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  • Alden, Paulette Bates.
    FEEDING THE EAGLES.

    Edition: First printing.

    St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of eleven interrelateds short stories which feature Miriam Batson, a native Southerner transplanted to the Midwest by marriage, as she confronts and comes to term with the shifting ground of her life. Alden was herself born in Greenville, South Carolina, and was writer in residence as the University of Minnesota at the time this was published. Dust jacket praise from Wallace Stegner and Scott Turow. 176 p. ISBN: 1-555971113.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 30891
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  • CAVEDWELLER. by Allison, Dorothy
    Allison, Dorothy
    CAVEDWELLER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, 1998. First edition - Novel about a woman who returns to Georgia, leaving behind the glitz of southern California, to reclaim the two daughters she left behind years ago. 588 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (one corner slightly bent.)

    Book ID: 41076
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  • TRASH. by Allison, Dorothy.
    Allison, Dorothy.
    TRASH.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Ithaca, New York: Firebrand Press, nd (c1988.). Author's second book, a collection of short stories. Later printing. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-932379-516.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 47937
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  • Allison, Dorothy.
    TRASH.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Ithaca, New York: Firebrand Press, (1988.). SIGNED - SIGNED on the title page. Author's second book, a collection of short stories. Later printing. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-932379-516.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (embossed seal of previous owner.)

    Book ID: 34524
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  • BIG TROUBLE. by Barry, Dave.
    Barry, Dave.
    BIG TROUBLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Florida journalist and humorist's first novel. Stephen King said it was the funniest book he'd read in 40 years; Elmore Leonard said "in 50 years" while Carl Hiaasen called it 'outrageously warped, cheerfully depraved - and harrowingly close to real life in Florida.' SIGNED on the title page. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-739405152.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 42587
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  • BIG TROUBLE. by Barry, Dave.
    Barry, Dave.
    BIG TROUBLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Florida journalist and humorist's first novel. Stephen King said it was the funniest book he'd read in 40 years; Elmore Leonard said "in 50 years" while Carl Hiaasen called it 'outrageously warped, cheerfully depraved - and harrowingly close to real life in Florida.' SIGNED on the title page. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-739405152.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73859
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  • PAINTED DESERT. by Barthelme, Frederick.
    Barthelme, Frederick.
    PAINTED DESERT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking Press, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A searching look at our contemporary culture, as junior college professor Del Tribute and his cyber-muckraker friend Jen head west from Mississippi to a Los Angeles in the midst of rioting. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-670-864692.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59655
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  • MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: A Savannah Story. by Berendt, John.
    Berendt, John.
    MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: A Savannah Story.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A combination of mystery and travel book, this is an account of a 1981 murder in Savannah, Georgia and its aftermath. Basis for the Clint Eastwood film of the same name. Winner of the Southern Book Award, finalist for the Pulitzer. A true first with the errors on page 11, line 32 (the same error also occurs on p 214, line 18), and page 32, line 1. Publisher's promotional material and review slip for a planned 1995 edition laid in. These materials comment that there were over 700,000 copies in print (and that was before the movie was released) and the reported first printing was only 25,000 copies, a…

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    New York: Random House, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A combination of mystery and travel book, this is an account of a 1981 murder in Savannah, Georgia and its aftermath. Basis for the Clint Eastwood film of the same name. Winner of the Southern Book Award, finalist for the Pulitzer. A true first with the errors on page 11, line 32 (the same error also occurs on p 214, line 18), and page 32, line 1. Publisher's promotional material and review slip for a planned 1995 edition laid in. These materials comment that there were over 700,000 copies in print (and that was before the movie was released) and the reported first printing was only 25,000 copies, a very small printing for a book which became a surprise bestseller but typical for an author's first book. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-679-429220.

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    Condition: Fine in fine first state dust jacket (original price of $23 on the dust jacket flap and the praise from Ann Beattie at the top of the rear cover )

    Book ID: 65634
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  • ENTRIES: Poems. by Berry, Wendell.
    Berry, Wendell.
    ENTRIES: Poems.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection covering 10 years work - at the heart of this book is a series of poem's written during his father's final years. 80 pp. Laid in is a flyer for an event featuring Wendell Berry "in celebration of " this collection. ISBN: 0-679426094.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name on verso of front endpaper)

