THIS SIDE OF JORDAN by Bradford, Roark - 1929

Harper & Brothers, 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Good. First ed. with opened pages; 255 p., clean and unmarked except for name and book plate of former owner on illustrated front end page and paste down; drawings throughout by Erick Berry; binding firm; in absence of d.j. there is edge to red and brown batik-look boards and a significant ding on side edge of black spine.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Very Near Fine condition. Fresh and crisp. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with endpaper art and interior drawings by Erick Berry. Bradford's second book. "First Edition" is so stated, with Harper code "A-D" designating publication in January 1929. A novel of Negro life on the plantation, set in the bayous of Louisiana. A passage from chapter one: "Bayou Rouge is a bayou that knows its manners. It stretches gracefully and beautifully along in front of the big house, keeping strictly between its banks and behaving itself when it is out where the white folks can see it." Original black-cloth spine / corners and red patterned paper-covered boards. Spine lettering and decorations in green. Johnson/Blanck p. 63. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Near Fine condition/No jacket. Illus. by Berry, Erick . 8vo. 255pp.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Book. Illus. by Erick Berry. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Book has slight wear to corners, modest soiling. Dj has chips, rear cover soiling, small dime sized hole on the back of the jacket. A "happy carefee" view of the African American when he and she were described as "simple people.".

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Original black cloth spine and corner tips with decorative papercovered boards. Drawings by Erick Berry. Bookstore bookplates on endpapers, page edges lightly foxed, a very good copy, lacking the dustwrapper. New Orleans' own Robert E. Smith's copy Signed by him on the front endpaper. African American life in the southern bayou littered with racial stereotypes.

London: William Heinemann. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's original red cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.cover.There are no previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with No hinge weakness.Complete with several small drawings mostly as chapter headings by Erick Berry.There is foxing present to the text block edges (see pic) and some spotting to the endpapers.8vo 288pp First Uk Edition [1930] . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1930.

Harper & Brothers, 1929. Hardcover. Good. . First ed, stated. SIGNED by author on ffep. No jacket. Previous owner's inscription on ffep as well. Fading to spine, some rubbing to edges. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

Harper & Brothers, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Erick Berry. Original black cloth spine and decorated paper boards, with illustrated endpapers and 'First Edition' stated on copyright page. ""A novel of negro life, elemental passion and tenderness"" by the author of Ol' man Adam and His Chllun."" Superb illustrations by Erick Berry. The book is fine except for a vintage bookplate on the lower endpaper and a neat 5-line inscription on the half-title, removable but left in for possible association value. Otherwise unmarked, unclipped, clean and bright, and protected by a Brodart cover. Scarce in this fine condition.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1929. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth-backed decorated paper boards. Near fine. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed. Signed "Roark Bradford / New Orleans 1940" on the flyleaf.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. First edition. Cloth-backed decorative boards. Octavo. [x], 255 pages. Light wear to extremities, some mild soil to dust jacket. Very good to near fine overall.. Drawings by Erick Berry. From the jacket: "A novel of negro life, of elemental passion and tenderness." Attractive dust jacket.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1929. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth-backed decorated paper boards. Near fine copy in dust jacket with one chip from upper panel, else fine. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED: "For L. R Jefferson, may the bonds and shares sell as well as I hope this book does. Roark Bradford, February 15, 1929.".