Journeyman
by Caldwell, Erskine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. First Revised Edition. "In this story of a religious carnival, of the emotional whirlwind which Semon Dye, itinerant preacher, brought to the sleepy town of Rocky Comfort, Erskine Caldwell achieves another memorable portrayal of that part of the South that has come to be connected especially with his name." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Book's spine is skewed and slightly loose, small bumps on bottom corners and both ends of spine, normal edge wear, spine and boards' edges are darkened, some discoloration on endpapers, small rough rubs on front cover. Pages are tanned but clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has edge and shelf wear, front cover is loosely attached to spine, bottom inch-and-a-half missing from spine, piece from spine head missing, tanned, price-clipped. Tape on inside of jacket at stress points. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 234 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3770
- Title
- Journeyman
- Author
- Caldwell, Erskine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
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- 12mo
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