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New York: Random House, 1994. SIGNED. NF/NF. Later printing. Signed by John Berendt on the title page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and black cloth boards. Light crease to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($25.00) with faint wear to the spine head, else Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. 388 pages. 5¾ x 9½" tall. Based on the true events surrounding a shooting death in Savannah, Georgia. Was it murder or self-defense? Berendt interweaves a first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. Made into a successful movie by Clint Eastwood.

Random House, NY, 1994. First Ed. (Not Stated) First Printing Numbers are 1 3 5 7 9 J 8 6 4 2 0. Hardcover. History, Celebrites, Savannah (GA). Brilliantly conceived and masterly written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city is certainly a modern classic. A blend of travel book and murder mystery, it is enchanting and disturbing but gorgeous and haunting. (388 Pgs.) DJ & BOOK NEAR VVG

New York: Random House, 1994. Presumed Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 25 cm, 388, [4] pages. Inscribed and dated by the author on the fep. John Berendt (born December 5, 1939) is an American author, known for writing the best-selling non-fiction book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Berendt published Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in 1994 and became an overnight success; the book spent a record-breaking 216 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list[2] -- still, to this day, the longest standing best seller of the Times. The story, unsettling and real, broke down the idea of the quintessential phenomenon of a true American city-only to reveal its quirks: its man walking an invisible dog; its voice of the drag queen; a high-society man in its elite community-all that somehow, unravels a murder mystery. Virtually seeming like a novel and reading like a tale, the nonfictional story is about the real-life events surrounding the murder trial of Jim Williams in Savannah, Georgia. Derived from a Kirkus review: Steamy Savannah--and the almost unbelievable assortment of colorful eccentrics that the city seems to nurture--are minutely and wittily observed here. In the course of these travels, Berendt fell under the spell of Savannah, and moved there for a few years. Central to his story here is his acquaintance with Jim Williams, a Gatsby-like, newly moneyed antiques dealer, and Williams's sometime lover Danny Hansford, a volatile, dangerous young hustler whose fatal shooting by Williams obsesses the city. Other notable characters include Chablis, a show-stealing black drag queen; Joe Odom, cheerfully amoral impresario and restaurateur; Luther Driggers, inventor of the flea collar; and Minerva, a black occultist who works with roots and whom Williams hires to help deal with what the antiques dealer believes to be Hansford's vengeful ghost. The imprisonment and trial of Williams, and his surprising fate, form the narrative thread that stitches together this crazy quilt of oddballs, poseurs, snobs, sorceresses, and outlaws. Stylish, brilliant, hilarious, and coolhearted.

Random House, NY, 1994. First Ed. (Not Stated) 3rd Printing. Numbers are 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3. Hardcover. History; Celebrities; Savannah (GA); Brilliantly conceived and masterly written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city is certainly a modern classic. A blend of travel book and murder mystery, it is enchanting and disturbing but gorgeous and haunting. (388 Pgs.) Small nick on DJ. DJ VVG/BOOK NEAR VVG

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. 1/3 Cloth. 0679429220 . A Near Fine edition that has some watermarking to the cloth spine housed in a Very Good dust-jacket that is lightly edgeworn with dampstainting on the inside ; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil tells the story of American expatriate writer L.B. "Belva" Tilghman as she travels through the fictional African country of Zaire during the late 1970s. Tilghman is a woman of privilege and experience who is bored by her life in Africa, so she hires a young American man, Johnny Angel, to be her guide and companion. As they travel around Zaire, Tilghman and Angel become enmeshed in a complex web of intrigue and betrayal.; 8vo; 388 pages .

New York:: Random House,, (1994.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine first state dust jacket (original price of $23 on the dust jacket flap and the praise from Ann Beattie at the top of the rear cover ) . First printing. A combination of mystery and travel book, this is an account of a 1981 murder in Savannah, Georgia and its aftermath. Basis for the Clint Eastwood film of the same name. Winner of the Southern Book Award, finalist for the Pulitzer. A true first with the errors on page 11, line 32 (the same error also occurs on p 214, line 18), and page 32, line 1. Publisher's promotional material and review slip for a planned 1995 edition laid in. These materials comment that there were over 700,000 copies in print (and that was before the movie was released) and the reported first printing was only 25,000 copies, a very small printing for a book which became a surprise bestseller but typical for an author's first book. 388 pp.

New York: Random House, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Random House , 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing with correct number line and all correct first edition points, in clean dust jacket. Clean unfaded dark green boards with black cloth spine, metallic lettering on cover (author's initials) and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 388 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, small price clip at upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. To assist in determining the first edition, first printing these are the identifying points: Dustjacket price of $23.00 on front inside flap. On page eleven, line thirty-two contains the spelling error "fmr" instead of "for." The Random House correct number line of (2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3) above first edition statement on copyright page. On rear of dustjacket - Ann Beattie is listed first. On later printings each letter of the alphabet represents an additional ten thousand printing and appears only on later printings. The first printing of this book will not contain letters or the number "1" in the number line. On later printings, the rear of dustjacket Edmund White is listed first. This is one of the most misrepresented first edition, first printing books of the 21st century. Made into a highly successful film (1997) directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and starring John Cusack and Kevin Spacey..

This is the hardcover stated Random First Edition from 1994. Both the DJ and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc. and the pages and binding are tight. This wonderful, impossible-to-find item is available for purchase now! Due to the vagaries of market fluctuations, an item may occasionally seem overvalued. To compensate for that possibility, all serious buyers are welcome to make a on each and every item listed, with the assurance that ALL reasonable offers will be accepted.Like New

NY: RANDOM HOUSE, 1994 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL By JOHN BERENDT signed 1994 AUTHOR: JOHN BERENDT PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: RANDOM HOUSE, NY 1994 EDITION: Reprint Edition with the number line '486k975' present ISBN: 0679429220 CATEGORY: Signed, Mystery BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: BLACK on BLACK cloth spine CONDITION: The dust jacket is in really good condition. The book is in really good condition. The 'U.S. $25.00' is still on the front flap. The inside of book is really white and looks unread. The author has flat signed a sticker on the first front free endpaper with.

Random House, 1994. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mint copy in like jacket. $23.00 on flap.Stated First Edition.Beautiful copy..