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William Faulkner: the Yoknapatawpha Country

By: Brooks, Cleanth

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Haven, Yale University Press: 1966

Seller ID: 10326

Binding: Softcover

Book has some scuffs and creases along with edge and corner wear and creasing on spine. Still square and securely bound. G+ to VG-. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 500 pages
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A Miracle of Catfish

By: Brown, Larry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books: 2007

Seller ID: 8831

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Both book and jacket have only very light shelf wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 455 pages; Brown's last novel, not quite completed and published posthumously.
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Facing the Music

By: Brown, Larry

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books: 1988

Seller ID: 6724

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

This book and dustjacket appear to be new. This collection of short stories was Larry Brown's first book. It is flatsigned on the half-title. This is a beautiful copy. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 167 pages; Signed by Author
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Butcher Bird

By: Davis, Reuben

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York City, Little, Brown and Company: 1936

Seller ID: 7249

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Good dust jacket

Yellow boards with farm picture. This copy has some sunning or toning around the edges along with some generally light wear. There is also a light odor from storage. Dustjacket has edge and corner wear with small tears and chips and one larger chip, hald-dollar sized on the back. The book is square and securely bound with no tears or pasrting. Still an attractive copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 298 pages; Novel of black Mississippi sharecroppers by critically-respected, but often overlooked, Southern author.
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Faulkner at West Point

By: Fant, Joseph L. and Robert Ashley (eds.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1964

Seller ID: 14552

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

Book has light shelf wear and expected aging, Jacket has edge and corner wear including loss at front top left corner. Volume includes text from pre-publication section from The Reivers, from which Faulkner read at the Military Academy. This text is followed by the oft-quoted question and answer section from cadets. Good information from Faulkner. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages
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Requiem for a Nun

By: Faulkner, William

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York City, Random House: 1951

Seller ID: 7479

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

This book came from a library but is not marked on the spine. Other usual library materials are present though no date due slip. Some of these marks are removable. The title page may have been loose at some point because tape has been used to reinforce the hinge on both sides.. The tape has yellowed. The dustjacket has some edge and corner wear, along with some light creasing. ; Ex-Libris; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; Faulkner's famous follow-up to Sanctuary. This copy has condition issues but is presentable. And, it is a first with a dustjacket.
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The Wild Palms

By: Faulkner, William

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1939

Seller ID: 10324

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Beige cloth with gilt titles. Much soiling and toning with a sunned spine. Edge and corner wear. Still square and securely bound. Solid but soiled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages
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Mosquitoes

By: Faulkner, William

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Dell/Laurel Edition: 1965

Seller ID: 10338

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Pictorial wraps with small chip off top right corner (corner still present) otherwise this copy is close to near fine with an uncreased spine and very light wear. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 288 pages; First Laurel Edition of Faulkner's second novel.
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Pylon

By: Faulkner, William

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Signet Books: 1951

Seller ID: 10798

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Pictorial wraps with some edge, corner and surface wear with scuffing along spine edge. Still square with one very light crease on spine. Book feels unread. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 189 pages; Stated first Signet printing.
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The Town

By: Faulkner, William

Price: $70.00

Publisher: New York City, Random House: 1957

Seller ID: 12039

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Book has light conrer wear, general light aging and a former owner's name in ink on ffep. Close to near fine. Square and securely bound. Jacket has some corner wear and minor damage with a little loss at head and fott of spine. Quite attractive, solid copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages; FIrst edition of one of Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy. Stated first printing, with repeated line on p. 327.
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A Fable

By: Faulkner, William

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York City, Random House: 1954

Seller ID: 15973

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Book has only some very light aging; this is a very close to fine copy. The dust wrapper has light edge and corner wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 437 pages
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Sanctuary

By: Faulkner, William

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1958

Seller ID: 16001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

This Modern Library edition of Faulkner's Sanctuary has light, general wear and aging. It is filled with underlining and notes from a student, teacher or scholar. This book was obviously read carefully for some purpose. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 309 pages
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William Faulkner and the Tangible Past : The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha

By: Hines, Thomas S.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press: 1996

Seller ID: 14567

ISBN: 0520202937

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Both book and jacket have only very light shelf wear along with a very light bumpon the botto front right corner. Evocative study of the homes and businesses in and around Oxford, Mississippi and their relationship to Faulkner's fictional world. ; B&W and Color Photographs; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 164 pages
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William Faulkner: Three Decades of Criticism

