Search Results: southways stories by erskine caldwell by caldwell erskine

New York: Viking Press, 1938. Hardcover. Good. No dustjacket. A .5 x 2.5" black crayon mark to FFEP. Sunning to spine and extremities. Blue lettering, red trim to spine and front of faded, thick blue, cloth-covered boards. A bit shaken and age-tanned. Still solidly bound. Clean. 206 pp. By the author of Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre. Caldwell writes about poverty, racism and social problems in the South.

Viking, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed first edition, autographed by author on halftitle - reading 'by Erskine Caldwell'. A near fine copy in near fine jacket complete with $2.50 price (jacket has very faint flaws to edges; cloth has some minor discoloration). This title is uncommon signed. Bookplate of noted collector Henry Tatnall Brown, Jr., Dean of Haverford College, and co-author of 'A Bibliography of Christopher Morley'. Knox College Special Collections has provided information on some details of Brown's bookplate: 'Henry Brown's bookplate may be a miniature autobiography: the three institutional seals at the bottom suggest that he attended the public schools of Philadelphia ('Good instruction is better than riches'), Haverford College, and was a member of the Orpheus Club. The golf clubs and guitar in the drawing of the library probably represent, along with the books, his hobbies.'.

New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Blue cloth boards, lettered in red and blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; blue top-stain; 206pp. Slight discoloration to cloth on spine, else a fine, tight copy, with top-stain deep and even. In an especially crisp example of the dustwrapper, unclipped and with just a hint of toning at the spine panel, very Near Fine. Caldwell's fourth collection of stories, continuing his preoccupation with the Southern underclass milieu established in Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre. A lovely copy, uncommon thus.

New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition of Southways, a collection of short stories by Erskine Caldwell.. Octavo, 206pp. Blue cloth, title in blue on spine. Navy blue dye to top edge. Stated "published in June 1938" on copyright page with no additional printings mentioned. Solid text block, light sunning on spine, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, slight amount of wear on corners and edge of spine, a touch of sunning on spine, two closed tears to top edge of front panel. A vibrant, near fine example.