1. Signed Copies

Collector's Corner

Our Collector's Corner includes publishers' fine limited editions that sell for many times the price of their regular print run, as well as a handful of rare copies that have escalated greatly in value. We offer them under market, but above the price when originally published.

Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee tribute by Rick Bragg) Rick Bragg

GO SET A WATCHMAN is actually an early draft of To Kill a Mockingbird. it is set a generation later and gives the reader a clear picture of the prejudices of the South during these trying times. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for...

All Over but the Shoutin' - Leather with leather slipcase Rick Bragg

ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN' was named Memoir of the Year and was Rick Bragg's first book. It has become the icon story of a dirt poor Southern family and the strong woman who endured to raise her three sons. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for...

Prince of Tides Pat Conroy

THE PRINCE OF TIDES is Pat Conroy's brilliant and powerful drama set in the South Carolina low country and New York City that was translated into the movie classic starring Barbra Streisand. Many critics proclaim this as the author's zenith.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand...

My Reading Life Pat Conroy

MY READING LIFE is a love letter to readers allowing all to share in Pat's favorite writers and titles, as well as finding what all was involved in hooking him on reading.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Pat Conroy at the store.  It is a new, unread first edition...

The Death of Santini Pat Conroy

THE DEATH OF SANTINI is autobiographical and  introduces fans to new members of Pat Conroy's family, and the continuing  exposure of family struggle and finally - forgiveness.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Pat Conroy on the title page at the store.  It is a new,...

The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich

THE NIGHT WATCHMAN is based on the author's grandfather who went from rural North Dakota all the way to our nation's capital to fight against Native dispossession. The story exudes the humor and elegant prose a reader expects from a literary master and Pulitzer Prize winner.

 

THIS COPY (shown...

Writing Across The Landscape Lawrence Ferlinghetti

WRITING ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE: TRAVEL JOURNALS 1950-2013 gives readers a view of Ferlinghetti's adventure-filled life using mostly unpublished, handwritten notebooks. There are reports on his war years, his time in Cuba and Haiti and even his journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway. These pages are packed...

Sycamore Row John Grisham

SYCAMORE ROW returns to the setting of A Time to Kill with a wealthy man who writes a second will - handwritten, and all potential heirs are in a fight to the end.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by John Grisham on a page that was bound into the book.  It is a...

The Racketeer - Limited Edition John Grisham

THE RACKETEER is a story where nothing is as it seems and an attorney in trouble knows who killed a judge and why.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by John Grisham on a page that was bound into the book. It is a new, unopened first edition and comes with a certificate...

The Four Winds Kristin Hannah

THE FOUR WINDS takes place in 1934 Texas, during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, where droughts have destroyed the land and left farmers helpless. Elsa Martinelli, like so many of her neighbors, is left with only two options: try to survive on her dry and withered farm, or to make her way west towards the great...