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Georgia Boy
by Caldwell, Erskine
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland/New York: World Publishing Company, 1944. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Cirlin, Edgard (Dust Jacket art). A tale of boyhood woven from memory and fancy,'' based largely on the author's own years growing up in Wren, GA. Orig. published by World in 1943, this is the first Forum Books Edition, First Printing, from June 1944 (First, thus). Hardcover small 8vo has deep blue cloth-covered boards lettered & stamped in orange to front & spine. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges intact, pages creamy white & completely unmarked, with mild tanning, darker to edges, with a sprinkling of foxing to fore edge. Modest rubbing to extremities, bumping to both corners & ends of spine. The unclipped DJ is Fair, missing a large chunk out of head of spine & into front title, rubbing & creasing & chipping all over, yet the enchanting cover image designed by Edgard Cirlin is largely intact; now protected in new clear mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022077
- Title
- Georgia Boy
- Author
- Caldwell, Erskine
- Illustrator
- Cirlin, Edgard (Dust Jacket art)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland/New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- SOUTH SOUTHERN FICTION NOVEL BOYS GROWING UP FARM PLANTATION POVERTY
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La Mesa, California
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- New
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- Chipping
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