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God's Little Acre
by Caldwell, Erskine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Publisher's full tan leather, spine in three compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in the remainder, gilt decoration and borders on covers, AEG, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with B&W drawings by Harry Schaare. Includes "Notes From the Editors" pamphlet laid in. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. FINE. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xi), 224 pp .
Synopsis
God's Little Acre by author Erskine Caldwell tells the story of a rural, proletariat family in South Carolina whose lives seemingly revolve around the pursuit of sex and money. A commentary on the plight of the working class sans union protection in the 1930s, the novel also explores themes on land and resource conservation. Due to the sexual imagery, Caldwell was sued for the dissemination of pornography, but ultimately prevailed in court. The case and decision is considered significant in the establishment of modern interpretations of first amendment rights and freedom of expression. Published in 1933 by The Viking Press in black cloth printed in orange and green, the simple pictoral jacket with a sunrise seems to imply a pastoral theme far removed from the actual book's contents. As was the custom for Viking Press at the time, a first has neither a statement of first edition, nor any mention of subsequent printings. It's not uncommon to find a copy in the sunny jacket for around $2,000-$4,000 with signed copies pushing the price up to around $5,000-$6,000.
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12776
- Title
- God's Little Acre
- Author
- Caldwell, Erskine
- Illustrator
- Harry Schaare
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Fiction;, Literature;, Novels;
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Palatine, Illinois
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- AEG
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