONE SOUTH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - A breathtaking story, a visionary masterpiece of tragedy, violence, and redemption, set in the Lousiana Bayous. 359 pp. ISBN: 0-671-743066.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 14002More details Price: $20.00 -
GONE SOUTH
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Pocket Books, 1993. A breathtaking story, a visionary masterpiece of tragedy, violence, and redemption, set in the Lousiana Bayous
Condition: Very good - (spine creases.)
Book ID: 12391More details Price: $10.00 -
GONE SOUTH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of murder, violence, love & redemption set in the Lousiana Bayous. 359 pp. ISBN: 0-671-743066.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 4708More details Price: $18.00 -
LANCELOT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the disintegration of the scion of a distinguished Louisiana family, as he recounts it from his confinement at the Institute for Aberrant Behavior. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-374-183139.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dustjacket (crease on flap of dj, some sunning to title on spine.)
Book ID: 55865More details Price: $30.00 -
LANCELOT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the disintegration of the scion of a distinguished Louisiana family, as he recounts it from his confinement at the Institute for Aberrant Behavior. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-374-183139.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (crease on flap of dj, some sunning to title on spine.)
Book ID: 49216More details Price: $25.00 -
LANCELOT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the disintegration of the scion of a distinguished Louisiana family, as he recounts it from his confinement at the Institute for Aberrant Behavior. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-374-183139.
Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (some short closed tears to dj, name on front flap).
Book ID: 83779More details Price: $18.50 -
BENTON'S ROW.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dial Press, 1954. dj. Hardcover first edition - 'A four-generation novel of the South' by this African American writer, set in Louisiana between 1842 and 1920. 346 pp. The dust jacket flap notes that more than 12 million copies of Yerby's books have been sold and he was apparently feeling comfortable enough to have a full page photograph on the back cover of the dj.
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (prev owner's name lined out on front endpaper, offsetting to endpapers and usual toning to the pages, chipping to top edge of dj, tear along side of spine. Original price of $3.50 still present)
Book ID: 77443More details Price: $18.50 -
BENTON'S ROW.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Dial Press, (1954.) dj. Hardcover - 'A four-generation novel of the South' set in Louisiana between 1842 and 1920. 280 pp. Full page photograph of Yerby on the back cover of the dj.
Condition: Very good in a fair dust jacket. (large chip. other edgewear)
Book ID: 38417More details Price: $12.50
