Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, hardcover, has a shallow skew to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and faint sunning to the spine and edges. Overall, a solid, tight, Very Good copy in a price-clipped, Good+ dust jacket, which has chips at the spine ends and corners, wear with tears and some chipping to the edges, and sunning to the spine. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar, and additional images are available by request.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. One Nation. Houghton, Mifflin & CO, 1945.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: From the library of poet William Matchett with his signature and date (1945) to the ffep. 340pp., with many b/w photos throughout, text by Stegner. Moderate shelfwear, else a nice copy Very Good in a Good jacket that has edgewear, chip to the top of the spine, and one large chip to the rear bottom panel. An uncommon book; A text-and picture study of eight of the most colorful of our minorities.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. One Nation. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1945.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 340pp. Beige cloth. 100's of black and white photographs. There is foxing along the extremities of the panels, otherwise internally a very clean, unmarked copy. "1945" printed on the title page and copyright page, indicating True first edition, first printing. Multi-color pictorial jacket has a triangular chip on the upper spine, closed tears and creasing along the lower extremities. The and liftoff from. in mylar sleeve. Long out of print, "One Nation" is an unflinching view of the prejudice minorities across the United States. Black people, Jews, ethnic Catholics, Native Americans and others faced at a time when this country was supposedly united against bigotry in the face of the Axis menace during World War II. Stegner alludes to California as the focus of bigotry in California. Size: Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. One Nation. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1945.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A 1945 collection of essays and stark black-and-white photos drawn from assignments with Look magazine. Long out of print, "One Nation" is an unflinching view of the prejudice minorities across the United States Black people, Jews, ethnic Catholics, Native Americans and others faced at a time when this country was supposedly united against bigotry in the face of the Axis menace during World War II. Provenance: Robert Keeshan bookplate, signature and address sticker. He was an American television producer and actor. He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 to 1984, the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. Covers age-toned with a few stains, pages are clean. First edition. 6¾" - 9¾".
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. One Nation. Houghton Mifflin., 1945.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG/G. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated (with brief inscription) by author on half title page. Spine faded and raveled at the bottom. Otherwise, jacket bright with a shadow around the edges. Original price of $3.75 intact inside jacket flap. PO bookplate on fep. 340 pp.
Seller: Limestone Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.