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Scarlet Sister Mary (Early Edition)
by Julia Peterkin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1928. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Early edition, Pulitzer Prize Winning novel by Julia Peterkin. Hardcover. Bound in black publisher's cloth with a red stamped label and black lettering on the cover and spine. Deckled foredge. Endpapers are geometrically and pictorially illustrated in black and white on a cream background. Text is a large print, black type. 345 pp. Dust jacket is red with yellow, black and white accent colors. <br><br>CONDITION: Overall VG, the cover shows some wear and discoloration. Leaves have beautifully and evenly toned and virtually free from foxing. Front hinge is cracked between flyleaves, yet boards are still firmly attached and binding is sound. Dust jacket shows wear and chipping, particularly at the edges, but is still in very nice condition for its age. A delightful copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 069039
- Title
- Scarlet Sister Mary (Early Edition)
- Author
- Julia Peterkin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Scarlet Sister Mary, Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Carolina;
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
We specialize in books by and about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and their Friends.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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