Morris Willie Introduction (13 results)

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. 2nd ed. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 86 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight inside pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. SC 322.

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xiv, 380 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.5cm. White dust jacket rubbed and toned; mild nicking at spine head and flap fold ends; front flap is not price-clipped. Blue cloth with silver stamping; light bumping at spine ends. Pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. Introduction by Willie Morris. Features the following essays: "You Can't Eat Magnolias" by H. Brandt Ayers; "My Grandfather and the Cyclone" by Reese Cleghorn; "Beyond the Briar Patch" by Curtis M. Graves; "The Southern Consciousness: A Source for National Renewal" by Ronald S. Borod and W.J. Michael Cody; "The End of Reconstruction" by Richard N. Goodwin; "Dodo, Phoenix, or Tough Old Cock?" by Reynolds Price; "Are the Bozarts Blooming?" by Roger Griffin Hall; "Religion in the Land of Cotton" by Wallace M. Alston, Jr., and Wayne Flynt; "Glory Hallelujah, While They're Trying to Sock It to You" by Maynard Jackson; "Beyond Race Politics: Electing Southern Populists in the 1970s" by James Clotfelter and William R. Hamilton; "Southern Governors and the New State Politics" by Edwin M. Yoder; "The Southern City: Northern Mistakes in Southern Settings" by Joel L. Fleishman; "Making Dixie's Land Livable" by Frank E. Smith; "Southern Education: A National Perspective" by Norton L. Beach; "Human Resource Development in the South" by F. Ray Marshall and Virgil L. Christian; "Expanding Ownership in the Developing South" by Stewart Gammill; "Hunger? Let Them Eat Magnolias" by Jack Bass; "The Southern Historical Perspective" by James S. Ferguson; "Reflections on Southern Society" by Frank A. Rose; "The End of the Myths: The South Can Lead the Nations" by Terry Sanford; "Why Go Back South?" by Luther Munford; "A Southern Strategy" by Thomas H. Naylor; and "Appendix: Excerpts From the Inaugural Addresses of Five Southern Governors." ISBN 0070026351.

Hardcover. Condition: New. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW, Perfect Shape, No Remainder Mark,Fast Shipping With Online Tracking, International Orders shipped Global Priority Air Mail, All orders handled with care and shipped promptly in secure packaging, we ship Mon-Sat and send shipment confirmation emails. Our customer service is friendly, we answer emails fast, accept returns and work hard to deliver 100% Customer Satisfaction!

Leather Bound. xxii, 499p., special message to First Edition Society members, introduction, note from the author, b&w illustrations, near-fine limited first illustrated leather edition thus in full-leather and gilt, all edges gilt, bookmark bound-in. Jones' final book and third in his War Trilogy (From Here to Eternity, Thin Red Line & Whistle) He died before finishing the final three chapters but left instructions and notes with Willie Morris who completed the novel.

First printing (not stated). 63 pages. Hardcover: H 23.75cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed, two short tears at front panel's top edge with tape repairs to verso. Green cloth with vibrant gilt stamped lettering to front board and spine. Past owner's ink signature on front pastedown; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket. With illustrations by John F. Davis and an Introduction by Willie Morris. Dean Faulkner Wells, niece of Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner, recounts three ghost stories told in the 1940s by her famous uncle at his Oxford, Mississippi home Rowan Oak. Wells also authored her own children's story titled BELLE DUCK AT THE PEABODY. Yoknapatawpha Press often gave incorrect ISBNs on their first printings with corrections made to later printings and this first printing of THE GHOSTS OF ROWAN OAK is true to this careless pattern as 0916242071 is printed on dj front flap and on copyright page but the book's correct ISBN is 0916242072. {Shelf #5} ISBN 0916242072.

Paperback. Condition: Interior is excellent. Dust Jacket Condition: wrapped in plastic. 14th Printing. x library.

