1980. First edition thus: a paperback reissue with new introduction by Louis D. Rubin Jr. and Biographical Essays by Virginia Rock. Inscribed and/or signed by a number of authors, presumably at either a Fellowship of Southern Writers or Vanderbilt University event. Inscribed by Rubin, Rock, Robert Penn Warren (as “Red”)..... Item #72214 More
Inscribed. Item #72213 More
Inscribed. Item #72212 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, (1970). First edition. INSCRIBED BY TATE on front endpaper, "For Jane and Walter/ with love from/ Allen/ December 28, 1971." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature -- and the author of ALLEN TATE: A RECOLLECTION (1988), his..... Item #72211 More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1981. First edition. Foreword by Eudora Welty. INSCRIBED BY SPENCER on title page, “For Walter and Jane Sullivan/ With special affection/ Elizabeth/ 31 October 1987." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and -- along with Spencer -- one..... Item #72210 More
Presume First U.S. edition. Inscribed. Item #72209 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, (1973). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on front endpaper, "All the good stuff/ came out of ‘Mimic.'/ Written in one of Robert/ Graves’ houses in Majorca/ 1971!/ Best wishes to Walter,/ and in sincere appreciation/ of his valuable work,/ from Alan/ 28th March 1985/ Nashville.”..... Item #72208 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1988). First U.S. edition. Short novel about a young working-class man and wealthy middle-aged widow. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on title page, “For Walter, who is one/ of the happy few,/ a tale from the depths,/ Alan Sillitoe/ Nashville,/ Queen of Cities, 17/4/90.” Walter..... Item #72207 More
Inscribed. Dust jacket spine toned. Item #72206 More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1985). First edition. The title story was the basis for the TV movie of the same name. INSCRIBED BY NORRIS on front endpaper, "For Jane and Walter/ Cordially/ Helen Norris." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern..... Item #72205 More
Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, (1985). First edition. Winner of the 1986 Christian Book Award's Gold Medallion for Fiction. INSCRIBED BY NORRIS on front endpaper, "For Jane and Walter/ with best wishes/ Helen Norris." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern literature..... Item #72204 More
Inscribed. Simultaneous paperwraps issue. Item #72203 More
Inscribed. Item #72202 More
Inscribed. Uncorrected proof in paperwraps. Lightly edge rubbed. Item #72201 More
Inscribed. Item #72200 More
Inscribed by both Lytle and Wright. Item #72199 More
New York: Viking Press, (1967). First edition. Basis for the 1970 film, "I Walk the Line," starring Gregory Peck and with soundtrack by Johnny Cash. INSCRIBED BY JONES on half-title page, "For Jane & Walter,/ With affectionate regards,/ Madison." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor..... Item #72198 More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. First edition. "... the gripping story of a young man inexorably drawn into the drug underworld." -- from the dust jacket flap. INSCRIBED BY JONES on title page, "For Jane & Walter/ with best regards,/ Madison Jones/ 10/13/89." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an..... Item #72197 More
New York: Crown Publishers, (1971). First edition. His inexplicably scarce novel centering on race relations in the South. SIGNED BY JONES on title page, with ownership signature of Jane & Walter Sullivan on front endpaper, and publisher’s “Compliments of .... sent at the author’s request” slip laid in. Walter Sullivan..... Item #72196 More
(New York): Viking, (1987). First edition. Basis for the 2009 movie starring Albert Finney, Jill Clayburgh, Kathryn Erbe, Kyle MacLachlan, and Ethan Hawke. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY HUMPHREYS on title page, "For Walter & Jane/ with great pleasure/ at seeing you again --/ and in hopes of another/ meeting soon!/..... Item #72195 More
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, (1999). First edition. A paperback original. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY HOFFMAN on title page, "To/ the Sullivans/ &/ for/ our fellowship --/ William Hoffman/ 5/5/99." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding..... Item #72194 More
Inscribed. Item #72193 More
Boston: Little, Brown, (1986). First edition. Review copy with publisher's review slip and promo letter laid in. INSCRIBED BY GILCHRIST on half-title page, "For Walter/ Sullivan - / with all good/ wishes -/ Ellen Gilchrist." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern..... Item #72192 More
New York: Doubleday, (1990). First edition. Advance reading copy in glossy pictorial paperwraps. The third and final volume in his Elizabethan Trilogy. INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter & Jane with love & squalor -- Best wishes/ George Garrett/ 10/13/90." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime..... Item #72191 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1983. First edition. The second volume in his Elizabethan Trilogy. INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter Sullivan/ with admiration &/ all best wishes" and signed in full beneath his crossed-out, printed name. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor..... Item #72190 More