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Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1983. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Green and brown boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 353pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a small closed tear at the bottom of the front panel; the original price (14.95) is intact. The author's first novel, following her short story collection, 'In the Land of Dreamy Dreams.'<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in silver and gilt. Brown endpapers. Blue topstain. Octavo. 328pps., with six woodcuts by Ishmael. Light wear to the heel of the spine and a mild bump to the lower front tip. Some pages have crimps at their lower corners. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous owner's markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Also, the spine is faintly sunned. No chips, soiling, or tears. The original price (6.95) is intact on the front flap. This issue includes a new introduction by the author. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 45-C. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. [1950]. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 262pps. There is light rubbing to the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a slightly sunned spine and shallow chipping at the extremities; the original price is intact. An excellent, collector's-quality copy. ".In 'Clearing in the Sky,' Jesse Stuart -- poet, short-story writer, and novelist of the Kentucky hills -- presents twenty-one colorful, entertaining sagas of the backwoods country. Greenup County, the locale of the stories, is a sort of place where a good hound dog is worth more than an automobile and barn dances draw bigger crowds than movies. The mud roads of the section are impassable in spring, and an occasional wildcat still roams the woods. If a man is a shrewd horse… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1997. Uncorrected Manuscript. Fine in glossy, pictorial wraps, trade-sized. 367pps. There is a slight, superficial impression in the front wrap, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. An excellent, collector's-quality copy of the scarce pre-publication issue. ".A magnificent love story in the tradition of Ernest Hemingway's 'A Farewell To Arms', 'Cold Mountain' is a breathtaking account of one man's voyage home from the front at the end of the Civil War. Based on true stories passed down by the author's great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded soldier, Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war and back home to his pre-war sweetheart, Ada. Inman's odyssey through the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated South interweaves with Ada's struggle to revive her father's farm with the help of an intrepid young drifter named… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atlantic, 1997. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Blue boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is gilt-stamped. Map endpapers. 356pp. 9th printing edition. There is a touch of very faint soiling to the fore-edge and a mild bump to the lower rear tip, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve and complete with the Berendt medallion, is lightly rubbed; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact. SIGNED and inscribed by the author 'for Anna' on the title-page. A very nice collector's-quality copy. ".Based on local history and family stories passed down by the author's great-great-grandfather, 'Cold Mountain' is the tale of a wounded soldier, Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the Civil War and back home to his prewar sweetheart, Ada. Inman's odyssey through the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated… Read More

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. Uncorrected Proofs. In Near Fine condition. Tan wraps, interestingly produced of stitched signatures. A label bearing the publisher's information about the forthcoming novel is affixed to the front wrap. 146pps. There are a couple of slight ripples in the front wrap, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of an uncommon item. ".'When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.' With that opening sentance we are introduced to the eleven-year-old heroine of 'Ellen Foster.' Ellen tells her own story, with an honesty, a perceptivity, and a quite un-selfconscious heroism. Her mother dies. She stays with her father until it becomes too dangerous. She lives with a teacher, a grandmother who blames her for her… Read More

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. As New in an As New dustjacket. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in white. Duodecimo. Textured tan endpapers. 146pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is equally fine; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. "...'When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.'With that opening sentance we are introduced to the eleven-year-old heroine of 'Ellen Foster.'Ellen tells her own story, with an honesty, a perceptivity, and a quite un-selfconscious heroism. Her mother dies. She stays with her father until it becomes too dangerous. She lives with a teacher, a grandmother who blames her for her father's marriage, then with an aunt. At the close she discovers a home where at last she is wanted and… Read More

