On The Occasion of My Last Afternoon $40.00

by • 1998 • First Edition • First Editions Club • Signed

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New York, NY: Penguin Putnam (1998) In the year 1900–on the afternoon she suspects might be the last in her long, eventful life–Emma Garnet Tate Lowell sets down on paper what came before, determined to make an honest account of it. She recalls her life on the plantation, her marriage to a Boston surgeon, her … Continue reading On The Occasion of My Last Afternoon

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Diagnosing the Modern Malaise $750.00

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New Orleans: Faust (1985) One of 50 copies bound with decorated boards and leather spine. Fine.

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The Letters of Ernest Hemingway 1923-1925 Vol. 2 $125.00

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New York, NY: Cambridge (2013) Fine. One of 500 bound in leather. Hemingway’s letters, many previously unpublished, trace his literary apprenticeship in the legendary milieu of expatriate Paris (1923 1925).

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Atticus $45.00

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

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New York, NY: Harper Collins (1996) Ron Hansen’s deeply affecting novel opens in winter on the high plains of Colorado, where rancher Atticus Cody receives an unexpected visit from his wayward young son. An artist and wanderer, Scott has recently settled into a life of heavy drinking and recklessness among expatriates and Mexicans in the … Continue reading Atticus

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Theodore Boone: The Accused $16.99

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New York: Dutton (2012) Big trouble is brewing for Theodore Boone. While all of Streenburg anxiously awaits the new trial of infamous murder suspect Pete Duffy, problems arise for their own kid lawyer. There’s been a robbery and Theo is the accused. His reputation is on the line, and with the evidence building against him–and … Continue reading Theodore Boone: The Accused

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Faulkner’s Mississippi $375.00

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Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House (1990) Signed by Willie Morris who wrote the text. Photographs throughout by William Eggleston. Near fine in dust jacket.

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The Confession $350.00

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New York, NY: Doubleday (2010) Books are leather-bound, signed and numbered, with printed endpapers, gold stamping, a slipcase, and a ribbon marker. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in slipcase.

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Song of My Life: A Biography of Margaret Walker $20.00

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Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi (2014) Margaret Walker (1915-1998) has been described as “the most famous person nobody knows.” This is a shocking oversight of an award-winning poet, novelist, essayist, educator, and activist as well as friend and mentor to many prominent African American writers. “Song of My Life” reintroduces Margaret Walker to readers … Continue reading Song of My Life: A Biography of Margaret Walker

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Strange Tribe: A Family Memoir $24.95

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Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons (2007) Fine in dust jacket

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A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh $75.00

by • 2012 • First Edition • First Editions Club • Signed

Sorry. This book is currently out of stock. New York, NY: Ballantine (2012) In the first novel of a spellbinding new trilogy, “New York Times” bestselling author Jeff Shaara returns to the Civil War terrain he knows best. “A Blaze of Glory” takes us to the action-packed Western Theater for a vivid re-creation of one … Continue reading A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh

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The Little Friend $75.00

by • 2002 • First Edition • First Editions Club • Signed

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New York, NY: Knopf (2002) Fine in dust jacket. From Library Journal: It has been a decade since Tartt blazed forth with The Secret History, but it was worth the wait. Set in small-town Mississippi, her new work centers on the family of Harriet Cleve, shattered forever after the murder by hanging of Harriets nine-year-old … Continue reading The Little Friend

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A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty $20.00

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Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi (2012) Mississippi author Eudora Welty, the first living writer to be published in the Library of America series, mentored many of today’s greatest fiction writers and is a fascinating woman, having lived the majority of the twentieth century (1909-2001). Her life reflects a century of change and is closely … Continue reading A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty

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Photographs $1,000.00

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Jackson, Mississippi: University of Mississippi Press (1989) Foreword by Reynolds Price. One of 375 numbered copies signed by the author specially bound with slipcase.

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Drunk with Love: A Book of Stories $75.00

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Boston: Little Brown (1986) Near fine in dust jacket.

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The Inspiring Life of Eudora Welty $16.99

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Charleston, SC: History Press (2014) Eudora Alice Welty led an exciting and surprising life. Before she won a Pulitzer Prize, as a little girl she made her own books and won national poetry prizes. As a young woman during the Great Depression, she was a photographer and took pictures all over the South. These and … Continue reading The Inspiring Life of Eudora Welty

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A Lifetime Burning $40.00

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Sorry. This title is out of stock. New York, NY: Random House (1982) At age 62, Corinne must grapple with the most painful truth that her lifelong passion–which is anyone’s passion, to love and be loved, body and soul–could burn unquenched forever. Gripping, smart, suspenseful, and at times, wonderfully witty, Douglas’s widely acclaimed novel forms … Continue reading A Lifetime Burning

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My Cat Spit McGee $75.00

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New York: Random House (1999) Fine in Random House wrapper.

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Beloved $50.00

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Read our article Toni Morrison: “Writing without the gaze”. New York, NY: Knopf (1987) Near fine in dust jacket. Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, … Continue reading Beloved

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Tis: A Memoir $26.00

by • 2000 • First Edition • First Editions Club • Signed

Sorry. This title is out of stock. New York, NY: Scribner (2000) A sequel to the phenomenally successful Angela’s Ashes picks up the sometimes harrowing tale of McCourt’s youth as he immigrates from Ireland to America, joins the Army, goes to college, and begins building a life.

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The Sculptor $29.99

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New York, NY: First Second (2015) David Smith is giving his life for his art–literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, decidingwhat to create is harder than he … Continue reading The Sculptor

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