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God's Little Acre
by Erskine Caldwell
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/Good-
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, SIGNED. Reprint circa 1945-1946 * of the 1933 edition. Signed on a publisher's bound in page "By Erskine Caldwell." Purchased at the Texas Booksellers Association Houston Vintage Book & Paper Festival. Straight with fairly tight, uncracked hinges, bumps and some soiling to boards. Text pages age-toned with minor soiling but unmarked with no writing, stickers, embossed seal or bookplate. Not ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket has chips to top and spine. No price but code 100100. Brown packing tape used on interior seams (see photos). 303 pages. Published by arrangement with Duell, Sloan and Pearce. This edition includes an "Appendix to the Fifth Printing" containing legal documents discussing the court case revolving around the publication of this book in which obscenity charges against Viking Press were dismissed. Protected in a Brodart cover.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2055
- Title
- God's Little Acre
- Author
- Erskine Caldwell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reissue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
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- Signed Books;
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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