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BEAUTY IN THE HEART Including MEET ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE, by Frank S Mead.
Edition: Fourth printing.
Westwood, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company, (1953) dj. Hardcover - A brief book by this journalist, educator and the first poet-laureate of South Carolina, from 1934-1973, on the different forms beauty can take - the beauty born in storms, in friendship, in loyalty and more - preceded by a 16 page appreciation by Frank S. Mead. 63 pp.
Condition: Very good in a fair only dust jacket. (several small chips and edgewear to the dj, price-clipped)
Book ID: 84067More details Price: $17.50 -
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, 1994. First edition - Author's fourth novel, one which reveals her own brand of Southern humor as she follows her heroine from her girlhood in South Carolina and all the romantic detours in betwen.. 520 pp. Publisher's material laid in.
Condition: Very good in glossy yellow wrappers - indentation in middle of front cover, affecting the first few pages.
Book ID: 63956More details Price: $14.50 -
HOW I GOT HIM BACK or Under the Cold Moon's Shine.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second novel - set in South Carolina. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-385-24376-6.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some minor signs of handling but a tight clean copy.)
Book ID: 49424More details Price: $15.00 -
HOW I GOT HIM BACK or Under the Cold Moon's Shine.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second novel - set in South Carolina. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-385-24376-6.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 16557More details Price: $20.00 -
CAROLINA SHOUT!
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a near fine dust jacket (short tear at top of spine)
Book ID: 88065More details Price: $18.50 -
THE HALF-MAMMALS OF DIXIE: Stories.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Shannon Ravenel / Algonquin Books, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 15 short stories, most told in the first person voice, and most set in or around a fictional South Carolina town called Forty Five and featuring Singleton's eccentric characters--flea-market hustlers, a fish aquarium salesman, a bogus "primitive" artist." SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp. ISBN: 1-565123549.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81329More details Price: $30.00 -
THE HALF-MAMMALS OF DIXIE: Stories.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Shannon Ravenel / Algonquin Books, 2002. dj. Hardcover - A collection of 15 short stories, most told in the first person voice, and most set in or around a fictional South Carolina town called Forty Five and featuring Singleton's eccentric characters - flea-market hustlers, a fish aquarium salesman, a bogus "primitive" artist." 287 pp. ISBN: 1-565123549.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87322More details Price: $15.00 -
LOWCOUNTRY BOIL.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Montgomery, AL: River City Publishing, 2003. SIGNED first edition - A novel of corruption and drug smuggling set in the South Carolina lowcountry during the 1970's. Cover praise from Pat Conroy and Les Standiford.
Condition: INSCRIBED on the title page by the author. Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 26028More details Price: $32.00 -
I BEEN IN SORROW'S KITCHEN AND LICKED OUT ALL THE POTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, and first book to be published in hardcover, the story of a woman from the Gullah-speaking low country of South Carolina who comes to Southern California to find a better life for her family.SIGNED on the title page. 355 pp. ISBN: 1-56282-9637.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. (prev owner's name stamped on front endpaper)
Book ID: 59201More details Price: $26.50 -
I BEEN IN SORROW'S KITCHEN AND LICKED OUT ALL THE POTS.
Edition: Full size book club edition.
New York: Hyperion, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Author's first novel, and first book to be published in hardcover, the story of a woman from the Gullah-speaking low country of South Carolina who comes to Southern California to find a better life for her family. SIGNED on the title page. 355 pp. ISBN: 1-56282-9637.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (wear to top of spine of dj.)
Book ID: 53601More details Price: $20.00 -
I BEEN IN SORROW'S KITCHEN AND LICKED OUT ALL THE POTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, and first book to be published in hardcover, the story of a woman from the Gullah-speaking low country of South Carolina who comes to Southern California to find a better life for her family.SIGNED on the title page. 355 pp. ISBN: 1-56282-9637.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (some soiling to bottom edge of textblock.)
Book ID: 47716More details Price: $30.00 -
BITTER IN THE MOUTH.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Random House, (2010). SIGNED first edition - Second novel by this young writer, who was born in Vietnam, a story of discovering yoursefl, set in a small town in South Carolina. Her first novel, The Book of Salt, was named a NY Times Notable Book and won many awards, including the Bard Fiction award and the Asian-American Literary Award. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 284 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 75446More details Price: $30.00 -
MRS. WHALEY ENTERTAINS: Advice, Opinions, and 100 Recipes from a Charleston Kitchen.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1998. Hardcover first edition - Charleston octogenarian and noted gardener Emily Whaley shares her other favorite hobby - cooking delicious meals and serving them to the people she loved - a collection of family anecdotes and timeless Southern recipes, salted liberally with Mrs. W.'s strong opinions. Published posthumously. Index, xii, 266 pp. ISBN: 1-565122003.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86502More details Price: $20.00
