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So pleased to find this under the tree this year. Rare as a hardback, Jim Wayne Miller’s third full length book is probably his most influential and ends with his famous “Brier Sermon” poem. Miller signed this book to Nancy Carol Joyner, a prominent Southern and Appalachian literary scholar. Former president of SAMLA, she also put together the influential “Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers.” Pleased to find this association copy, and always glad to add to the Miller collection. I’ve included his poem “Bird in the House” here, a truly fine work and perhaps his best stand alone poem.. . . . . . . #jimwaynemiller #birdinthehouse #themountainshavecomecloser #nancycaroljoyner #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #signedbooks #shelfie #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #westvirginia #appalachianpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/CmvL9zqMHK7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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bbrarebooks · 2 years
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A first printing of Dune (1965) in the first state dust jacket— jacket illustration by John Schoenherr, with map of Dune on rear panel. 🏜 Dune is a science fiction epic set thousands of years in the future, where humanity is spread across the universe and ruled by an emperor. The story focuses on Paul Atreides, who comes to the desert planet Arrakis, or Dune, at a young age and rises to become an all-powerful and messianic figure. Incredibly ambitious in its scope, the novel deals with such issues as environmentalism, religion, eugenics, politics, and philosophy. Frank Herbert began researching and writing the novel after being inspired by the sweeping sand dunes near Florence, Oregon. He wrote two separate serials in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, which were later combined and published together as Dune. The novel was awarded the two most prestigious science fiction awards, the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. The best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and arguably the greatest, the novel has had an enormous influence on the science fiction genre, perhaps most notably with the Star Wars series. Frank Herbert wrote five sequels to the novel, and his son, Brian Herbert, and the author Kevin J. Anderson wrote over a dozen more books in the series after Frank's death. The novel has a long history of film adaptations, including the aborted yet highly influential Alejandro Jodorowsky version, David Lynch's version in 1984, and the critically acclaimed Denis Villeneuve version released in 2021. Congrats to the talented cast and crew! #dune #frankherbert #firstedition #rarebooks #modernfirsts #paulatreides (at Madison Avenue/33rd Street, Downtown Manhattan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb0n_sHpJfT/?utm_medium=tumblr
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buzzbookstore · 4 years
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“The Stranger” by Albert Camus, 1st US Edition 2nd Printing [hardcover, 1946] #rarebooks #firstedition #letranger #bookcollecting #modernfirsts #treatyourshelf #booknerd #shelfporn https://www.instagram.com/p/B5gg4kkhSx5/?igshid=d72bg3meyood
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I'm living for this cover right now, with this grim-faced, gun-toting woman in black.⁠ ⁠ Ed McBain's Killer Wedge was published in 1959 and is one of our picks for the most collectible mystery novels of the 1950s.⁠ ⁠ This particularly clean copy is listed by John W. Knott, Bookseller and signed with the pen name and true author's name, Evan Hunter.⁠ ⁠ https://biblio.co.nz/book/killers-wedge-mcbain-ed-pseudonym-evan/d/981383121⁠ ⁠ #johnwknottbookseller #mysteries #edmcbain #1950s ⁠ #rarebooks #bookcollecting #bookstagram #bibliophile #vintagebooks #biblionz #modernfirsts
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cheltenhamrarebooks · 5 years
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We’re very excited to be back in Hay on Wye for the summer, with our pop up shop in Richard Booth’s King of Hay shop. Plenty of original dustwrapper artwork, much of it signed this time as well as a great selection of modern firsts editions, illustrated and crime. Pop in and see us. #hayonwye #hayonwyefestival #firsteditions #bookshop #crimebooks #illustratedbook #bookstagram #modernfirsts #popupbookshop https://www.instagram.com/p/BxmqQYUn9AU/?igshid=1y1iufijeoaaw
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bisonbooks · 5 years
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😲 indeed. #firstedition #margaretatwood #modernfirsts #vintagebooks #dustjacket #graphics (at BISON BOOKS) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrF9RzTANHi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hk6lcet8luiw
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abbyschoolman · 6 years