Second printing (first published 1980) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 63 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 16cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, spine head nicked with negligible short closed tear, mild crease at spine heel; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth boards with vibrant gilt stamped lettering. With illustrations by John F. Davis and an Introduction by Willie Morris. Dean Faulkner Wells, niece of Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner, recounts three ghost stories told in the 1940s by her famous uncle at his Oxford, Mississippi home Rowan Oak. Wells also authored her own children's story titled BELLE DUCK AT THE PEABODY. A crisp fine copy in a near fine dust jacket signed "Best wishes, | Dean Faulkner Wells" on the front free endpaper. This second printing has an incorrect ISBN of 0916242071 specified upon the copyright page whereas it should be 0916242072. {Shelf#1-MsAuthorsBox1} ISBN 0916242072.

First printing (not stated) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 63 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed; 8cm closed tear ascending from front panel's bottom left; some scuffs and nicks at edges; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Green cloth boards with vibrant gilt stamped lettering to front board and spine; touch of scuffing at spine ends. Author's six-line black ink inscription "To Margaret - | Merry Christmas and my very | best wishes, | Dean Faulkner Wells | December 9, 1980 | Tupelo" upon the half-title page; slight soiling at bottom margin of page 15; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket. With illustrations by John F. Davis and an Introduction by Willie Morris. Dean Faulkner Wells, niece of Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner, recounts three ghost stories told in the 1940s by her famous uncle at his Oxford, Mississippi home Rowan Oak. Wells also authored her own children's story titled BELLE DUCK AT THE PEABODY. For some unknown reason Yoknapatawpha Press frequently gave incorrect ISBNs on their first printings with corrections made to later printings; this first printing of THE GHOSTS OF ROWAN OAK is true to this careless pattern as 0916242071 is printed on dj front flap and on copyright page but the book's correct ISBN is 0916242072. {Shelf #8} ISBN 0916242072.

First printing (not stated) INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR. 63 pages. Hardcover: H 23.75cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed, a few nicks and short tears at edges, top corner of front flap is price-clipped, some foxing to dj's blank verso; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth boards, cloth nicked at heel of front joint, vibrant gilt stamped lettering to front board and spine. Strong foxing spots to top edge; minor foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge with latter having green ink blot (publisher's remainder mark?) near spine. Author's five-line ink inscription upon the half-title page: "To the McBees - | With my very best wishes, | Dean Faulkner Wells | October, 1980 | New Orleans." Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. With illustrations by John F. Davis and an Introduction by Willie Morris. Dean Faulkner Wells, niece of Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner, recounts three ghost stories told in the 1940s by her famous uncle at his Oxford, Mississippi home Rowan Oak. Wells also authored her own children's story titled BELLE DUCK AT THE PEABODY. Yoknapatawpha Press often gave incorrect ISBNs on their first printings with corrections made to later printings and this first printing of THE GHOSTS OF ROWAN OAK is true to this careless pattern as 0916242071 is printed on dj front flap and on copyright page but the book's correct ISBN is 0916242072. {Shelf#3-MsAuthorsBox1} ISBN 0916242072.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. new edition edition. 416 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

First printing (not stated) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 63 pages. Hardcover: H 23.75cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; curling at tops of front and rear panels; short scuff and negligibly short tear at front panel's bottom edge; front flap's top corner retains publisher's printed price ($9.95); dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth boards with vibrant gilt stamped lettering to front board and spine. Author's black ink signature "Dean Faulkner Wells" upon the title page; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding is firm. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. With illustrations by John F. Davis and an Introduction by Willie Morris. Dean Faulkner Wells, niece of Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner, recounts three ghost stories told in the 1940s by her famous uncle at his Oxford, Mississippi home Rowan Oak. Wells also authored her own children's story titled BELLE DUCK AT THE PEABODY. For some unknown reason Yoknapatawpha Press frequently gave incorrect ISBNs on their first printings with corrections made to later printings; this first printing of THE GHOSTS OF ROWAN OAK is true to this careless pattern as 0916242071 is printed on dj front flap and on copyright page but the book's correct ISBN is 0916242072. {Shelf #7} ISBN 0916242072.

First edition (not stated) SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. xii, 515 pages. Hardcover: H 31cm x L 23.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with some soiling; chipping at spine head with deeper 2cm loss at top of rear panel; nicks and several tears at edges as well; dj presented in an older mylar protector. Brown cloth boards. Short red wax pencil mark on text block's bottom edge. Ink signatures of Harriet DeCell and JoAnne Prichard on front free endpaper. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 6.5 pounds (2.94 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {MS-Shelf #1}.