God Bless the Child by Hunter, Kristin - 1964

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. Clean and tight ex-library hardback rebound in light green patterned cloth covered boards. The covers look great. The binding is tight. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. A dust jacket is not included. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge.

Frederick Muller Ltd, London, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Marilyn Miller -- Dustjacket. 400 g; 288 pages, last two pages blank, original illustrated dustjacket with a photograph of the author on the rear panel. There is a small hole at the top of the front fold over crease, and a short tear at the rear bottom fold over crease. Slight darkening of the top edge of the text block. Otherwise in very good condition. . This book is a story about the much advertised American dream of universal wealth, and the Gulf between that dream and reality. It's also a story about survival, and the way a harsh environment sharpens, and strengthens this basic human drive at the expense of others, distorting personalities and relationships. Kristin Hunter, who writes with the authority of Negro blood, injects her characters with vibrant life. -- front fold over blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to… Read More

Muller, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, but carries signs of wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 13209. .

NY: Scribner's, 1964. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 307. Maroon cloth. Small tear at top of spine, edges little soiled, but a VG tight copy in chipped and soiled dj.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a closed tear on the front panel, and tiny nicks at the crown. Philadelphia African-American author's first book. A nice copy.

London: Frederick Muller, 1965. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 5.5 x 8"; 285pp; green cloth with black; dustwrapper designed by Marilyn Miller, with small tear to bottom back without loss; good clean copy;.