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Scarlet Sister Mary
by Julia Peterkin
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. First edition of Julia Peterkin's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "Scarlet Sister Mary". First edition, first issue with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1928.Winner of the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for Novel (Fiction). Small octavo [5.5" x 8"], 345 pp. Comes with a later printing dust jacket. The dust jacket is in fair to good condition. Minor to moderate chips and tears to the perimeter edges especially at the spine. Moderate wear and soiling to the panels and spine. Minor discoloration to the flaps. Original $2.50 price present on the front flap. The book is in good condition. The boards are slightly loose. Minor shelf wear with bumped corners, edgeworn and lightly scuffed edges and boards. The red paper label on the spine is worn and chipped especially at the "c" and "a" in "Scarlet". Previous owner's signature in black ink on the front paste-down and endpaper. Light foxing throughout the textblock, most significant in the first and last few pages. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(Pul-41).
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
- Ernestoic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000418
- Title
- Scarlet Sister Mary
- Author
- Julia Peterkin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Pulitzer
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ernestoic Books
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Clarence, New York
About Ernestoic Books
Ernestoic Books, where you can find the most sought after Modern First Editions. As our name suggests, Ernest Hemingway is our specialty and our passion. We guarantee the condition of every book we sell. Returns may be made within 14 days of receipt for any reason. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- First Edition
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- Flap(s)
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- Jacket
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- Fair
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Fine
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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