Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1927. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed on front endpaper: "Mrs. Annabel Morris Buchanan from the author with sincere good wishes," signed "Ned Adams," datemarked Columbia, SC, 1934. Small octavo (20cm). Black cloth spine over orange-tan cloth-covered boards (hardcover); dustjacket (in pieces) laid-in; xvii,117pp..... More

Huntington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, 1972. Reprint. A selection of articles reprinted from Labor Age dating from April to December 1931 depicting harsh living conditions and general union activities of the West Virginia mountaineer miner. Heavily illustrated with photographs and political drawings. Quarto (28cm). Pictorial staplebound wrappers, [20pp], illus. Mild..... More

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1950. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (19.5cm). Red cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 232pp. Straight, unmarked, Near Fine copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped ($2.50 price on front flap), lightly rubbed at spine ends, Very Good or better. A novel..... More

Huntington, WV: Aegina Press, Inc., 1992. First Edition. Collection of poems based on Biblical stories, illustrated throughout by Jacob Landau. Slim octavo (21.5cm); illustrated wrappers; 82, [4]pp; illus. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn, with their bookplate to verso of front wrapper and inscribed to Bernarda on the..... More

Winchester, VA: Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, (1990). First Edition. Octavo. Cloth hardcover, decoratively titled in gilt; xii,239pp. A previous owner has neatly created a pocket for a private library card inside rear cover, else Fine. Autographed by Wilbur Johnston on title page, also by two other unidentified (and illegible) signers..... More

Wilkes-Barre, PA: [R. Lambert, Printer], 1886. First Edition. Octavo (16cm); dark green decorative boards, bubble grain, stamped in black and gilt; patterned endpapers; xii, 118pp. Spine faded; boards soiled and mildly worn, especially about hinges; leading corners slightly rubbed. Small bookplate on front pastedown; bindings shaken; soiling and foxing intermittent..... More

No Imprint: For The Author, n.d. [1935 -1948]. Three pieces of promotional ephemera, produced for Ray Myers during the 1940's and later. Comprising: Pamphlet, 23cm x 15cm. Original grey card wraps, titled in black to front wrap. Clean and sharp with a small closed tear to the upper of the..... More

N.p. [Capon Bridge?]: Privately Printed, 1948. First Edition. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover; 283pp; illus. Tiny (ca 1/4") hairline crack to front endpaper at gutter, else a tight, unmarked, Near Fine copy, very well preserved. Volume One (of two) only. The two parts were published separately. Halftone plates and text illustrations..... More

New York: Random House, 1983. Octavo (22cm). Cream cloth and yellow paper three-piece binding, in pictorial jacket; [vi],136,[2]pp. Inscribed by the author on title page to Julian Mason. Small spot of discoloration to rear f.e.p., else Fine. Jacket faintly toned at edges, else Near Fine. The author's first novel. More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Green paper-covered boards; dustjacket; 272pp. Fine, apparently unread copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $14.94 on front flap), crisp, unworn and unfaded. A new-appearing copy. More

New York: W.J. Watt, 1913. First Edition. Buck's fourth published novel (of more than 20), adhering to what Boger calls "the general theme and tenor of all Buck's works": an "outlander" (in this case a sensitive artist from a northern city) arrives in an isolated mountain community in Kentucky, where..... More

New York: Provincetown Theatre, [1923]. First Edition. Octavo bifolium (21.25cm.); printed on tan stock. A bit worn from handling, horizontal fold-line, a few chips and faint creases to extremities, else Very Good. Playbill for Lula Vollmer's 3-act folk drama Sun Up, set during the Great War in the mountains of..... More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1924. Fourth Printing. A novel of coal miners set in New Hampshire, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. A sympathetic portrait of mining life, with little or no labor content. HANNA 3667. Octavo (19.5cm); red cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover, in tan..... More