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. Uncorrected Proofs. In Near Fine condition. Tan wraps, interestingly produced of stitched signatures. A label bearing the publisher's information about the forthcoming novel is affixed to the front wrap. 146pps. There are two faint and unobtrusive specks to the fore-edge, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. ".'When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.' With that opening sentance we are introduced to the eleven-year-old heroine of 'Ellen Foster.' Ellen tells her own story, with an honesty, a perceptivity, and a quite un-selfconscious heroism. Her mother dies. She stays with her father until it becomes too dangerous. She lives with a teacher, a grandmother who blames her for her father's marriage, then with an aunt. At the close she… Read More

New York: Scribners, 1935. In Good+ condition. Bound in full brown cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Octavo. 304pps. This volume is the first printing (Scribners 'A' and seal on the copyright page). No dustjacket. Much of the gilt has been rubbed from the cloth and there is a bump to the lower front tip. Also, a previous owner's bookplate has been affixed to the front pastedown. Otherwise overall clean, bright, and soundly bound.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "These stories reveal in Mr. Wolfe qualities as a writer unsuspected by the thousands who have read his longer works. They show what perfection he can achieve within a restricted compass -- especially noticeable in some of the five and six page stories here included, which for economy and precision of style are unsurpassed. Here Mr. Wolfe creates a world as perfectly as on the vast canvas of his novels. For all its varying moods of humor or profound perception, 'From… Read More

New York: Scribners, 1935. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full brown cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Octavo. 304pps. This volume is the first printing (Scribners 'A' and seal on the copyright page). There is a minor bump at the foot of the spine, light rubbing to the gilt on the spine and, internally, the scarce, sporadic fox-mark. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has moderate wear to the spine-ends and the flap-folds; it is, however, in presentable condition with some scratching and rubbing. The original price (2.50) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy. ".These stories reveal in Mr. Wolfe qualities as a writer unsuspected by the thousands who have read his longer works. They show what perfection he can achieve within a restricted compass -- especially noticeable in some of the five and six page stories here included, which… Read More

New York: Atheneum, 1966. Very Good in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full green cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Octavo with red topstain. Olive-green endpapers. 275pps. Stated First Edition. The edges of the cloth are faintly faded and there is dustspotting to the page-edges. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a slightly faded spine-panel and touches of crinkling at the extremities; the original price (4.95) is intact. A nice, collector's-quality copy of the author's third book.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "...A comic novel of great brilliance, a deceptively profound study of the passing into manhood of Milo Mustian and a pastoral of beauty and variety in which the sights and sounds of rural North Carolina are evoked by a stylist of the greatest powers. In 'A Generous Man' Reynolds Price deals again… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1972. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Gray boards backed in lavender cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Lavender topstain. Fore-edge untrimmed. 208pps. There is bumping to the spine-ends as well as faint sunning to the extreme edges of the boards. Also, there is a touch of wear to the lower front tip. Otherwise, clean, tight, square and bright; no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light edgewear and is a touch sundarkened; the original price (5.95) is intact on the front flap.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.

New York: Atheneum, 1986. Uncorrected Proofs. Near Fine in beige cardstock wraps, trade sized (pb). 309pps. There is a small and shallow crimp at the top corner of the first forty pages, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collector's-quality copy -- especially scarce signed. ".0ne of the most feisty, spellbinding and engaging heroines in modern fiction captures the essence of her own life in this contemporary American odyssey born of red-clay land and small-town people. We meet Kate at a crucial moment in middle age when she begins to yearn to see the son she abandoned when she was seventeen. But if she decides to seek him, will he understand her? Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, 'Kate Vaiden' is a penetrating psychological portrait of an ordinary woman in extraordinary circumstances, a story as joyous, tragic, comic and… Read More

New York: Dutton, 1952. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full russet-brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. 95pps. The top section of the ffep has been clipped off, presumably to divorce it from a previous owner's name or inscription (and quite effectively done). This is an unfortunate flaw as the rest of book is in excellent shape: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear. The price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light edgewear, a bit of chipping at the spine-ends (does not affect lettering), and some sunning in the area of the spine. A considerable tear along the front gutter has been repaired and reinforced with non-acidic archival tape: there is no loss of material to this tear and the flaw is no longer apparent. Though the author was known to be terribly gracious and his pen was about as free as his spirit, this copy is, uncommonly, unsigned . ".Kentucky Is My Land is Jesse Stuart's fervent… Read More