    Book ID: 68290
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  • Bottoms, David.
    ANY COLD JORDAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this prize-winning Southern poet and writer. ISBN: 0-934601-127.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 21473
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  • ANY COLD JORDAN. by Bottoms, David.
    Bottoms, David.
    ANY COLD JORDAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this prize-winning Southern poet and writer. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-934601-127.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (light toning to the pages, crease to corner of dj flap)

    Book ID: 58181
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  • FRICTION. by Brown, Sandra.
    Brown, Sandra.
    FRICTION.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2016). SIGNED - Texas Ranger Crawford Brown wants his daughter back - but a courtroom shooting threatens that. SIGNED on the title page. 430 pp. ISBN: 978-1455581184.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 66574
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  • BLACK CHERRY BLUES by Burke, James Lee
    Burke, James Lee
    BLACK CHERRY BLUES

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring ex-New Orleans cop Dave Robichaux and one of the best in the series. Winner of the Edgar award for best novel. 290 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-316-116998.

    Condition: Near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 80057
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  • DIXIE CITY JAM. by Burke, James Lee.
    Burke, James Lee.
    DIXIE CITY JAM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The seventh Dave Robicheaux mystery. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 367 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-60197.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64628
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  • DIXIE CITY JAM. by Burke, James Lee.
    Burke, James Lee.
    DIXIE CITY JAM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh Dave Robicheaux mystery. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 367 pp. Promotional bookmark laid in. ISBN: 0-7868-60197.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77023
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  • ONE CHRISTMAS. by Capote, Truman.
    Capote, Truman.
    ONE CHRISTMAS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1983.). Hardcover first edition - Autobiographical story of a visit to New Orleans when Capote was six, to spend Christmas with his rarely seen father. 41 pp. ISBN: 0-394-53266X.

    Condition: Fine in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decorative gilt band, lacking the slipcase.

    Book ID: 54092
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  • ONE CHRISTMAS. by Capote, Truman.
    Capote, Truman.
    ONE CHRISTMAS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1983.). Hardcover first edition - Autobiographical story of a visit to New Orleans when Capote was six, to spend Christmas with his rarely seen father. 41 pp. ISBN: 0-394-53266X.

    Condition: Fine in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decorative band in a very near fine slipcase with a photograph of Capote and his father on the front.

    Book ID: 52902
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  • FAMILY GATHERING: Poems. by Chappell, Fred.
    Chappell, Fred.
    FAMILY GATHERING: Poems.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (2000.). First edition - Collection of inter-related poems by this award winning Southern writer. 62 pp. ISBN: 0-8071-26268.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55402
    Keywords: Poetry, southern writer
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  • RIVER: A Poem. by Chappell, Fred.
    Chappell, Fred.
    RIVER: A Poem.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (2000.). His second book of poetry, originally published in 1975. 51 pp.. ISBN: 0-807100943.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55401
    Keywords: Poetry, southern writer
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  • SOUTHERN CROSS THE DOG. by Cheng, Bill.
    Cheng, Bill.
    SOUTHERN CROSS THE DOG.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ecco Press / Harper Collins, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first novel, set after the Great Flood of 1927 in Mississippi, the story of how an 8 year old boy lost everything, but still survived to become a tough young man. 324 pp. ISBN: 978-0062225009.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 65563
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  • A WORLD MADE OF FIRE. by Childress, Mark.
    Childress, Mark.
    A WORLD MADE OF FIRE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Southern author's very highly praised first novel, set in Alabama in the early 1900s. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket blurbs from Pat Conroy, James Dickey and Erskine Caldwell, among others. ISBN: 0-394-536347.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 55598
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  • THE ERRAND OF THE EYE by Coulter, Hope Norman
    Coulter, Hope Norman
    THE ERRAND OF THE EYE

    Edition: First printing.

    Little Rock, Arkansas: August Rock, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's first book, a story of desegregation in the south, told from the viewpoint of those white southerners who rallied for integration only to be shunned by other whites, distrusted by blacks, and in the end to find themselves compromising their ideals. DJ praise from Fred Chappell, Jack Butler and Mark Childress. Winner of the Porter Fund Award for Literary Excellence. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-87483-0567.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (spine of dj sunned.)

    Book ID: 39585
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  • THE ERRAND OF THE EYE by Coulter, Hope Norman
    Coulter, Hope Norman
    THE ERRAND OF THE EYE

    Edition: First printing.

