Near Fine. Slight edge wear at top and bottom. Groom signed as Forrest Gump. New York, NY: Doubleday (1986) Six foot six, 242 pounds, and possessed of a scant IQ of 70, Forrest Gump is the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this classic comic tale. His early life may seem inauspicious, but when the University … Continue reading Forrest Gump →

New York, NY: Grove (2013) One of the most powerful and impressive debuts Grove/Atlantic has ever published, The Blood of Heaven is an epic novel about the American frontier in the early days of the nineteenth century. Its twenty-six-year-old author, Kent Wascom, was awarded the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Prize for fiction, and this … Continue reading The Blood of Heaven →

San Francisco, CA: Macadam/Cage (2003) An Anthology of Southern Writers. Fine in dust jacket. Signed by Larry Brown and many other southern writers including Ron Rash, Sonny Brewer, and William Gay.

Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi (2014) Bruce Wests color photographs document the spiritual and creative work of a self-proclaimed preacher, artist, architect, the Reverend H. D. Dennis, and his wife, Margaret, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. This book explores the fantastic world of the elderly couple who devoted more than twenty years of their lives to … Continue reading The True Gospel Preached Here →

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster (1998) A British best-seller set in a fictional war-torn section of Europe portrays a band of guerrillas who force themselves on the aristocratic couple living in a rural castle and subtly weaves sexual, physical, and political tension into an intricate literary web.

New York, NY: Putnam (1996) As part of the army battling the Jackknife fire in northern California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park, Anna, in her capacity as spike camp medic and security officer, tends the injuries and the frayed nerves of the firefighters. When the National Weather Service predicts a cold front followed by snow, promising … Continue reading Firestorm →

Freemont, MI: Sumac Press (1969) Very good in decorated wrapper. Paperback issue. Signed by Harrison only. Contains poems by Jim Harrison, Dan Gerber, George Quasha, JD Reed, and Charles Simic.