Green Hills of Africa $2,000.00

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New York: Scribner (1935) Bookplate on front end board. Faded green boards with a light stain. Dust jacket has edge wear with closed tears; the spine has a light stain and the usual fading. Decorations by Edward Shenton Hemingway’s well-documented fascination with big-game hunting is magnificently captured amidst rich descriptions of the beauty and strangeness … Continue reading Green Hills of Africa

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Last Days of the Dog-Men $50.00

by • 1996 • First Edition • First Editions Club • Signed

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New York, NY: Norton (1996) Watson, in precise and beautiful prose, writes about people and dogs–dogs as companions, as accomplices, and as unwitting victims of human passions–and people responding to dogs as missing parts or reflections of themselves. In each of these stories he captures the animal crannies of the human personality–yearning for freedom and … Continue reading Last Days of the Dog-Men

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Country Stores of Mississippi $19.99

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Charleston, SC: History Press (2014) The old country stores along the back roads of rural Mississippi are the treasures that remain of a bygone era. Travel back to the Mississippi of yesteryear and hear of the deadly can of molasses that once caused a massacre in Carrollton, Mississippi, in the late 1800s. Find the church … Continue reading Country Stores of Mississippi

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A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope $27.00

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New York, NY: Random House (2015) As new in dust jacket. From Tom Brokaw, the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, comes a powerful memoir of a year of dramatic change—a year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a long, happy, and lucky life. Tom Brokaw has led a fortunate life, with a strong marriage … Continue reading A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope

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I Am Radar $29.95

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New York, NY: Penguin (2015) As new in dust jacket.   The moment just before Radar Radmanovic is born, all of the hospital’s electricity mysteriously fails. The delivery takes place in total darkness. Lights back on, the staff sees a healthy baby boy—with pitch-black skin—born to the stunned white parents. No one understands the uncanny … Continue reading I Am Radar

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Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe II $350.00

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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.

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In the Kingdom of Ice $45.00

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New York, NY: Doubleday (2014) Near fine in decorative wrappers.

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The Midnight Club $40.00

by • Advanced Reader

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New York: Little Brown (1989) Very good in decorated wrappers.

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Just Before Dark $300.00

by • Signed • Uncorrected Proof

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Livingston, MO: Clark City Press (1991) Near fine in decorated wrappers.

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In Sicily $75.00

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Sorry, this book is temporarily out of stock. New York: New Directions (1949) Fine in dust jacket  

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The Burglar in the Rye $40.00

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New York, NY: Dutton (1997) Literary agent Anthea Landau, legendary resident of the Paddington Hotel, is auctioning off her personal correspondence from enigmatic writer Gulliver Fairborn. Her famous ex-client, who guards his private life so jealously that he has never been photographed or interviewed, is reportedly outraged by Landau’s betrayal – yet can’t afford to … Continue reading The Burglar in the Rye

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Tell about the Night Flowers $45.00

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Jackson, Mississippi: University of Mississippi Press (2013) Eudora Welty’s Gardening Letters (1940-1949) Fine in dust jacket

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Did Johnny Come Marching Home? $20.00

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Tougaloo, MS: NMHS Publications (2013) As new in paperback with DVD. “Did Johnny Come Marching Home?” explores the role of people of African descent in the Civil War; specifically the role of these soldiers in the state of Mississippi. While it may be of interest, to some, to continue this civil war in color, the … Continue reading Did Johnny Come Marching Home?

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Childhood and Other Neighborhoods $90.00

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New York, NY: Viking Press (1980) Near fine in dust jacket. Signed first edition of the author’s hard-to-find first book with remainder mark on top page edges.  

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Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre and His World of Insects $17.99

by • First Edition • OZ Young Readers • Past Events • Picture Books • Signed

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USA: Two Lions (2015) A moth with a sixth sense. A wasp that hunts beetles nearly twice its size. The lives of fascinating creatures such as these were unknown until one man introduced them to the world. Meet Jean-Henri Fabre, one of the most important naturalists of all time. As a boy in the French … Continue reading Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre and His World of Insects

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The Literature of Exhaustion and the Literature of Replenishment $175.00

by • Limited Edition • Signed

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Northridge, CA: Lord John Press (1982) One of 300 numbered copies signed by the author in red cloth boards with gilt lettering. This is a presentation copy issued out of series and signed by John Barth.

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Two Stories $200.00

by • Limited Edition • Signed

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Jackson, Mississippi: Nouveau Press (1982) One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Includes “Ride, Fly, Penetrate, Loiter” & “John, This Plane’s on Fire.” Beautifully illustrated by Patti Henson. Fine in black wrapper with marbleized dust wrapper.

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Spinning The Crystal Ball $50.00

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Washington DC: Library of Congress (1967) “Some Guesses at the Future of American Poetry”

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Benediction $100.00

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New York, NY: Knopf (2013) Fine in dust jacket. When Dad Lewis is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he and his wife, Mary, must work together to make his final days as comfortable as possible. Their daughter, Lorraine, hastens back from Denver to help look after him; her devotion softens the bitter absence of their estranged … Continue reading Benediction

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Boomerang $150.00

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Boston: Hougton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence (1989) Fine in plain blue wraps with dust jacket.

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