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A DARKER JUSTICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (2002). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel featuring Mary Crow, an assistant district attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, who is half Cherokee. She is called away from a friend's wedding to be told that her mentor and friend, Judge Irene Hannah, in North Carolina, may be the next target of a vicious killer who is murdering federal judges, and while Hannah refuses help from the FBI, she does agree to let Crow stay with her. Otto Penzler commented "While I was a great fan of her first book, Bissell has written a second that is even better." SIGNED on the title page. 319 pp. ISBN: 0-553801317.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 79891More details Price: $28.50 -
UP AT THE COLLEGE.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2009) dj. Hardcover - Determined to move on after her husband of fifteen years decides to leave her because their marriage became "boring", Yvonne Copeland returns to her hometown of Durham, North Carolina. 291 pp plus a reading group guide. ISBN: 978-0446577755.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 66839More details Price: $12.50 -
COMING UP DOWN HOME.
Edition: First printing.
Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A memoir of a Southern childhood (in the small farming village of Bolson, North Carolina) by this African American novelist, and of his struggle to free himself from his family's violent history. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author "Thanks for the inspiration for this book." and dated in 1994. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-88001-2935.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88742More details Price: $45.00 -
COMING UP DOWN HOME.
Edition: First printing.
Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A memoir of a Southern childhood (in the small farming village of Bolson, North Carolina) by this African American novelist, and of his struggle to free himself from his family's violent history. SIGNED by the author. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-88001-2935.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67110More details Price: $30.00 -
UP NORTH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Seaview Books, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this North Carolina author, one which follows the lives of a several transplanted Southerners on the make, socially and politically, in New York City. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-872237028.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some sunning to the edges of the boards.)
Book ID: 83310More details Price: $16.50 -
WILDWOOD FLOWER: Poems.
Edition: First printing.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - 1992 Lamont Poetry selection (judges were Lucille Clifton, Jorie Graham and Robert Morgan.) Although the author says she was born in the flatlands of southwest Georgia, she was drawn to the mountains where her grandmother was born and this collection contains narrative poems written in the fictional voice of a woman around the early 1900s, inspired by the ballads and the lives of the Blue Ridge mountain women in North Carolina. Praise from Mary Oliver, Fred Chappel, Lee Smith and others. 52 pp. ISBN: 0-807117706.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (small name and date on lower corner of front endpaper).
Book ID: 66139More details Price: $18.00 -
MORE SHAPES THAN ONE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 13 stories by this North Carolina poet and novelist. "Altered history of future legend, disquieting, comic, or tall in the telling, these stories follow seekers of truth as they pursue the shifty, shape-changing object of their particular desires". Among those who appear in these stories are Lovecraft and the poet Hart Crane. Nominated for the World Fantasy Award. 197 pp. ISBN: 0-312-064187.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some light toning to the pages, interior of the dj, a clean tight copy which appears unread)
Book ID: 72195More details Price: $20.00 -
FAREWELL, I'M BOUND TO LEAVE YOU.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Picador, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - A lyrical novel by this award-winning Southern poet and writer - it "begins in a room made cool by the approach of death, where and old woman and her grieving daughter are saying good-bye in silent, urgent conversation. In the next room, Jess Kirkman waits with his father, remembering the tales his grandmother and mother have passed down." 228 pp. ISBN: 0-312146000.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 67343More details Price: $16.50 -
FIREFLY RAIN.
Edition: First printing.
Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast - Discoveries, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A subtle ghost story, part supernatural , part mystery - years after their death, a man returns to his parent's North Carolina farm only to slowly begin to realize, now that he's home, that something is trying to make sure he stays there. The author's first original novel and the debut of our new imprint dedicated to showcasing the best new voices in speculative fiction. SIGNED on the title page. 375 pp. ISBN: 978-0786948567.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69657More details Price: $30.00 -
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 -
LOOK TO THIS DAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1968) dj. Hardcover first edition - North Carolina author's third novel - as woman watches the sunrise over the mountains, she reflects on her life and her experiences, and those of her mother, husband, and her two teenage sons. 342 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (tape reinforcement to interior edges of the dust jacket, caused some discoloration.)
Book ID: 84777More details Price: $15.00 -
THE BLUE STAR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, (2007, c 2008.). SIGNED first edition - Jim, the boy in Earley's first novel, is now a teenager and in love for the first time; it is 1941, in a world on the eve of World War II, and even a small town in North Carolina is not the safe haven it once was. A wonderful coming of age story. SIGNED on the title page. Selected by the NY Times as 2008 Notable Book. 288 pp.
Condition: Fine (a new copy) in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 39016More details Price: $25.00 -
THE BLUE STAR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, (2007, c 2008.). SIGNED first edition - Jim, the boy in Earley's first novel, is now a teenager and in love for the first time; it is 1941, in a world on the eve of World War II, and even a small town in North Carolina is not the safe haven it once was. A wonderful coming of age story. SIGNED on the title page and dated October 2007, before publication. Selected by the NY Times as 2008 Notable Book 288 pp.
