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SOUTHWAYS
by Caldwell, Erskine
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Near fine
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. A collection of 16 short stories set in the American South. Caldwell dedicated this work to photographer Margaret Bourke-White, with whom he collaborated on You Have Seen Their Faces (1937), a book about conditions in the South during the Great Depression. The pair were married in 1939, but divorced three years later. Presentation copy, inscribed by Caldwell to Richard Johns on the half-title. Johns (1904-70) was the editor of the influential Pagany magazine, which published some of Caldwell's earliest work. Laid in is a promotional photograph of Caldwell issued by the publisher. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with red and blue stamping. Negligible offsetting to a concluding blank leaf, with two small ink stamps to the rear flyleaf. The spine is sun faded. The dust jacket is especially crisp and bright, with only some mild rubbing to the rear panel; else very good or better.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66256
- Title
- SOUTHWAYS
- Author
- Caldwell, Erskine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Literature, American South, Erskine Caldwell
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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