Tragic Ground

New York: Penguin Inc., February 1948. 1st. ed. thus PBK Yellow No. 661 138pp. Lamination peeling, head and tail spine and edges chipped and scuffed, o/w G-.

New York: Duell Sloane and Pearce, 1944. First Edition. Wartime Book (World War II era) printed under restrictive paper usage conditions. A hallmark of wartime books is their thinner pages. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 237 toned, deckle edged pages. From jacket: "(This book) is set in the little Southern community of Poor Boy,… Read more about this item

NY: Signet, 1952. 24th printing, July 1952; #661. Cover art by Avati. Creasing; stress; rubbing; corner wear; mild tanning.. Mass Market Paperback. Good+ to Very Good-.

NY: Penguin, 1948. 1st printing, Feb. 1948; #661. Cover by Jonas. Laminate peeling at edges; foredge uneven; tanning; minor soiling with minor wet spot.. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Good with no Dust Jacket. 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A wartime book. Spots and stains on slightly slanted cloth-covered boards. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 237 pages; 29310 .

VG++ / VG++. 1944 Duell, Sloan and Pearce, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Great condition. Caldwell's 7th novel.

VG/G 1st 1947, 1947. Paperback. Fair. Falcon Press Small Loss on top front of D/W.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good-. A novel by Erskine Caldwell, signed and inscribed on half-title page. Second large printing, a "Wartime Book." Grey cloth with green titling on spine, green illustration on front. Free corners slightly bumped, text block edges slightly darkened, top text block edge has a few small pressure marks near spine,… Read more about this item

London: Falcon Press, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Two volumes, both First British Editions, 1947. Tragic Ground in tan cloth boards with gilt lettering and red stripes on spine; some acidification to endpapers; top of text block dust stained; 195 pp. A House in the Uplands in yellow cloth boards with green on spine; Falcon Press's titled and date… Read more about this item

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1944. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing.. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1944. First Edition, Second Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. Very clean gray cloth boards with small illustration on cover. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Small neatly penned previous owner… Read more about this item

NY: Penguin Books, 1948. 2nd printing, Mar. 1948; #661. Cover by Jonas. Stressed with spine tears; creased; rear cover soiled; tanning; old price insde cover in pen. Reading copy.. Mass Market Paperback. Reading Copy.

New York: Duell, Slone and Pearce , 1944. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A smart first edition of this humorous and exciting novel from Caldwell, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Set in the Southern community of Poor Boy, lingering on is the family of Spence… Read more about this item

Author photo on back cover. Cover by Robert Jonas.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Complete and unabridged new edition. Small bookstore label on front fly, spine slightly cocked, very good in a good only price-clipped dust jacket with nicks and tears on the extremities with internal tape repair.

NY: Duell Sloan & Pearce. VG in Fair DJ. (1944). Set in a little Southern community war-boom town from which boom has receded. Spence is mildly bewildered by his . helplessness as he worries about his daughter, how to keep her off the streets & marry her to a wealthy man. DJ discolored & damp stained on back cover, edge… Read more about this item

Signet #661. Used book may have markings, writing inside from the previous owner. Bumping, tears, creasing on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges do have a stain of red. Foxing may be on the outer edges. 1957. A19.

Falcon Press, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. First Edition. 195 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Pen inscription and markings to front free endpaper. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps.… Read more about this item

Signet. Good. 1944. Thirty-Fifth Printing. Paperback. Rubber stamped on flyleaf and page 3 by the original bookseller; no other markings. In good shape for a 1944 paperback. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 128 pages .

Four Sqaure Book, 1965. Paperback. Acceptable. 1965. First Four Square Edition. 189 pages. Paperback book with illustrated cover. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Pulling to covers. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with curling to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some tanning to spine and edges. Light scuffing to edges.

New York, New York: New Amer Library (Mm), 1944. Book. Very Good-. Mass Market Paperback. 21st Printing. Very good - mass market paperback. May be some minor rubbing and shelfwear but overall a nice clean tight copy..