God's Little Acre [SIGNED]
by Caldwell, Erskine
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/No Jacket (as issued)
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Item Price
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Leather. As New/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited. ed., First Edition stated, First Printing; Hard cover 8vo in gold-tooled tobacco brown leather w/2-ribbed spine, all edges 24k gilt, moire silk endpapers, ribbon bookmark bound-in. As New and unread; No DJ, as issued. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on tipped-in tissue-guarded free endpaper. 224pp; illustrated by Harry Schaare. Gorgeous.
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
- Basement Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041598
- Title
- God's Little Acre [SIGNED]
- Author
- Caldwell, Erskine
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN SOUTH
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