Search Results: little acre by caldwell

New York: Signet Books, 1955. Book. Near Fine. Mass Market Paperback. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. near fine/none, used, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 41st printing, 188pp. Interior clean, no marks, pages slightly toning, binding tight. Slight rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners square. Signet 581.

New York.: Penguin by arr. w/ Duell, Sloan & Pearce Inc., 1947. 15th printing since 1st Penguin 1946. Original author 1933 ©.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Signed by previous owner. Near fine w/ minor spine sun fade.. 1 168 p. "Complete and Unabridged". Author is Georgia-born, well-traveled, and considered a 20th century literary craftsman. This work is a "tragi-comedy of illiterate Southerners".

NY: Penguin Books #581. Very Good. 1933,1947,_ovember. FIRST EDITION THUS,16pt; Sixteenth Printing. paperback. 4x6". VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK..I did not try to open book to break the spine...old glue is sometimes brittle. ; .BLACK TITLES ON WHITE SPINE STRIP.. ..Front cover banner reads"16 PRINTINGS-3,110,219 COPIES. " ..CLEAN SOLID COPY ON GENTLY TONING PAPER..; 188ps pages; Author 1x1" Photo Back Cover. & biog....Rural American Life..Humor & Tragedy.. . Back of book has several pages "Appendix to the fifth printing, etc...a trial, etc for GODS LITTLE ACRE..IN NYC.. .

Penguin Books. NY: Penguin Books, Inc. , 1946 first edition . 581 very good - fine, unread but darker paper Cover art by Jonas. paperback,

NEW YORK: GROSSET & DUNLAP, 1933 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Assumed First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Secure binding with clean pages and mild cover wear. Hardcover book with 303 pages..

Grossett & Dunlap, 1933-01-01. hardcover. Very good/Fair. 8x0x8. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. Jacket is missing a large chip at lower right front but now protected by Brodart like archival cover. First thus.

First edition. Slightly worn, beautiful fiery orange cover.

GB: Pan, 1958. Film cover. "Now filmed starring Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Tina Louise" United Artists. Front endpaper is clipped. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.. 1st Thus. Paperback. VG.

New York: The Modern Library. Poor in Good dust jacket. 1936. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library edition, 1934 (confirmed). A reprint edition of Mr. Caldwell's rollicking, humorous novel, featuring eccentric Southern farmers. This work was so controversial that it was banned in Boston and New York, and the author was arrested for disseminating 'pornography'. With a new foreword by the author. A New York court filing declaring the legality of this work is appended. --- In Toledano spine 7 / blue balloon cloth / limp boards / gilt cover & spine lettering & decorations / dark topstain / orange Kent endpapers / jacket style e, verso lists 225 titles in ML catalog. ML #51.2. --- A heavily-used former rental library copy, with broken binding at front of volume, which has been repaired with white cloth tape. Also with partial splits to the binding and rusty soiling to be found at various locations. Much of the spine gilding has flaked away. Volume… Read More

This is the softcover stated Signet Edition from May 1958. Other than a 1-inch paper tear at the bottom of the spine and a hint of cover creasing, both the cover and the book are in very good condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe.Very Good

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.

Great Jones. First printing of paperback. VG.

N.Y., N.Y.: Signet Books, May 1958. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack . Good. 44th printing. Red (faded) tinted textblock. Spine lean. Well worn.

First Edition Library, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. This is a facsimile reprint published by First Edition Library. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Penguin Books, Inc, 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Penguin Books 581. Slight spine slant, some fading to covers, lamination peel. A very good- copy. ; Small octavo.

NY: Viking, 1933. Hardcover. A facsimile first edition, published by the first edition library. Fine in a fine dust jacket (no slipcase). There is just a hint of soiling to the white part of the jacket. Laid in is a fact sheet about the book and author from the FEL.

Light toning, else contents appear unread & Unblemished in wraps displaying minor surface/edge/wear, as shown.
Published a year after "Tobacco Road" in 1933, "God's Little Acre" received enormous public attention because of its lurid, licentious content. Caldwell wrote forcefully, and sometimes comically, about issues many others writers were afraid to confront: the payments extracted for giving in to one's sexual cravings, injustices everywhere in American life in the Depression years, the power of the wealthy, the necessity of labor union as the working man's only hope for self-determination. This misadventured classic revolves around Georgian patriarch, Ty Ty Walden, who is forever grasping - alternately for the gold he thinks is to be found under his fields and for a divinity within himself. Living with Ty Ty on the farm that has ceased to be farmed, are his sexually depraved daughter, Darling Jill, his obedient sons, Buck and Shaw, and Buck's wife Griselda, a beautiful, innocent temptress who… Read More

Farrar, Strauss & Cudahy, 1962-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated first printing of illustrated edition. Very good, nice condition. Dust jacket spine has fading, cover is relatively clean. A few small tears at top spine and back edge. A nice solid copy. Book is flat, tight and clean.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1970. First edition thus. Full Leather. Near Fine. First edition thus. Full Leather. Octavo. 224pp.

The Modern Library, 1934. Hard Cover -- Good -- Creasing to spine and edge wear, no dust jacket. Dark red cloth over boards -- 303 pages -- Stated First Modern Library Edition 1934 with no prior printing noted. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good.