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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1991. First edition - Wesley's back in trouble... Edgerton's 4th novel, set in North Carolina.

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.

New York: Delacorte, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth historical and time-travelling novel following the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser. In this book, they attempt to make a new life for themselves among the exiled Scottish Highlanders of the Cape Fear settlement in the colony of North Carolina. SIGNED on the title page. A massive novel at 880 pages. Original wraparound dust jacket art by Kinuko Craft of a Scottish tartan, a rifle, tomahawk and an ivory comb in the foreground with a dark landscape in the background. ISBN: 0-385-311400.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Boston: Little Brown, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this award-winning writer: "Fearing intimations of mortality, Anna Hand - a rambunctious, passionate, and famous Southern writer - returns home to Charlotte, North Carolina to make peace with her family and winds up turning the lives of all her loved ones upside down." 277 pp. ISBN: 0-316313165.

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.

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.