Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Stegner, Wallace. The Preacher and the Slave. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brick red cloth stamped in blue and black. To the half title it is inscribed by Stegner to well-known collector, Maury Dunbar. Spotting along the upper page edges. To the front pastedown is the bookplate of Dunbar. To the front free endpaper there is glued a color photograph showing Stegner signing a book for a prominent bookseller and it is identified in pen below the photo. It is otherwise clean and tight. The dust jacket has old, unnecessary masking tape along the upper, interior edges as well as to the lower, verso spine area. This has caused staining along these areas to the exterior. There is some sunning along the spine. Light edge wear. Price of $3.75 to the front flap, ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 403 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
Stegner Wallace. THE PREACHER AND THE SLAVE. Boston Houghton Mifflin 1950, 1950.
Price: US$1815.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, "AFFECTIONATELY" INSCRIBED, DATED AND SIGNED by the author as "Wally". 8vo, publishers original orange boards, the spine and upper cover lettered in black, in the original dustjacket. 403 pp. A very attractive copy but for subtle fading to the upper spine edge and a two inch square chip to the spine panel of the jacket. A COPY AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY STEGNER. A sweeping and epic novel of life and legend. The author created here an ambitious, burning, vain, shy and violent figure in a book of astute insight and real action. The book was called a profound study of a complex human being and an exploration of the uses of violence and the meaning of justice. As Ken Sanders has said, the book is 'based on the life of Joe Hill who was executed by a firing squad at the old territorial prison in Salt Lake City, in what became known as the "shot heard round the world", setting off labor riots in major U.S. cities and capitals around the globe. Joe Hill's last words were "don't mourn, organize". Joe Hill, along with Mother Jones and Big Bill Heywood, were the most famous of all the anarchist wobbly leaders of the early 20th century.'
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. The Preacher and the Slave. Houghton Mifflin, 1950.
Price: US$1900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition/First Printing; A Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket, housed in a custom slipcase. SIGNED w/o inscription to the half title page. A handsome copy of this early work by Stegner; uncommon signed. This copy is in very good condition with a square binding (front hinge shaken but completely intact), bright blue lettering over pale red boards, and clean white pages throughout; the book does show some fading and spotting to the top stain, some minor rubbing to the board edges, and a previous bookstore's sticker to the front free paper. Housed in a crisp and bright very good original and completely intact dust jacket that shows some creasing and rubbing to the spine ends, edges , and corners, a few small closed tears to the edges ( a small tape repair has been done to the verso of the spine head), and some mild chipping to the corners. Overall, a sharp and presentable copy, very scarce signed by Stegner w/o inscription. Not price clipped ($3.75 intact), not ex-library; in a protective cover and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.