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L. M. Alexander. Candy. Dodd, Mead, 1934.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Description: Has 310 pages in a tight binding. Is illustrated. Some soiling to the cover, but no edgewear.
Seller: Loyal Oak Books, Norton, OH, U.S.A.
L.M. Alexander; Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Candy. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1934.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated Second Printing, September 1934. Good+ condition. Some minor edge and corner wear. Previous owner name on front endpaper and on title page. All intact. No other writing or marking.
Seller: Bibliomadness, Worthington, MA, U.S.A.
Alexander, L.M.. Candy. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1934.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover in near-fine condition, in a slipcase now covered in decorative red cloth, lacking the dust jacket, 8vo, pages: [viii],310. Orange cloth with white polka-dots, titles black on a red background, top edge dyed pale tan, deckled fore-edge, black-and-white illustrated end-papers, frontis and black-and-white plates by Rockwell Kent. Spine faded, light wear. Bookseller accession no.: GP117. Alexander, (b.ca.1876 in S. Carolina - d.17 Oct 1943), was an author of short stories and magazine articles, this appears to be her only book (and it won a prize of $10,000).
Seller: Ulysses Books, Michael L. Muilenberg, Bookseller, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.
Alexander, L.M.. Candy. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (no dust jacket) [a good sound copy, light dust-soiling to top of text block, spine a little darkened]. (pen and ink drawings) A novel themed around the post-slavery migration of African-Americans from the South to the North, focusing on a group of "plantation Negroes" whose way of life is upended when the precarious financial situation of their home plantation eventually leads to its sale. From the New York Times review: "The Negroes are torn between their loyalty to their feudal lord, their love of the slow-going ways of life on the plantation, and the inducements held out to them by friends who have gone North to Harlem." The author is further described in the review (and wouldn't you know it?) as "a Southern woman whose personal affection for unlettered, plantation Negroes is as apparent as her intimate knowledge of them."
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
L. M. Alexander, illustrated by Rockwell Kent. CANDY. Dodd, Mead and Co., New York, 1934.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean, spine moderately sunned. Corners bumped, minimal shelf wear. Binding tight, text very clean. RK. Stax
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
L.M. Alexander. CANDY. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 310p. A hardcover book bound in red polka-dot cloth. Very good condition; spine faded and flecks of light stains on title plate of front cover. Otherwise, interior clean and binding secure for reading. A novel about a slave girl on a Southern plantation, using African-American dialect. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Alexander, L. M.. CANDY. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. First Edition. 310 pages, printed red cloth with black printing. The spine ends and cover edge are slightly rubbed and scuffed, previous owner inscription on the copyright page. The contents are bright and complete. Near Very Good.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
L. M. Alexander. Candy. Dodd, Mead, 1934.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dodd Mead, New York, 1934. Hardcover, 310 pp. 1st edition. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Very good condition with areas of soiling to boards, a bit more at spine. Spine is tanned. Front board feels a bit loose, but there are no cracks. Previous owner's name on verso of front free endpaper, along with some small ink smudges. No dust jacket.
Seller: Randall's Books, Cathedral City, CA, U.S.A.
Alexander, L. M.. Candy. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, hardcover, has a light lean to the binding, a touch of smudging to edges of text block, mild creasing to upper corner of most of text block, a few internal smudges, and slight sunning to the spine and head of text block, otherwise a bright, solid VG copy without dustjacket.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Alexander, L. M.; Illustrations By Rockwell Kent. Candy. Dodd, Mead And Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 310 Pp. Cloth, White Dots On Pink Background, Black Lettering On Red Boxes, Pictorial Endpapers By Rockwell Kent. Fine, No Wear, A Few Faint And Tiny Spots In Red Title Box On Front Cover, Apparently From Adhesion Of Ink To Inside Of Dust Jacket. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Light Chipping At Ends Of Spine And At Tips, 2 Cm X 1 Cm Chip At Bottom Of Front Panel Removing Two Letters In "Prize Text, Loss Of Lower Third Of Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Alexander, L. M.. Candy. Dodd, Mead & Co, New York, 1934.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Clean first edition, first printing in original unclipped dust jacket. Red and white polka-dot cloth boards with red title box, black lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages are clean with clean Rockwell Kent illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Frontispiece illustration by Kent with numerous Kent illustrations throughout. 310 pages. Dust jacket is clean, not price clipped; has chipping at top spine edge (up to 3/4"), numerous closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A vivid and moving story of negro life on a plantation along the Savannah River in South Carolina.
