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Scarlet Sister Mary
by PETERKIN, Julia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1928). First Edition Stated, in First Issue Dustjacket. Author's Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the Gullah inhabitants of South Carolina. Scarce title. Near Fine, red labels bright and crisp, black cloth has lost some of its sheen from use, in attractive Very Good dustjacket, some modest shelf wear, red color at spine modestly faded, half a dime sized chip at top front panel (price in tact at flap)
Synopsis
Scarlet Sister Mary is a 1928 novel by Julia Peterkin. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1929. It was called obscene and banned at the public library in Gaffney, South Carolina. The Gaffney Ledger newspaper, however, serially published the complete book. Dr. Richard S. Burton, the chairperson of Pulitzer's fiction-literature jury, recommended that the first prize go to the novel Victim and Victor by Dr. John B. Oliver.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37733
- Title
- Scarlet Sister Mary
- Author
- PETERKIN, Julia
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Co.
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- (1928)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
Biblio member since 2020
East Woodstock, Connecticut
About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
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- Fine
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