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Caldwell, Erskine.. God's Little Acre.. Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers [1933], New York, 1933.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Originally published by The Viking Press in 1933, this is the undated reprint edition. A Fine copy in deep orange cloth, in a Very Good example of the dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with light wear to spine-ends, upper points. 303pp. with the Appendix containing legal matter from the Fifth Printing at end. From the Viking sheets. Q19800

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Erskine Caldwell. We Are the Living. The Viking Press, New York, 1933.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: With the date on the title page. Original tan cloth with brown titles in green and brown borders. A collection of stories along the themes of the author's famed TOBACCO ROAD and GOD'S LITTLE ACRE. Clean, unmarked and bright. A facsimile dust jacket is available; please inquire.

Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Caldwell, Erskine. God's Little Acre. The Viking Press, New York, 1933.

Price: US$160.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: No DJ. First edition with date of 1933 on both the title page and copyright page and no mention of later printings.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

Caldwell, Erskine. God's Little Acre. The Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1933.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1933 Viking Press First Edition, 5th Printing ( May 1933) of this very elusive classic. A VG+ super clean copy with only a previous owner signature on the inside front board. There is still a red-orange topstain present as well. With a **SIGNED** card tipped in!

Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

CALDWELL, Erskine (1903-1987). We Are the Living. Viking Press, New York, 1933.

Price: US$365.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Trade Edition (following a limited edition of 250 copies) of Caldwell's second collection of stories. 8vo: viii,264pp. Publisher's ivory cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in brown and forest green, top edge stained brown; illustrated dust jacket, by Alfred Maurer, priced $2.50; original wraparound promotional band with several closed tears. An excellent copy, top stain slightly faded, mild sunning to upper board top edge, else Fine, square and tight, and probably unread; Near Fine or better jacket, lightly edge-worn, spine and flap folds moderately sunned, as is promotional band. Coan, p. 43. Flora and Bain, p. 94. In the wake of Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre, as Caldwell's popularity grew, he became more successful at selling short fiction to popular magazines of the day. Capitalizing on that popularity, Viking collected in this volume twenty short stories, ranging in setting from North to South and "mostly concerned with the sexual impulses of the characters." (Coan) It was published to "overwhelmingly positive reviews" (Literary Encyclopedia), and according to Flora and Bain, "Although all of his [Caldwell's] story collections contain interesting pieces, nowhere does he surpass the achievement of . . . We Are the Living . . . " (Flora and Bain) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.

Erskine Caldwell. God's Little Acre. The Viking Press, 1933.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The Viking Press, New York 1933. First Edition / First Printing. Dated 1933 with no additional printings. Black cloth boards. Rare Book. Book Condition: Near Fine, light shelf wear, age toning at the endpaper. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, shelf wear, age toning. Short tears, price clipped. Wrapped in a new removable mylar cover.

Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.

Caldwell, Erskine. God's Little Acre. Viking, New York, NY, 1933.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1933 Viking TRUE FIRST EDITION of one of Caldwell's 2 classic American works. A very RARE and excellent copy in NF/Fair condition. With a **SIGNED** Bookplate and photo laid in! The HB has black boards with bright orange printing and green and orange lines on the cover and spine. The interior is very clean, tight and unmarked. The only marks are some foxing spots on the top stain. The unclipped DJ ( $ 2.50) is in FAIR only condition and is missing the top half of the spine. Otherwise there are minor nicks and wear and we have repaired and now protected in mylar. A TRUE CLASSIC! **Bonus** Also receive the1932 Grosset & Dunlap First Thus edition of Tobacco Road in Good condition/no DJ

Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Caldwell, Erskine. God's Little Acre. The Viking Press, New York, 1933.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Octavo black cloth stamped in orange and green. Inner hinges neatly strengthened. Small bookplate on front free endpaper. This copy INSCRIBED BY CALDWELL on the half title. A very good plus copy in a very good dust jacket which is chipped at the spine tips, with a small chip at the upper edge of the back panel. The front panel is cleanly separated from the spine and has some light soil. A nice example of this fragile publication, very scarce signed.

Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

CALDWELL, Erskine. God's Little Acre. The Viking Press, New York, 1933.

Price: US$1650.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth with titling and rule stamped in orange and green on spine and front panel; dustjacket; 303pp. Topstain faded, with trivial soil to same and to rear pastedown, with a tiny nick to fore-edge of rear board; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, lightly sunned overall, with three clear tape mends verso, one of which covers a hole near the left edge of the front panel adjacent to the flap fold. Several chips and tears at crown, along with two longer tears extending onto front panel have been mended with a large piece of kraft paper on verso; largely complete, but just VG. "The story of a Georgia dirt farmer who digs holes in his ground for fifteen years, hoping to find gold. The primary occupation indulged by he and his two sons is sex, and outrageous details are given here in a humorous maner" (Coan, p.56). A social and economic study of poor whites, and basis for the 1958 Anthony Mann film starring Robert Ryan, Tina Louise, and Aldo Ray. HANNA 564.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

CALDWELL, Erskine (1903-1987). God's Little Acre. Viking Press, New York, 1933.

Price: US$2165.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing of Caldwell's finest novel, combining a powerful story with social protest and experimental narrative techniques. First Edition (so stated). 8vo (189 x 130mm): [6],303,[1]pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gold and green, top edge stained gold, other edges rough-trimmed,title page in maroon and black; Illustrated dust jacket priced $2.50. About Fine, with just a hint of fraying to spine ends, but square and tightly bound, the pages virtually pristine, without a trace of foxing. The lightly toned and dust-soiled dust jacket presents as Near Fine or better after skillful restoration to spine crown (not involving lettering or design). Blanck, p. 94 (erroneously reporting "first edition so stated on copyright page"). Coan, p.56. Hanna 564. The author's sequel (of sorts) to Tobacco Road, critiquing sharecropping and cotton farming while investigating the textile mill as an alternative for Southern workers, bringing Caldwell notoriety and fame (total worldwide sales have been estimated at more than 14 million copies, making it one of the best-selling novels of all time). "Both books were set among the poor whites of [Caldwell's] southern childhood, and both displayed a mixture of muckraking anger and grotesque sexual behavior that upset southern loyalists and northern moralists alike. Despite or because of this, . . . God's Little Acre, after a highly publicized obscenity trial, became one of Caldwell's perennial bestsellers." (ANB). N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.

Caldwell, Erskine. God's Little Acre. The Viking Press, New York, 1933.

Price: US$2450.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 303 pages. First edition, first printing. His second novel. His classic Southern novel. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the corners and two long (2") closed tears on the front spine fold. One is repaired with tape on the back of the jacket. Still a beautiful copy!

Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.

Caldwell, Erskine. God's Little Acre. The Viking Press, New York, 1933.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing inscribed and SIGNED by Erskine Caldwell on the page before the title page. A wonderful full page inscription by the author. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with light wear to the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Caldwell, Erskine. God's Little Acre. The Viking Press, New York, 1933.

Price: US$5800.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth binding stamped in orange and green. Fine, with faint touches of edge wear to cloth, in a unclipped dust jacket with a small chip to the crown and a faint patch of rubbing to the spine, a short 1/2-inch split to the top front flap fold with associated creasing to the flap, else Fine. A stunning and sharp example of a dust jacket that generally turns up far worse for wear.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Caldwell, Erskine. God’s Little Acre.. The Viking Press, New York, 1933.

Price: US$6000.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of what many consider Caldwell's finest novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Ingle Barr Here is a book you should read some day Erskine Caldwell." The recipient, Ingle Barr was a prominent book collector. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition and signed. God's Little Acre is about a dysfunctional farming family in Georgia obsessed with sex and wealth. The novel's sexual themes were so controversial that the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice asked a New York state court to censor it. Although controversial, the novel became an international best seller with over 10 million copies sold, and was published as an Armed Services Edition during WWII. God's Little Acre is Caldwell's most popular novel, although his reputation is often tied to his 1932 novel Tobacco Road, which was listed in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels. It was adapted as a 1958 film starring Robert Ryan.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.