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God's Little Acre; Illustrated by Milton Glaser
by Caldwell, Erskine
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. First Printing, Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First illustrated edition of God's Little Acre, signed by Erskine Caldwell.. Octavo, 218pp. White cloth, yellow boards, title stamped in orange on spine. Stated "first printing of this illustrated edition, 1962" on copyright page. Light foxing on edges, staining evident on boards, drawings intact, solid text block, a very good example. In publisher's dust jacket, $6.50 retail price on front flap, sunning on spine, signs of shelf wear, a very good example. Inscribed by Erskine Caldwell on the half-title.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12100
- Title
- God's Little Acre; Illustrated by Milton Glaser
- Author
- Caldwell, Erskine
- Illustrator
- First illustrated edition of God's Little Acre, signed by Erskine Caldwell.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, Illustrated Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- erskine caldwell, caldwell first edition, caldwell southways, caldwell god's little acre, caldwell tobacco road, caldwell you have seen their faces
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- Shelf Wear
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- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Inscribed
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- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
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