    Little Rock, Arkansas: August Rock, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's first book, a story of desegregation in the south, told from the viewpoint of those white southerners who rallied for integration only to be shunned by other whites, distrusted by blacks, and in the end to find themselves compromising their ideals. DJ praise from Fred Chappell, Jack Butler and Mark Childress. Winner of the Porter Fund Award for Literary Excellence. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-87483-0567.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 17954
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  • SINS OF THE SEVENTH SISTER: A Memoir of the Gothic South. by Curtiss, Huston.
    Curtiss, Huston.
    SINS OF THE SEVENTH SISTER: A Memoir of the Gothic South.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harmony, (2003). First edition - Although this advance issue calls this a memoir, when the book was actually published, it was described as a novel. In any case, it is too fantastic not to be based o a real story: " In May 1929, Billy-Pearl brought home a boy from the local orphanage. Stanley was sixteen, the age at which the orphanage kicked children out, and Billy-Pearl, knowing his sad history, could not allow him to end up on the streets. Stanley had witnessed his father beat his mother to death in a drunken rage and had taken a straight razor and slit his fatherÕs throat while he slept. A country judge had the boy castrated to…

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    New York: Harmony, (2003). First edition - Although this advance issue calls this a memoir, when the book was actually published, it was described as a novel. In any case, it is too fantastic not to be based o a real story: " In May 1929, Billy-Pearl brought home a boy from the local orphanage. Stanley was sixteen, the age at which the orphanage kicked children out, and Billy-Pearl, knowing his sad history, could not allow him to end up on the streets. Stanley had witnessed his father beat his mother to death in a drunken rage and had taken a straight razor and slit his fatherÕs throat while he slept. A country judge had the boy castrated to control his aggressive ways. . . . quickly a friendship developed between the two that would last a lifetimeÑa friendship that would survive murder, suicide, madness, and StanleyÕs eventual transformation into Stella, a singer who would live her adult life as a glamorous woman." 355 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 76564
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  • CHARLEYHORSE by Dawkins, Cecil
    Dawkins, Cecil
    CHARLEYHORSE

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Pandora, (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Grace Paley described this novel as "a sunny, windy, wide-open wild horse prairie on which four fierce, memorable women struggle alone and with each other to be truthful, to live outside the lives that have broken, darkened or closeted our women's lives." 231 pp. Cover art by Sue Sluggett. ISBN: 0-86358-0963.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (some crinkling to the pages.)

    Book ID: 45025
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  • Dawkins, Cecil
    CHARLEYHORSE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Grace Paley described this novel as "a sunny, windy, wide-open wild horse prairie on which four fierce, memorable women struggle alone and with each other to be truthful, to live outside the lives that have broken, darkened or closeted our women's lives."

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 15576
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  • Dawkins, Cecil
    CHARLEYHORSE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Grace Paley described this novel as "a sunny, windy, wide-open wild horse prairie on which four fierce, memorable women struggle alone and with each other to be truthful, to live outside the lives that have broken, darkened or closeted our women's lives."

    Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (spine slant)

    Book ID: 8593
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  • LOUISIANA FEVER: An Andy Broussard / Kit Franklyn Mystery. by Donaldson, D.J.
    Donaldson, D.J.
    LOUISIANA FEVER: An Andy Broussard / Kit Franklyn Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring New Orleans medical examiner Andy Broussard criminal psychologist Kit Franklyn. A deadly Ebola-like virus has killed several people in New Orleans, and Kit has been kidnapped. Donaldson is a professor of anatomy and neurobiology, so the forensic science is well-done and accurate. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-312-143621.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52704
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  • A BAD HAIR DAY: An Eclaire Mystery. by Dunbar, Sophie
    Dunbar, Sophie
    A BAD HAIR DAY: An Eclaire Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery set in New Orleans and featuring spunky Cajun hairdresser Claire Claiborne. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-312139268.

    Condition: Good in a very good dust jacket. (binding flaw - cracking after first page, some rubbing and edgewear to the dj.)

    Book ID: 37832
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  • INTRUDER IN THE DUST. by Faulkner, William.
    Faulkner, William.
    INTRUDER IN THE DUST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1948) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about murder and racial prejudice, set in Mississippi and the basis for the powerful 1949 Clarence Brown film. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Faulkner's last novel before he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1949. 247 pp. Dust jacket art by E. McKnight Kauffer. Original price of 3.00 on dj flap.

    Condition: Near fine in black cloth with blue and gold lettering in a very good dustjacket (initials on front pastedown, light edgewear to dj, tear to middle of dj spine parially affecting the author's name)

    Book ID: 88141
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