By: Hoffman, Frederick J. and Olga W. Vickery (Eds. )

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, A Harbinger Book: 1963

Seller ID: 10318

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

Wear and aging with a few scuffs and creases. Foredges sunned or toned. Creasing on spine but book is square. A few pages have underlining and/or marginal notes. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 428 pages
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Faulkner's People A Complete Guide and Index to Characters in Fiction of William Faulkner

By: Kirk, Rober W. and Marvin Klotz

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press: 1965

Seller ID: 10320

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Scuffing and toning on wraps. Two light creases on spine which is not cracked. Book is square and binding is secure. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 354 pages; Dictionary-like work arranded by works.
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Eudora Welty: Writers' Reflections Upon First Reading Welty

By: McHaney, Pearl Amelia (Ed. )

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Athens GA, Hill Street Press: 1999

Seller ID: 7848

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Book and jacket have only a trace of wear. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 118 pages; This is the stated first trade edition. There was a limited edition of 2oo numbered and 26 lettered copies that preceded this one. Great essays by great writers who offer their initial experience with Eudora Welty's writing.
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Eudora Welty: a Writer's Eye

By: McHaney, Pearl Amelia (Ed. )

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Jackson MS, University Press of Mississippi: 1994

Seller ID: 7849

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Book and jacket have only a trace of wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pages; Collection of book reviews by Welty, includes Faulkner, Salinger, Woolf, Perelman and many others.
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The Wild Yazoo

By: Myers, John Myers

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc.: 1947

Seller ID: 10393

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Green covers with brown top rectangle enclosing titles in green. Some mottling on covers (see scan( along with light edge and corner wear. Book is square and binding is secure. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 378 pages; Novel set in Mississippi at the time of the Yazoo Land Fraud.
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Faulkner and the Negro

By: Nilon, Charles H.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boulder, University of Colorado Press: 1962

Seller ID: 14020

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Beige wraps with black titles. Book is close to near fine except for some near flattened creasing that must have come from a long-ago accident. The creasing is visible on the cover and affects a number of interior pages with a slight curve. This book was a definitive study of Faulkner's literary treatment of African-Americans. ; University of Colorado Studies; Series in Language and Literature, No. 8.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 111 pages
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Losing Battles

By: Welty, Eudora

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York City, Random House: 1970

Seller ID: 6267

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Slight fading of boards at top edges, fore edges slightly age-toned, interior clean, small scuf on ffep. D J has 2 creases on the front flap, head of spine has two small chips. Title on spine is faded from orange to yellow. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 436 pages
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One Time One Place

By: Welty, Eudora

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Jackson, MS, University Press of Mississippi: 1996

Seller ID: 7457

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Small erasure mark on right top corner of silver ffep, otherwise as new in a mylar jacket. ; B&W Photographs; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 118 pages; This is the 1996 reprint of the 1971 book of photos Welty took while working for the WPA during the Great Depression.
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Losing Battles

By: Welty, Eudora

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York City, Random House: 1970

Seller ID: 7734

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

This copy has some sunning on the edges and light, general wear. The jacket has some edge and corner wear with some very small chips. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 436 pages; Probably Welty's most acclaimed novel.
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The Bride of the Innisfallen

By: Welty, Eudora

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace & Company: 1955

Seller ID: 12627

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Blue cloth with green backstrip and titles in silver. Book has light wear but is square and secure. Close to near fine. Jacket has some light wear on edges and corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages; This is the second issue with the corrected title page (several dates) tipped in. Collection of short stories, many in settings outside the South.
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The Robber Bridegroom

By: Welty, Eudora

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Athens GA, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1987

Seller ID: 14758

ISBN: 0151783187

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

Book appears as new but has some light soiling on pp. 56 and 57. Jacket, in Mylar, appears as new. Stated First Edition of this version of Welty's novel with Barry Moser illustrations. Signed on title page by Moser. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 134 pages; Signed on the title page by the author in person at Berry College in the late 1970's. ; Signed by Illustrator
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The Bride of the Innisfallen

By: Welty, Eudora

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace & Company: 1955

Seller ID: 15409

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Grayish cloth with title on spine in blue and gold with decoration. Some edge and corner wear along with expected aging. Dustjacket has some chips and tears. Book is square and binding secure. The title page states first edition but this may be the true second printing after a second state issue in which corrections were made on a tipped in title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages
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