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Georgia Boy
by Caldwell, Erskine
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed first edition of Georgia Boy by Erskine Caldwell.. Octavo, [8], 239pp. Orange cloth, title in silver on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, a touch of wear along edges, small crease on page 1, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, loss along top edge, sunning on spine, some shelf wear (most notably on back panel), a very good example. This copy is inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, stating "For Jed Harris who could pass for a Georgia Boy himself, Erskine Caldwell. May 6, 1943." Jed Harris (1900-1979) was a theater director and producer, most notably working on a variety of Broadway productions in the 1920s and 30s. Originally born in Austria, Harris and his family moved to the U.S. in 1901. His productions earned seven total awards, including a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12103
- Title
- Georgia Boy
- Author
- Caldwell, Erskine
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of Georgia Boy by Erskine Caldwell.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- erskine caldwell, caldwell first edition, caldwell southways, caldwell god's little acre, caldwell tobacco road, caldwell you have seen their faces, georgia boy
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- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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