Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home, Coming Back
New York: Scribner, 2009. Illustrated in black and white. 408 pages, top edge black, thick 8vo, grey cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Scribner, (2009). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Scribner, 2009. Illustrated in black and white. 408 pages, top edge black, thick 8vo, grey cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Scribner, (2009). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Atheeum, 1989. 8vo, printed wrappers. New York: Atheneum, 1989. First Edition. Uncorrected advance proof. More
New York: Atheneum, 1989. Illustrated with b/w photos throughout. 304 pages. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. New York: Atheneum, 1989. A very good copy--light soiling to cloth, light staining to fore-edge; in a near fine wrapper. More
New York: Atheneum, 1989. Black & white photographic illustrations throughout. 304 pages. 8vo, gray cloth with gilt lettering at spine, top edge of pages dyed teal, pictorial d.w. New York: Atheneum, 1989. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Atheneum, 1977. Small 8vo, cloth. New York: Atheneum, 1977. First Edition. More
New York: Atheneum, 1988. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Atheneum, 1988. First Edition. Fine. More
Northridge: Lord John, 1987. 18pp. cloth backed marbled boards. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1987. Limited First Edition. Fine. Number 49 of 150 signed copies. More
New York: Scribner, 2002. 8vo, d.w. (Small chip at top of spine). New York: Scribner, (2002). First Edition. Warmly inscribed by the author, 11/02, "for --- who knows this old boy's face....." More
New York: Atheneum, 1984. Small 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Atheneum, (1984). First Edition. Fsine. Review copy, autographed on the title page. More
Rocky Mount: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, 1988. 51 pages. Slim 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Rocky Mount: North Carolina Wesleyan Press, 1988. First Edition. No. 503 of an edition of 581 copies. This one is inscribed to playwright Romulus (Linney) " A taste of my me-mores for Romulus at Christmas, with love... 1988" More
New York: Atheneum, 1987. Illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 405 pages. Tall 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Atheneum, 1987. A very good(+) copy--thin remainder mark on bottom edge--in a near fine wrapper. More
New York: Atheneum, 1966. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Atheneum, 1966. First Edition. The dust wrapper has a damp-stain on the base of the spine. Inscribed on the half-title to playwright Romulus (Linney) - "with admiration, happy and affectionate memories, strong good hopes for his life and work...12 February, 1966" More
New York: Atheneum, 1966. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Atheneum, 1966. First Edition. Signed by the author. More
New York: Atheneum, 1972. 269 pages. 8vo, natural cloth, d.w. New York: Atheneum, 1972. First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper, lightly edgeworn and sunned at rear cover. More
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1989. Foreword by Reynolds Price. xxviii , followed by 226 b/w photographs. Square 4to, burgundy cloth, d.w. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, (1989). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, nicely inscribed by Welty in 1990 to Elizabeth Evans, who wrote a biography of Welty. More
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