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University of Georgia Press, 1998-02-01. Reprint. paperback. Used:Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Green Thursday: Stories.

Univ of Georgia Pr, 1998. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 188 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.50 inches.

Hardback. New. Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African-American experience. In her novels and stories, she taps the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture conflicting realities and reveal grace and courage.

Hardback. New. Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African-American experience. In her novels and stories, she taps the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture conflicting realities and reveal grace and courage.

University of Georgia Press, 1998-02-01. Reprint. paperback. Used: Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Knopf, 1924. Limited Edition. 1/4 cloth. Fair. Paper covered boards with 1/4 green cloth, part of paper cover is missing at bottom and and sides are chipping away. Age toning to front and spine, where spine is not readable. A chip is missing from top right hand corner and preliminary pages also have chips at top right hand corner. Previous owner's name and some numbers in ink are on front free flyleaf. Deckled pages.12 short stories. 188 pp. Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies, 1950 for sale. This is number 1699.

New York: Knopf, 1924. Limited ed. Hardcover. Good; boards are faded & rubbed with small chip in front board edge; title block very faded; first signature is partially detached (includes title pg., limited ed. notice, contents pg.; all else-clean, tight, & attractive.. 8 vo; decorative boards with green spine strip; title block on spine; 188 pgs. deckled edges; green top page edges; "894 of first ed. of 1,950 copies. includes title story, Missie, Meeting, Mount Pleasant, et. al. Author's first book.

University of Georgia Press, 1998-02-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Knopf, 1924. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

green cloth spine with soiled paper boards, spine label is intact but worn and missing author's name , metal corner guards, spine ends have wear and bruised heavily on the bottom, touch of foxing inside the covers, # 1321 out of 2000.

PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR BETTER DETAILS. This is a special edition in green leather and gold highlights. Kind of like the Scarlette Sister airland edition. This book will be paired with the Airplane Edition but is also available here for sale for those who have to have it.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Signed by Author. A signed copy of the limited First Edition of Peterkin's first book, this being #134/2000. A white Southerner who lived a pretty sequestered life on a cotton plantaiont in South Carolina, Peterkin was known for giving voice to African American experience in the South. Previous owner's name written on ffep. Corners bumped with loss of paper at the tips. Boards a bit darkened around the edges. Small closed tears at bottom spine. Light shelf-wear to bottom spine.~. near Very Good binding.

New York: Knopf, 1924. First. hardcover. very good. 188 pages. Small 8vo, batik boards and green cloth spine with paper label (a bit shelfworn; spine and edges somewhat sunned). New York: Alfred Knopf, 1924. Limited First Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> Limited edition -- number 1705 of 2000 copies. Fictional chronicles of the lives of African Americans on South Carolina plantations.<br/><br/>

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. Decorated boards and green cloth back with paper spine label. Front hinge cracked, cover extremities rubbed, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj. 8vo. #858 of 2,000 copies of the 1st edition of which 1950 copies are for sale

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First Edition. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first book, "a collection of linked short stories about a black farm laborer named Killdee; his wife, Rose; and their foster daughter, Missie. Peterkin drew on what she knew about the lives of real people at Lang Syne, rendering some of them so acutely that the portraits are recognizable to their descendants. Yet the emotional force of many of the tales comes from her own life experience, especially the trauma of losing her mother and growing up apart from her father" (Williams, Susan Millar. "Peterkin, Julia Mood." South Carolina Encyclopedia). A presentable copy of a significant debut. First Printing, one of 2,000 numbered copies (of which 1,950 were for sale), this being copy no.1,908. Octavo (21.5cm); beige and purple batik paper-covered boards and green cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; green topstain; dustjacket; [ii],[8],9-188pp. Hint of a forward lean, light wear and minute exposure to lower… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First Edition. First Edition. One of 2000 numbered copies (this being No. 1595). Publisher's patterned paper boards with green vellum spine and paper spine label. The author's first book, written four years prior to her 1928 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "Scarlet Sister Mary." The first entry in this collection of stories about life on a slavery plantation in the South, "Ashes," was basis for the 1984 television film "Tales of the Unknown South," directed by Randy Brinson and starring James Dickey and Rosanna Carter. Very Good in a Good to Very Good example of the rare dust jacket. Dampstains to the endpapers at the top edges, slight spine lean, extremities rubbed and bumped. Corresponding dampstains to the jacket top edges, with several large chips and closed tears, with professional repair on the front flap fold and rear spine fold.