New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in South Carolina, where the Jackson family has gathered for the funeral of the matriarch - and to face the practical implications of her death. 237 pp. ISBN: 0-684165988.

New York: Random House, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in a remote convent school in Nova Scotia in the early 1920s, a book which is "true to the wonder, exuberance and gentle sexuality of a young girl's coming of age." 302 pp. ISBN: 0-394520092.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2011.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Unusual mystery by this Edgar award winning author, featuring folklorist Fever Devilin and set in the Georgia Appalachians. 310 pp. ISBN: 9780-312-699468.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of more than 30 poems. The title poem was written for President Carter's 1976 inauguration ceremony. Oblong format. 86 pp. ISBN: 0-385158092.

New York & London: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of a woman from Massachusetts who marries a plantation owner from Mississippi. "A personal mystery within a legal mystery, this constantly surprising novel confronts us with the power of the past entwined with the present- and a woman's efforts to understand both." Epilogue. 345 pp. ISBN: 0-151002487.

New York: The Viking Press, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set during the Vietnam War - "A sometimes hilarious Catch-22 about a Georgia ""grunt"" stuck guarding a pig farm near Danang. Hawkins and his buddies smoke dope, run a numbers game, smoke dope, run a lottery, smoke dope, smuggle dope, and dope-philosophize (sort of) as they wait for time and the war to pass them by. During off hours, they blow up a South Viet outfit to win the daily numbers (based on the number of dead ARVN) . . . a tale of psychic and moral disintegration--a humorous and at times disgusting charting of the path from cynicism to nihilism." (Kirkus Reviews). ISBN: 0-670-514195.

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.

New York: St Martin's, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's first novel (and the only book she published using Hudlow as her name) A sensitive and gripping portrait of a young woman with the frightening disease of anorexia nervosa and her relationships with her parents, her new husband and her psychiatrist. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-312017022.

Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third book, a collection of short stories about contemporary Southerners, with settings ranging from the Vietnam war to the bayous of Louisiana and the French countryside. SIGNED on the title page. 156 pp. ISBN: 1557282943.

Columbia & London: University of Missouri Press, (1999). SIGNED first edition - His fourth book, second collection of short fiction, eight stories, many about Southerners, loners and Vietnam veterans who experiences are still filtered through the memories of horror. SIGNED on the title page. 159 pp. ISBN: 0-826212115.

New York: Morrow, 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel (following a collection of short stories) by this highly praised Southern writer, loosely based on an actual incident which occurred in rural Alabama in 1897. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Dustjacket praise from Lee Smith, Philip Roth, Richard Ford and others. ISBN: 0-688-167411.

Pottsdown, Penna: The Americanist Press, (1973.). 2nd printing of this attactive facsimile of the scarce 1902 Doubleday edition, printed on cream paper with black and red lettering on the title page.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1958). Hardcover first edition - Very personal and intimate letters written by this notable Southern author, covering almost half a century from the late 1890s, at the beginning of her career to 1945, shortly before her death. Compiled and edited with an introduction and commentary by Blair Rouse. Index. 384 pp.

New York: Dutton, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second novel , a story of the darker side of Texas - "a hardhitting lowlife thriller. . . a disturbing picture of a many tentacled underworld and of a man unable to escape from a life of crime." SIGNED on the title page. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-525247284.

London: Michael Joseph, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - His second novel - "a hardhitting lowlife thriller. . . a disturbing picture of a many tentacled underworld and of a man unable to escape from a life of crime." 215 pp. ISBN: 0-7181-31983.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this award winning playwright, a shattering story of family violence told from the perspective of one of the five children, an eight year old boy, a hemophiliac, growing up in desperate poverty in the rural South . Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize and a Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. 195 pp. ISBN: 1-56512-1066.

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.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's third novel, set in New York city's gay art scene in the 1980s, just as AIDS is appearing. 337 pp plus a 16 pp typescript of a work by the protagonist, Hartley Mims. Dust jacket by Chip Kidd. ISBN: 0-394589149.

Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky (2002). SIGNED - The author's first novel, originally published in 1963 -a " blackly comic coming -of-age novel unfolds through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Yates Paul." Foreword by Ed McClanahan. INSCRIBED on title page "with much love, with much gratitude" and dated Oct 14, 2002. 281 pp. ISBN: 0-8131-90355.

Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Charming story set in old New Orleans, with lots of local touches (streetcars, red beans and rice, gumbo, French Market and more.) Willowcat belongs to Miss Pott and lives in an old Victorian house and Beauregard is a yellow straycat - one day they decide to help their friend Fortunate Janus, the chimney sweep, by cleaning the chimney in Miss Pott's house for him, with disastrous results. Illustrated with whimsical graytone drawings by Bill Drath. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-93194807X.

New York: St Martin's, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing loner, Lily Bard, proprietor of a cleaning and errand running service, set in the small town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. SIGNED on the title page. By the author of the Aurora Teagarden and Sookie series. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-312-144156.

New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring loner and amateur sleuth, Lily Bard, proprietor of a cleaning and errand running service, set in the small town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. INSCRIBED on the title page "For --- I hope you like Lily's adventures" and dated in the year of publication. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-312-193300.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring loner and amateur sleuth, Lily Bard, proprietor of a cleaning and errand running service, set in the small town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. SIGNED on the title page. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-312-262280.

New York: Scribner's, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring former librarian, Aurora Teagarden, set in a small town in Georgia. INSCRIBED on the title page "To -- Mystery readers are the best!" . 217 pp. ISBN: 0-684-196433.

New York: St Martin's, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring loner, Lily Bard, proprietor of a cleaning and errand running service, set in the small town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. By the author of the Aurora Teagarden and Sookie series. SIGNED on the title page. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-312-144156.

New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring loner and amateur sleuth, Lily Bard, proprietor of a cleaning and errand running service, set in the small town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. SIGNED on the title page. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-312-193300.

New York: Walker, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The true first edition of her fourth novel, and the second in her series featuring Aurora "Roe" Teagarden, librarian in the small town of Lawrenceton, Georgia, and a member of the 'Real Murders' club. SIGNED on the title page. 168 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-57693.

New York: Walker, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Her third novel, and the first in her series featuring Aurora "Roe" Teagarden, librarian in the small town of Lawrenceton, Georgia, and a member of the 'Real Murders' club. SIGNED on the title page. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-57693.

New York: Delacorte, (1985_ dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first complete collection of this writer's powerful short stories - includes twenty-two stories, many set in the Depression-era Texas of his youth. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-385-29400x.

New York: Delacorte, (1985_ dj. Hardcover first edition - The first complete collection of this writer's powerful short stories - includes twenty-two stories, many set in the Depression-era Texas of his youth. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-385-29400x.