Condition: Fine (a new copy) in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 39021More details Price: $30.00 -
SOMEHOW FORM A FAMILY: Stories That Are Mostly True.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first work of non-fiction (his third book), a collection of very personal essays by this author who was named one of the best young fiction writers in the US by Granta magazine. They explore "the difficulties of finding one's place in the world without letting go of where we came from. From his television-obsessed childhood in the North Carolina mountains to his new family, he presents his life with straightforward humanity." 172 pp. ISBN: 1565123026.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 56695More details Price: $16.50 -
HERE WE ARE IN PARADISE.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First book by this Granta award winning author, a collection of short stories - several of which were already selected as 'best' - Lee Smith described these stories as 'each is like a little novel: fully imagined, fully realized.' SIGNED on the title page. 198 pp. ISBN: 0-316-199621.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (scratches on lower corner of front cover of dj.)
Book ID: 28312More details Price: $45.00 -
SOMEHOW FORM A FAMILY: Stories That Are Mostly True.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first work of non-fiction (his third book), a collection of very personal essays - one which explore "the difficulties of finding one's place in the world without letting go of where we came from" - by this author who was named one of the best young fiction writers in the US by Granta magazine. SIGNED on the title page. 172 pp. ISBN: 1565123026.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52588More details Price: $30.00 -
KILLER DILLER
Edition: Uncorrected proof.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1991. First edition - Wesley's back in trouble... Edgerton's 4th novel, set in North Carolina.
Condition: Fine in printed wrappers.
Book ID: 10919More details Price: $21.00 -
NIGHTWOODS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel by the author of 'Cold Mountain', set in the mountains of North Carolina (where the author grew up) in the early 1960s. "Luce, a young woman, inherits her murdered sisters troubled twins. Before the children, Luce was content with the reimbursements of the rich Appalachian landscape, choosing to live apart from the small community around her. But the coming of the children changes everything, cracking open her solitary life in difficult, hopeful, dangerous ways." 259 pp. ISBN: 978-1400067091.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89388More details Price: $17.50 -
A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sixth in the Outlander series of historical and time-travelling novels following the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser. It is1772 and the colonies are on the eve of Revolution. A massive book at 980 pp. ISBN: 0-385-324162.
Condition: Very near fine in fine silver foil dust jacket.
Book ID: 73196More details Price: $30.00 -
A CURE FOR DREAMS.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third novel, a powerful but simply written story that traces the bonds between four generations of Southern women, in Kentucky and North Carolina.. Small format. 177 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-335.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 42343More details Price: $18.00 -
A VIRTUOUS WOMAN
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second novel - a love story spanning the years and told in the alternating voices of Ruby and Jack Stokes. Small format. 158 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-092.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (crease on rear flap of dj.)
Book ID: 8699More details Price: $17.50 -
A VIRTUOUS WOMAN
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second novel - a love story spanning the years and told in the alternating voices of Ruby and Jack Stokes. Small format. 158 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-092.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 42344More details Price: $21.00 -
A VIRTUOUS WOMAN
Edition: 3rd printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Her second novel - a love story spanning many years and told in the alternating voices of Ruby and Jack Stokes. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication, Small format. 158 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-092.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 58182More details Price: $21.50 -
A VIRTUOUS WOMAN.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (1990.). Her second novel - a love story spanning the years and told in the alternating voices of Ruby and Jack Stokes.165 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-092.
Condition: Very good.
Book ID: 45100More details Price: $10.00 -
A CURE FOR DREAMS.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third novel, a powerful but simply written story that traces the bonds between four generations of Southern women, in Kentucky and North Carolina.. Small format. 177 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-335.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 47071More details Price: $15.00 -
A CURE FOR DREAMS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1991. First edition - Her third novel, a powerful but simply written story that traces the bonds between four generations of Southern women, in Kentucky and North Carolina. 170 pp.
Condition: Fine in tan wrappers.
Book ID: 38650More details Price: $12.00 -
THE PART OF FORTUNE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's second book - the story of Clara Julian, wanderer, and story-teller, who comes to Green Mansions Home for the Elderly as it awaits demolition - and the stories of the remarkable people who inhabit the home. 249 pp. ISBN: 1555840043.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (appears unread but with a remainder line.)
Book ID: 14917More details Price: $15.00 -
THE PART OF FORTUNE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's second book - the story of Clara Julian, wanderer, and story-teller, who comes to Green Mansions Home for the Elderly as it awaits demolition - and the stories of the remarkable people who inhabit the home. 249 pp. ISBN: 1555840043.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60001More details Price: $19.50 -
HOW I SHED MY SKIN: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (some toning to edges of textblock).
Book ID: 88104More details Price: $18.50 -
THE PRACTICAL HEART: Four Novellas.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In addition to the award-winning title novella, this includes Preservation News, He's One Too and Saint Monster. SIGNED on the title page. 332 pp. ISBN: 0-679437630.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 68050More details Price: $30.00