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Coming soon for the London Rare Book Fair only! Richard Minsky’s incredible binding of the first edition of Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here. Including two copies of Minsky’s printing of Vermont Vigilence (one seen here covered in type, paint, and Minsky’s blood; the other simply laid in the book). $20,000. #bookbinding #bookart #politics #printing #blood #art #bookstagram #booksforsale #bookfair #london #rarebookslondon #firstedition #modernfirsts #reliure #reliuredart #reliuredecreation
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rmdreier · 5 years
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1936 HC To My Father Charles Wertenbaker. Ltd. First Edition. Signed number 563 of 1500. Fingerprint smudges to first few pages, wear to boards as shown. $20 shipped in the US. 📦 Link in bio, claim in comments or DM to purchase. 📚📚🌳 #charleswertenbaker #signedfirstedition #signedbooks #farrarrinehart #limitededition #modernfirsts #vintage #vintagebooks #1930s #booksofinstagram #bookseller #bookstagram #igbooks #bookworm #bibliophile #bookcollector #bookaneer #bookaneer4sale (at Dodge Center, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1t3umwAsn4/?igshid=1wnf8de61a51a
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Graham Greene’s ‘A Burnt-Out Case’ (1961 - First UK Edition/Printing). Excellent copy with the bookplate of the famous British actor, author and painter Derek Marlowe. DM with interest before it hits the store ($125). #booksforsale 📚. . . . . . . #bookaddict #booklover #bookoftheday #books #booksale #booksbooksbooks #bookseller #bookshop #bookslover #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookstore #rarebooks #booksabovethebend #giftideas #booksmagazine #firstedition #firsteditions #bookish #bibliophile #bookcover #modernfirsts #derekmarlowe #grahamgreene #congo #leprosy #psychology
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I’ll go ahead and say it: Robert Morgan might very well be the best living American poet. He is certainly the best living poet from our region. His work spans decades, and each book plays with different forms, styles, subjects, and characters. From hardscrabble farms to pondering solar terrestrial physics, his work spans the gambit and does so with a poetic clarity few can rival. He published his first book “Zirconia Poems” in 1969. This is one of the 25 hardback copies I’ve only heard rumors of until now. My friend Chan Gordon helped me find some of Morgan’s rarer chapbooks and such, and he always joked that one day he would sell me his Zirconia. Chan would go on to publish a small fine press edition of Morgan’s later book “October Light.” Morgan sent Chan this copy, and it includes the accompanying letter. I’m pleased to add it to the collection, as it will also serve as a reminder of Chan’s longstanding love and promotion of literature from the southern mountains. I’ve included the poems “Hunting” and “Junkyard After Storm” here. Fine book, without a jacket as issued. Numbered 19/25, and signed by Morgan. Association Copy. A new cornerstone of the collection. #robertmorgan #zirconiapoems #lillabuleropress #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #signedbooks #shelfie #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #westvirginia #appalachianpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/CqWksHPsRY0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Jeff Daniel Marion is probably best known as a poet and teacher, and many of his students have gone on to their own successful literary careers. I think of writers such as Jesse Graves, Lynn Powell, Susan O’Dell Underwood as coming from his tree of influence. He also maintained long literary friendships with Ted Kooser, Robert Morgan, and Jim Wayne Miller. An interview with Kooser about their long relationship is in the current issue of Appalachian Places. His poems are often trim and almost bare, and his older works are becoming more difficult to find. This early chapbook is signed and limited, number 91/100. There are a few hardback copies somewhere in the world but I’ve not found a way to get my hands on one yet. Still, I’m pleased to find this copy even with a couple flaws, as “Tight Lines” contains some of his wonderful fishing poetry (new word to me: piscatory pastorals). The book also has the first appearance of Marion’s more notable poem entitled “By the Banks of the Holston,” the river upon which his cabin sits. Illustrations by George Chavatel, printed on the Iron Mountain Press. Good condition, obvious sunning to front cover, overall Good+ condition. . . . . . . #jeffdanielmarion #georgechavatel #ironmountainpress #tightlines #onthebanksoftheholston #holstonriver #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #signedbooks #shelfie #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #westvirginia #appalachianpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/CqIfDqTuwRj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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I don’t often post newly published works, but this one is