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I want to walk around and look at these old immortal hills before I go, for here I was born and have lived all my days. ~ Jesse Stuart

 
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FOR THE BOOK CONNOISSEUR...We have hundreds of rare books by Kentucky Poet Laureate Jesse Stuart. Many are signed. Many are first editions. Included in our inventory are signed copies by authors:

Allan W. Eckert

Wendell Berry

Wilma Dykeman

Harriet Simpson Arnow

Jim Wayne Miller

Silas House

Loyal Jones

Thomas D. Clark

Mary Lee Settle

Billy C. Clark

Bobbie Ann Mason and others.

What is represented on our Web site is only a fraction of what we have in stock. Feel free to contact us for more information at 606-326-1667or e-mail us at jsf@jsfbooks.com.

Our inventory is always changing!

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Hardcover, 361 pages Type: 02AS001

Signed, 1934, First edition, Hardcover, 361 pages. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York.  Book jacket is protected in mylar. Jacket has fading at the spine,...

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Author: Allan W. Eckert Model: Hardcover, 688 pages Type: 978-1931672757

SIGNED BOOKPLATE AND NUMBERED EDITION ONLY 50 LEFT IN STOCK! The Infinite Dream, told with all the historical detail which made Allan W. Eckert famous, explores America’s westward expansion beyond the Mississippi River, 1834 - 1848. In this period before the Civil War . . .

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Author: Allan W. Eckert Model: Hardcover: 626 pages Type: S978-0945084907

Signed Hardcover Edition. The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness ...

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Author: Allan W. Eckert Model: Hardcover: 653 pages Type: S978-0945084983

Signed Hardcover Edition. For over two hundred years no Indian force in America was so powerful and feared as the Iroquois League. Throughout two thirds of this . . .

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Hardcover, 256 pages Type: 12AS0001

1946 E.P. Dutton, First edition, hardcover. Lengthy inscription, illustration, and signed by author. Jacket in mylar. Jacket intact with very minimal wear. Slight...

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Hardcover, 328 pages Type: 04DS

Own a piece of Jesse Stuart memorabiia! Signed, 1972, McGraw-Hill, hardcover edition. Like new. These are from the Jesse Stuart Foundation and the authors personal...

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Hardcover, 328 pages Type: 03AS002

1936 Dutton, NY, 1st Edition, Hardcover, 342 pages. Long inscription signed & dated by Stuart. Former owners bookplate found on inside front cover. Foxing on...

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Hardcover, 110 pages Type: 27AS001

1962 McGraw-Hill, First edition, hardcover, 110 pages. Signed by the author "With all good wishes, Jesse Stuart" Jacket in mylar. Jacket has slight...

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Hardcover, 50 pages Type: 24AS002

1960, James E. Beard, St. Helena, California. Extremely rare limited to 585 copies. 1st edition, hardcover, 50 pages. Has original brown paper dust-jacket protected...

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Hardcover, 339 pages Type: 06AS002

1940 E.P. Dutton, 1st edition, hardcover, 339 pages. Inscribed and signed by author in the same year. Jacket in mylar covering. Jacket has nice colors with slight...

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Hardcover, 250 pages Type: 30AS0001

1965 McGraw-Hill, New York. Signed by author, 1st edition, hardcover. Book jacket (protected in mylar) is clean with bright colors. Book Cover is clean with text on...

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Hardcover, 278 pages Type: 29A4S001

1964, McGraw-Hill, New York. 1st Edition, 4th printing, hardcover, 278 pages. Inscribed and signed by the author. Book jacket in near fine condition, has chipping...

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Hardcover, 95 pages Type: 16AS0001

1952 E.P. Dutton, 1st edition, hardcover, 95 pages. Signed and inscribed by author. Jacket in mylar. Jacket in very good condition with no chipping and the...

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Hardcover, 95 pages Type: 42AS001

1971 McGraw-Hill, New York, New York. 1st Edition, hardcover. Signed by the author. Book jacket (protected in mylar) slightly misaligned on book cover. Has slight...

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Author: Allan W. Eckert Model: Hardcover: 653 pages Type: S978-1931672061

Signed Hardcover Edition. The Conquerors, the third volume in Allan Eckert's acclaimed series, The Winning of America, continues the narrative of ...

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Author: Clyde & Catherine Mayes Model: Spiral Binding, 124 pages Type: B0006S635W

 Harrison Mayes was a Kentucky coal miner who was horribly injured in a mining accident and survived in order to become a legend of the American road as he...

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Parchment paper Type: Hell001

Hell – Poem by Jesse Stuart, broadside, unsigned printing over-run.  Illustrated by Richard Crammer.  From the Morris Harvey College Poems on Parchment Series (Charleston, W. Va.), circa 1972.

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Parchment paper Type: 2CYP001

Two Cypresses -  Poem by Jesse Stuart, broadside, unnumbered - but limited to...

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Poster Type: HA001

Hold April – Poem by Jesse Stuart,  Limited edition Palaemon Broadside, signed by Stuart, copy “T” of . . .

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Author: Jesse Stuart Model: Leatherbound, 303 pages Type: TapsBrandenburg

1967, Harvest Press. Limited edition to 25 copies, lettered A-Y. This is "B". Produced by David Brandenburg to commerate Jesse Stuart's 60th birthday....

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