Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Caldwell, Erskine. Georgia Boy. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York, 1943; stated 1st edition; orange cloth covered boards; mild spine edge wear; no jacket; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 239 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Caldwell, Erskine. Georgia Boy. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943.
Price: US$15.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust jacket is lightly rubbed along extremities, being well protected in mylar sleeve. Rear panel lightly soiled. Nice cover. Clean pages. Binding is secure. Previous owner name penned to front flyleaf.
Seller: BooksElleven, Three Oaks, MI, U.S.A.
CALDWELL (Erskine).. Georgia Boy.. New York Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1943, 1943.
Price: US$21.93 + shipping
Description: in-8, cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée, 239 pp. Texte en anglais. Indication sur la jaquette : "Third Large Printing". Jaquette un peu défraîchie et insolée, sinon en très bon état. Exemplaire provenant de la bibliothèque d'Alain Resnais.
Seller: Librairie Vignes Online, Paris, France
Caldwell, Erskine. Georgia Boy. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, 1943.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: War Edition. "When this charming story in the Mark Twain tradition was added to the long and impressive list of Erskine Caldwell's serious books about the South, critics and readers alike were taken by surprise, for Georgia Boy is above all else an invitation to laughter." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Previous owner's signature on free endpaper. Book's spine is slightly loose, small bumps on both ends of spine, normal edge wear, age spots on fore-edge and both endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has small tears along head and tail edges, shelf wear, two half-inch open tears at spine head, one-inch open tear on fore-edge of back cover, spine is faded, tanned, price-clipped. Tape on inside of jacket at stress points. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 239 pages
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
Caldwell, Erskine. Georgia Boy. Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, New York, 1943.
Price: US$27.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: brown cloth, silver lettering, dust jacket, 239 pp, dj with tears on edges Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo.
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
Caldwell, Erskine. GEORGIA BOY. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, NY, 1943.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 239pp. Brown cloth boards with silver title on spine. Dust Jacket worn and has tears. Two store stamps as circulating library front lining paper and f.f.p. . Erskine Caldwell, December 17, 1903-April 11, 1987.
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.
Erskine Caldwell. Georgia Boy. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, New York, 1943.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The cover has brown cloth. 14 chapters. The text block ends have tanned; two ends have very light foxing. The endpapers have darkened a little in an uneven manner. The front endpaper has ink marking out an owner's name; an address remains. DJ: The spine panel has faded. The top and bottom edges and the flap's folds have numerous, large chips. The top and bottom edges have closed tears, up to 3/4 in. The top margin of the back panel has a stain. Scans e-mailed upon request.
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Caldwell,Erskine. Georgia Boy.. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce,, 1943.
Price: US$117.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. 239pp. d.w. Brown cloth. d.w. sl.sunned. Edge of d.w. sl.torn & chipped. Sl.spotted on all edges. Front & rear ep. & fly leaf sl.sunned. Front ep. partly peeled. Book shop label on rear ep. Title page sl.stained. Sl.pencil notation on P.239. 21x14cm. [f1029-171121]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Caldwell, Erskine. Georgia Boy. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, 1943.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED and Inscribed by Author: "For Edward S. Lewis, What are you going to do with this one if it out sells your and my fondest expectations? Erskine Caldwell." Edward Lewis was the hard charging salesman for Roscoe Fawcett's publishing empire. Fawcett specialized in publishing paperbacks with lurid colors, sexy artwork, and attention grabbing blurbs (especially for the 1940s). Despised by traditional hardcover publishers, Fawcett and Lewis' sales tactics made them and Caldwell quite wealthy. They published and sold many of Caldwell's novels in cheap paperback editions with colorful covers after the hardcover edition came out, placing the lurid paperback novels in untraditional book sales outlets - like gasoline stations. Lewis in particular was a superstar at getting gas stations to accept racks of Caldwell's sexy paperbacks. Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front pastedown. Text block slightly pulled away from spine head, minor edge wear, small bumps on spine ends and top corners, edges of pages are lightly tanned; pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has moderate edge and shelf wear, tiny chips on corners and spine ends, faded on spine, tape on interior of jacket at stress points. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
Caldwell, Erskine. Georgia Boy. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1943.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, [6], 239pp. Orange cloth, title stamped in silver on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Touch of spotting to lower quarter of cloth on rear panel, no impact to text block. Internally clean. In the publisher's dust jacket, price clipped, short closed tear along top edge, light toning to spine, a very good example.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Caldwell, Erskine. Georgia Boy. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1943.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, [8], 239pp. Orange cloth, title in silver on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, a touch of wear along edges, small crease on page 1, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, loss along top edge, sunning on spine, some shelf wear (most notably on back panel), a very good example. This copy is inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, stating "For Jed Harris who could pass for a Georgia Boy himself, Erskine Caldwell. May 6, 1943." Jed Harris (1900-1979) was a theater director and producer, most notably working on a variety of Broadway productions in the 1920s and 30s. Originally born in Austria, Harris and his family moved to the U.S. in 1901. His productions earned seven total awards, including a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.