One Foot in Eden

Ron Rash, One Foot in Eden. Charlotte, NC: Novello Press, 2002. First edition and first printing, signed by author on the title page in black pen. . Octavo, 214pp., publishers burnt orange boards with silver gilt to spine. First edition stated with no subsequent printing mentioned. First state publisher s dust jacket with $21.95 price to front flap. . Author s First Novel, and winner of the 2002 Appalachian Book Of The Year as well as the 2002 Novello Literary Award. An astonishing debut from the author of 8 novels, 7 short story collections and 4 collections of poetry. He is the author of Serena which was a 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and NYT best seller. Beautiful prose and storytelling in a setting Rash describes beautifully, this was an incredible debut from an author who has only gotten better with each novel and each short story this first novel had a small print run and as such, it tough to find at all let alone signed. Getting scarcer.