Ashland, Kentucky: Economy Printers, 1952. Author's Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Fully bound in green cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. 95pps. There is a crease in the front pastedown (a slight production flaw) and the binding is slightly shaken, though sound, with slim separations between a couple of signatures (more a cosmetic than a structural issue): otherwise clean, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light wear at the extremities; no other flaws of note. The original price is intact. SIGNED and generically inscribed by the author 'with all good wishes' on the ffep. ".'Kentucky Is My Land' is Jesse Stuart's fervent reaffirmation of his passionate love for the Kentucky land in which he grew up, with its flowers and trees and weathers, and its infinite seasonal variety. Mr. Stuart returns to many of the scenes of his boyhood… Read More

New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. [1951]. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full brown cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt (still brilliant). Octavo. 400pps. Stated First Edition. There is a mild bump to the upper rear tip and slight rounding to the faintly-faded spine-ends. Otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The bright and colorful Salter dustjacket -- glossy in a new mylar sleeve -- has a small, closed tear at the upper front tip and a touch of crinkling with light rubbing wear at the heel of the spine; the original price (3.50) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of this classic -- with only the slightest of sunning to either the cloth or the jacket (much less so than is usually encountered with this edition). Styron's first book.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...<big>O</big>nce in a… Read More

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, 2006. [2006]. As New in an As New dustjacket. Mustard-yellow boards with a purple, gilt-stamped backstrip. Octavo. 218pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally fine; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. "...This sequel to Gibbons's beloved classic 'Ellen Foster' stands on its own as an unforgettable portrait of a redoubtable adolescent making herself up out of whole cloth. Now fifteen, Ellen is settled into a permanent home with a new mother. Strengthened by adversity and blessed with enough intelligence to design a salvation for herself, she still feels ill at ease in the world. Her sole surviving ritual -- a visit to the county fair-takes on totemic importance. While she holds fast to the shreds of her childhood -- humoring her best friend, Stuart, who is determined… Read More

New York: Random House, 1959. [1959]. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt and gray. Octavo with gold topstain. Blue endpapers. 436pps. Stated First Printing. There is mild rubbing to the tips and the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has light edgwear and a faint touch of soiling on the front flap; the original price (4.75) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy. ".This completes the great trilogy of the Snopes family in Yoknapatawpha and traces the downfall of this indomitable post-bellum family." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist… Read More

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1959. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Tan boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 223pps. First British Edition. There is a small soil-mark on the fore-edge, a bookseller's small stamp near the bottom of the ffep., and modest tanning to the endpapers. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership inscriptions. The price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very mildly rubbed at the extremities and has some faint fox-marks and age-toning; no chips or tears of note. A nice copy of this uncommon edition. With an Introduction by Carvel Collins. ".In 1925 William Faulkner began his professional writing career in earnest while living in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Although he had written poetry, a few book reviews, and student sketches for his university newspaper, he had not yet published any serious fiction. In his first six months in New Orleans, Faulkner made a commitment to fiction writing.… Read More

New York: McBride, 1929. Very Good in the publisher's black cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in gilt (still brilliant). Quarto. Red topstain. Decorative endpapers. xxi, 376pps., plus 12 tipped-in, tissue-guarded, full-page plates and numerous smaller illustrations by Pape. No dustjacket. Stated First Impression of the First Illustrated Edition (published two years after the original). There is modest bumping and rubbing wear to the cloth, particularly at the extremities. A faint touch of mottling to the topstain. Also, both hinges are cracked, with the webbing revealed; the binding is, nonetheless, sound with all pages intact. Otherwise clean and bright; no previous ownership markings. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition. Cloth. Illus. by Pape, Frank C..