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Caldwell, Erskine. SOME AMERICAN PEOPLE. New York, NY McBride 1935, 1935.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 266pp. Good Plus. Former owner signature on front endpaper and gift inscription inside the front cover. (loc 418)
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.
Caldwell, Erskine. Some American People. Robert M. mcBride & Company, New York, 1935.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black hardcover shows light edgewear with 266 pages that are tanned. Edges of pages show light foxing/soil. DJ shows edgewear with one small chip at top of cover. Front also has a 1/4" x 1" rip on front cover. This is a loook at the American people and their conditions.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
CALDWELL, Erskine. Some American People. Robert M. McBride, New York, 1935.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 266pp. Maroon cloth. Light toning on endpapers from binder's glue, small stain on foredge and topedge, very good, lacking the dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Caldwell, Erskine. Some American People. Robert McBride, New York, 1935.
Price: US$42.00 + shipping
Description: Erskine Caldwell recently visited a number of America's hard-hit sections, among them the South, with its vicious systems of share-cropping and tenant-farming that smack of feudal times; the Drought area, those long mid-Western expanses sterilized by fierce dust storms and a relentless sun that have deprived thousands of Americans of their homes and their livelihood; Detroit, the hotbed of labor conflict, where many workers are never sure of their jobs from one day to the next. Mr. Caldwell carefully surveyed the situation everywhere he went, talking to share-croppers, dispossessed whites and negroes, farm owners, factory workers. Doing most of the listening, he was able to get first hand impressions of an America that is changing rapidly under the stress of economic and physical pressure. He has written down his experiences in a style as readable and as human as the prose of his novels. His sketches, characterized by the same objectivity and artistry that make him one of America's finest writers, often have a unity about them akin to that of his short stories. The sum and total of these masterfully reported observations constitute a breath-taking commentary on contemporary, restless America. Both covers show some mildew damage. Back hinge has three pin holes. Overall condition is Good only. Dust jacket shows a little soil and one closed tear. Overall very good.
Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover with original price of $2.00 on top of the front dj flap. 266 pages. Masterfully reported observations from the author's visits to a number of America's hard-hit sections, amng them the South. 2" tear and 1/2" year to the dj spine top sides 1/2" tear to the bottom right side, and some fraying and edgewear. Fraying to the dj corners and some surface wear and marks. No interior writing or marks just some light toning. A good dj over a very good and solid book. Ships in well-padded box.
Seller: Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions, St. Johnsbury, VT, U.S.A.
Caldwell, Erskine. Some American People. Robert M. McBride & Company, New York, 1935.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book has light, geberal wear and aging with a very slight lean to the spine. Secure binding. Jacket has some edge and corner wear with some minor loss at corners. Overall a solid copy. This was Caldwell's first non-fiction work and is a chronicle of his visits to various US cities during the Great Depression. Quite an interesting book. First Edition. First Printing. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 266 pages
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.
Erskine Caldwell. Some American People. Robert M. McBride, 1935.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. 1st edition; GOOD in GOOD dust jacket; dust jacket has chipping to extremities and discoloration; water/moisture damage to front panel and flaps; mild wear to cloth extremities; no markings to the text. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Octavo. 266pp. Bookplate on front paste-down. Dustjacket is browned on spine, has some soiling and a couple small chips. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. [3], 266 pages. Dark cloth hardcover with silver lettered title on spine. Tan dust jacket is price clipped and chipped in spots. Publisher advertisements on rear dust jacket cover. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half title page.
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
Caldwell, Erskine. TENANT FARMER. Phalanx Press (1935), New York, 1935.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. First separate appearance; originally appeared in his SOME AMERICAN PEOPLE (McBride, 1935) as "Southern Tenant Farmer." Stapled, green paperwraps printed in red. Touch of minor wear, still fine.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
CALDWELL, Erskine. Some American People. Robert M. McBride, New York, 1935.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 266pp. Signed by Caldwell on half-title (presumably later, as the signature is in felt-tip pen). Cloth scuffed at base of spine, else a Near Fine copy in somewhat soiled jacket, darkened on spine and with brief loss at crown (not affecting text); just Very Good. Caldwell's first published collection of non-fiction, a series of poignant vignettes of America's hardest-hit regions at the height of the Great Depression.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Caldwell, Erskine. Some American People. Robert M. McBride, New York, 1935.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 266 pages. First edition, first printing. His first book of nonfiction, a commentary and survey of some areas of the U.S. particularly hard-hit by the Depression, and profiles and vignettes of a number of representative individuals. Near fine book in a very good+ dust jacket with the corners very slightly worn & a small (1/2") closed tear on the front end flap. The spine is very slightly darkened. A very nice copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Caldwell, Erskine. Some American People. Robert M. McBride, New York, 1935.
Price: US$242.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo, 266 pp. Inscribed and SIGNED by author. Light wear to crown and chipping at heel of spine, light bottom edge shelfwear, page edges tanned, top edge dusty. Jacket priceclipped, dustsoiled and darkened, scuffed and chipped at spine and folds, with 3" closed tear at rear edge of spine panel.
Seller: Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Caldwell, Erskine. Some American People. Robert M. McBride, New York, 1935.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 266 pages. First edition, first printing. His first book of nonfiction, a commentary and survey of some areas of the U.S. particularly hard-hit by the Depression, and profiles and vignettes of a number of representative individuals. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.