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1938 Beyond the Dark Hills
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Description
First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper
The first edition, first printing of this work.
Signed by the author with an inscription to the front free endpaper reading 'with warmest greetings and my very best wishes. How very wonderful it is to sign this book for you - Jesse Stuart, May 22nd 1977'.
In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.
An autobiographical work from American writer and teacher Jesse Hilton Stuart, known for his fiction and autobiographical works set in central Appalachia and Kentucky.
With six illustrations from Ishmael. Collated, complete.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper lightly age toned. Small paper loss to back strip tail, with further loss to back strip head. Closed horizontal tear to back strip. Significant tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse, at fold of front joint and to closed tears. Faint pencil inscriptions to flyleaves. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright.
Very Good
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