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Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc., sells antiquarian books, specializing in first editions of English and American literature, autographed copies, genre fiction, sports books, and African-Americana.

06/01/2026

The Phantom Baton by James Kinross. First edition. 1955. “The Field Marshal’s baton is the phantom baton which forever eludes that courageous, tough old soldier, Colonel Boucard ... The story was suggested by an incident in the French campaign of 1845, the disaster of Sidi Brahmin, during the Arab uprising against the French.” Fine in near fine dust jacket with an ink price on the front flap. $45

05/31/2026

The Cat Who Went Into the Closet by Lilian Jackson Braun. First edition. 1993. Fine in fine dust jacket. "Qwill rents the Gage mansion in Pickax, and soon after moving in he and Koko [his cat] discover fifteen closets jammed with several generations' worth of junk. Koko, of course, is on the case and what he discovers will shock Pickax and Moose County. What connection could obsolete currency, canceled checks, and an old bankbook have with nail clippers, foot powder, and a man's argyle sock? Something is definitely brewing in Pickax. But what starts out as junk turns into something else" $20

05/27/2026

Stronger Than Hate by Elizabeth Baker. Stated "First Printing." 1969. Illustrated by John Gretzer. Boards lightly soiled and bumped, very good or better in a very good dust jacket with moderate wear and rubbing. "Young people and their parents, black and white, struggle to understand a lesson of love and trust. How long do you keep trying? When do you give up? And what does it take to make a town finally face its prejudices and discover that people are after all only people ... Stronger Than Hate deals with several timely issues of the day, with an accent on the natural ability of youth to see human relationships more clearly than some adults. Elizabeth Baker describes sensitively and realistically the mixed feelings of both black and white people, the mutual distrust and fear, and the eventual beginnings of understanding which only come to [the town] after crisis." $20

05/22/2026

The Welsh Sonata: Variations on a Theme by James Hanley. “The Welsh Sonata opens with the mysterious disappearance of Rhys the Wound, an eccentric but popular figure and goes on to describe the efforts of Goronwy Jones, the local policeman, to discover where, why and how he has gone, and whether or not he is dead ... James Hanley brilliantly reproduces the peculiar cadence and poetic turn of phrase of Welsh speech; he has brought off a technical tour de force that is also a work of art.” First edition. 1954. Light offsetting on the endpapers else near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with internal tape repairs and toning. $35

05/18/2026

Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing by Women edited by Laura Chester. “Women’s writing in the past decade has been marked by explorations into the area of sensuality that are profound and even startling. ‘The new woman artist,’ writes Laura Chester in her introduction to this enticing collection, ‘is writing stronger, more compelling work as she draws from her feminized sexual energy.’ In Deep Down, Chester has collected short fiction, poetry, and excerpts from longer works by some of the foremost women writing today, which together capture this new sensuality in its myriad variations.” First edition. 1988. 330pp. Light foxing on page edges, else fine in a fine dust jacket. $20

05/15/2026

Cry Havoc by Richard Martin Stern. “After a heinous crime occurs in a small town, “the town, resentful of a nearby Army installation, turns its suspicions to the outsiders. After a second such crime, there is an increasing surge of hysteria and fear which must be controlled by one man, the chief of police. He is Sam Walters, quiet, tough, and unimpressed by the political powers that rule his community ... Cry Havoc has a good mystery plot but it amounts to more than just a crime novel because of the effect of the crimes on a community. It is a novel of psychological suspense.” First edition. 1963. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a long tear on the rear panel. $20

05/11/2026

Add a little color to your life! The Seven Keys to Colour Healing: A Complete Outline of the Practice by Roland Hunt. “Dr. Hunt began experiments with Prince Matchabelli and showed vibratory thera-correspondence between colour, sound and smell; they were the inspiration of his first book. Years afterwards his investigations led him to write The Seven Keys to Colour Healing, which is the complete outline to the practice of colour healing.” Seventeenth printing. 1981. Octavo. 124pp. Book store stamp on front fly and titlepage, leaves toned, else near fine in fine dust jacket. $20

05/08/2026

The Goddess in the Stones: Travels in India by Norman Lewis. “One of the world’s premier writers opens up the East’s most glamorous and least understood country ... The author’s detailed and surprising experiences and observations, along with irresistible world pictures and memorable characters, evoke an India off the beaten track.” First American edition. 1992. 322pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's materials laid in. $30

05/04/2026

Kite-Flying and Other Irrational Acts: Conversations with Twelve Southern Writers. “What does it mean to be a Southern writer in the 1970s? What is the nature of today’s South and what prospects does it offer a writer? These twelve interviews with writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction elicit some thoughtful and revealing answers. Because the interviews were taped, there is a spontaneity that brings forth the personality of each writer and provides a text that is interesting and entertaining as well as instructive.” Includes interviews with Doris Betts, Marion Montgomery, Fred Chappell, and more including the first interview with Shelby Foote since the early 1950s. Edited by John Carr. First edition. 1972. Corners and spine ends bumped, else near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and minor edgewear. $25.

05/01/2026

Music of a Life by Andreï Makine. “An extraordinarily powerful novel by the author of Dreams of My Russian Summers and Requiem for a Lost Empire. Music of a Life is set in the period just before, and two decades after, World War II.”

First American edition. 2002. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan. Fine in about fine dust jacket with mild foxing internally. A novel. $20.

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