worthwhile. Darius Stewart is a Knoxville native and published three chapbooks previously, and now @eastoverpress has collected them into a single volume. Many of these poems describe life in Knoxville intermingled with questions of father/son relationships, the low drumbeat of alcoholism, the struggles of living as a black gay man in the south, and the double edged beauty of family. The poems show a side on Knoxville rarely discussed and do so with surprising sustained power. Glad to have read it and to add another excellent Knoxville voice to my shelves. Stewart currently has work out at @cutleafjournal if anyone is interested. . . . . . . . . . . . #dariusstewart #intimaciesinborrowedlight #eastoverpress #cutleafjournal #knoxville #knoxvilletennessee #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #shelfie #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #westvirginia #appalachianpoetry (at Knoxville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgoryiMO1PF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Looking forward to the George Scarbrough symposium at @reinhardt_university this weekend, as they prepare to open their new archives dedicated to the poet. Hopefully we’ll get to do a bit of trout fishing afterwards too. The lineup of speakers is strong and I am glad to see his work receiving some overdue academic attention. This is something I picked up a while back, the first copy of the Tennessee Poetry Journal. The lineup of writers is pretty impressive, including Ted Wright, Thomas Merton, William Stafford, Julia Randall, George Scarbrough, Frank Steele, Robert Bly, and David Ignatow. Published in the fall of 1967, I’d say it is quite a lineup for a first issue. Poem is “Trompe L’oeil” by Scarbrough. . . . #georgescarbrough #williamstafford #davidignatow #franksteele #juliarandall #thomasmerton #tedwright #robertbly #tennesseepoetryjournal #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #shelfie #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #appalachianpoetry (at Reinhardt University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfJjEXJuR2V/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Glad to connect with @kincaidjenkins103 and get a chance to read his book “Drinking With Others, Poetry by the Pint.” Another Tennessee writer. Poetry on Suttree and the Ukraine war, pappaws and Pistol Pete Maravich. Stories of the South and traveling abroad. Enjoyed the poems, and his excellent photography adds even further depth. I’ve posted “The Deputy” here as a sample. Check him out if you get a chance. . . . . . . . #kincaidjenkins #drinkingwithothers #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #signedbooks #shelfie #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #westvirginia #appalachianpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/CfDIoZrsig_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Perhaps best know for his novel “Deliverance,” James Dickey was also an accomplished and acclaimed poet and even won the National Book Award for “Buckdancer’s Choice.” “The Zodiac” was Dickey’s first published long poem, and is dedicated to Hendrix Marsman who was lost at sea during the Second World War in the North Atlantic. This poem is something of an ekphrastic poem in response to Marsman’s long piece also called “The Zodiac.” Boldly signed with that famous Dickey signature, in the slipcase. Fine/Fine, signed. . . . . #jamesdickey #deliverance #thezodiac #hendrikmarsman #nationalbookaward #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #signedbooks #shelfie #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #westvirginia #appalachianpoetry #southcarolina https://www.instagram.com/p/CeceRXTsMBf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Pleased to receive the Tenth Anniversary Expanded Edition of Jesse Graves’s first book “Tennessee Landscape with Plighted Pine.” I can remember finding a copy of this in a bookstore before I knew much about local, or even regional, literature and it came as a revelation to me that there might be a living poet who talked about the places around me, let alone someone who addressed contemporary concerns. I’ve since had my eyes opened to the huge amount of literature in the region, but seeing “Blighted Pine” in the title came as a surprise to me back then. This expanded edition comes with comments from a host of fine authors, such as Robert Morgan, Rita Sims Quillen, Fred Chappell, Jeff Daniel Marion, and Ron Rash. The edition also has an intro by Matthew Wimberly (@blueridgepoet). Fine new book from @texasreviewpress and I’m looking forward to the 12 new poems. Poem is “Most Distant Antiquity.” . . . . #jessegraves #tennesselansscapewithightedpine #ritasimsquillen #ronrash #robertmorgan #fredchappell #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #signedbooks #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #westvirginia #appalachianpoetry #tennessee https://www.instagram.com/p/CdPbMzrsGAD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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