Bastard, the by Caldwell, Erskine

Novel Selections. New York: Novel Publishing Corp. , 1953 first edition . 51 almost near fine paperback,

Heron Press, 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.3937 8.2677 5.1181. Copy 437 of a limited edtion. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing, fading. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on a blank prelim. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

Heron Press, 1929. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Heron Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 199 pp + illustrations, with frontispiece. A hors commerce copy from the special edition of 200 printed on American Handcraft paper, bound in balloon cloth, and signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. Rather than being numbered, this copy is designated "B" and was presumably an author's presentation copy, as it is additionally inscribed (without salutation) "with best wishes for a successful year with the N.Y. Soc. for Sup. of Vice / from [name uncertain] and myself / Erskine Caldwell." It seems likely that this inscription dates from a few years after the publication date. Although The Bastard was successfully banned for obscenity in Caldwell's adopted home town of Portland, Maine, it was not until 1933, with the publication of God's Little Acre, that he became a target of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. Apparently the recipient of this copy didn't care to actually read the book, as many of the pages… Read More