Bitter Ground

NF / NF 1957 Knopf, stated first edition. Hardcover. Quite lovely copy of one of Burnett's later works. Comes with a little bonus: the original shipping receipt from Knopf -- $3.50 for the book....$0.15 postage. ahhh, if only we could mail books for fifteen cents!

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Inscribed by Burnett on the front endpaper. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.50), lightly toned, a few small closed tears. Quarter brown cloth with blue paper on the boards, ghost marks on the panels. Firmly bound with a forward lean, dark top stain,… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First Edition. Octavo (21.25cm.); original cloth-backed boards, dark blue topstain, pictorial dust jacket; [8],245pp. Jacket spine toned, spine crown slightly rubbed, else Near Fine. Designed by Carl Hertzog, dust jacket illustration by José Cisneros. Western novel by the prolific screenwriter best known for his novel Little Caesar (1929) and the film "The Great… Read more about this item

Knopf, 1958. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. First edition. This copy is inscribed to a Hollywood producer, Jack Leewood, who produced or associate produced over 20 films including westerns, which is how he met Burnett. Very good book in a very good or better jacket with some light wear to the spine ends. Not price-clipped:… Read more about this item

Macdonald, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1957. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with silver lettering. Boots library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Noticeable tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have moderate edge-wear… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Moderately heavy chipping to the head and foot of the Dj spine. Mild soiling and darkening to the spine. Dj is now protected by a mylar cover. Back of the front cover board has the p.o. torn book plate (is covered by the DJ. Binding is tight and… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1957. 1958 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. By the author of Little Caesar. No names, clean text. Only real fault:light age discoloration back board. Russell Waterhouse dj. near fine, vg+ lightly chipped dj, sienna cl.w/ slate blue bds 246 pgs

Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine, faintly toned dust jacket with a tiny tear to upper spine, in mylar cover..