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
Alexander, L.M.. CANDY. Dodd, Mead, New York, 1934.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book only has a few discreet stamps on the illustrated endpapers, and owner's signature, otherwise a square and sturdy copy in modestly worn red and white polka-dot boards. Covered in a striking facsimile dust jacket by Rockwell Kent as well as several illustrated plates inside text. The $10,000 Prize Novel Winner for 1934 - a vivid and moving story of Negro life on a plantation along the Savannah River.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
ALEXANDER, L.M.. Candy. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth over boards, white polka dot pattern, deckle edge, illustrated end papers, black and white frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout. Novel of black life in the 1930s on a plantation along the Savannah River in South Carolina, illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, chipped at top spine end, several inch closed tear on lower spine end, darkening to spine, shelf wear.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
ALEXANDER, L.M. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Candy. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Red and white polka dot cloth. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Pages lightly age-toned, hinges cracked, spine darkened with ends chipped and frayed, corners worn and bumped, about very good lacking the dustwrapper. Novel of plantation life in South Carolina.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Alexander, L.M.. Candy. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$75.39 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Red and white polka dot cloth. B&W pictorial endpapers. 310 pp. Spine sunned and tilted. Foxing to edges of text block, interior clean. With Grosset & Dunlap dust jacket that is price clipped, age toned, chipped to extremities, some long tears repaired at reverse with tape. "Candy is a vivid and moving story of negro life todya on a plantation along the Savannah River in South Carolina." (from front flap).
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
ALEXANDER, L.M. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Candy. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Red and white polka dot cloth. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Novel of plantation life in South Carolina.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
ALEXANDERm L.M.. Candy. Dodd, Mead & Co, New York, 1934.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Endpapers + 6 illustrations by Rockwell Kent. 307 pages, 8vo, red and white polka cloth with black type on spine and front cover (extremities of spine slightly worn, spine darkened). New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1934. First Edition. Very good (+). L. M. Alexander won Dodd Mead%u2019s $10,000 Prize for this first novel, and then never published another word.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Alexander, L. M.. CANDY: The $10,000 Prize Novel. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$103.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 310 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ white polka dots. Lightly soiled. Light foxing to edges of text block. Previous owner's name on half-title pg. DJ has wear to edges w/ small pieces missing from corners and spine ends. Spine sunned. Lightly soiled. Contents nice.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Alexander, L.M.. Candy. Dodd Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 310pp, red and white polka dot cloth boards, titles in black inside red box on spine and front board. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Pictorial front and rear endpapers in black and white by Kent. Text block and illustrations are clean and unmarked. Off-white pictorial dust jacket featuring artwork by Kent. Shelfwear at spine ends, chipping at top spine end. Split at lower front corner. Jacket shows original $2.50 price on front flap. Jacket presented in mylar.
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
L. M. Alexander; Rockwell Kent (illust.). Candy. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover book complete in its original printed dust jacket (unclipped). 21 cm. 310 pages. Contains black-and-white illustrations throughout. In very good plus condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight. A small group of interior pages show light spotting/soiling. Moderate edge wear/tear, rubbing, soiling to the dust jacket.
Seller: JNBookseller, Palm Harbor, FL, U.S.A.
Alexander, L.M.. Candy. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo red and white polka-dotted cloth with red and black spine and cover titles. Illustrated with six full-page b/w plates, pictorial endpapers and pictorial dust jacket by Rockwell Kent. Winner of the third Dodd, Mead Prize Novel Competition over nearly 1500 other manuscripts. Light rubbing to the cover title , else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket which has just the slightest creasing at the upper spine tip.
Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 310pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red and white polka-dot patterned cloth over boards. Illustrated endpapers. The spine is sunned, however the title is still bold. There is a contemporary owner's name and address on the title page. A story of post-slavery life. Illustrator Rockwell Kent studied architecture at Columbia University (1900-03) and art at the New York School of Art (1903-04) where he was influenced by Robert Henri and had ties with the social realist Ash Can group of artists. Kent was well known for his poster designs which often contained symbolism to convey political or social messages.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Alexander, L. M. & Kent, Rockwell. CANDY. Dodd Mead, 1934.
Price: US$220.40 + shipping
Description: CANDY, Dodd Mead, 1934, first edition, near fine in like dust-wrapper with 2 short closed tears. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Alexander, L.M.. Candy. Dodd, Mead & Comapny, New York, 1934.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: Kent, Rockwell. First edition. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 1 vols. 8vo. Red and white polka-dot cloth. Light shelf wear, else Fine, in like dust jacket Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.