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First Limited Edition "The Bastard" by Erskine Caldwell, 1929

Item Details

Title and Author/Editor The Bastard (Erskine Cladwell)
Genre Literary and Classic
Illustrator Ty Mahon
Type of Illustration Lithograph
Binding Cloth on board
Dust Jacket No
Publisher or Printer Heron Press Incorporated
Publication Year 1929
Period Early to Mid 20th Century
Place of Publication New York
Edition Statement First Edition
Volumes Limited edition number 308/1100.
Number of Books 1
Additional Information Bound in the original plum cloth covered boards, this first book by Erskine Cladwell was banned and removed from library shelves. His controversial works went on to include Tobacco Road and Gold’s Little Acre which won him accolades by William Faulkner as one of the five best contemporary authors of his time.

Condition

- wear to cover with sunning, bumped corners, rubbed edges, fraying and soiling; cracked hinges; browning and chipping to text blocks and edges.

Dimensions

1.0" W x 10.0" H x 6.25" D

Item #

ITMG522950

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