Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987)
Born in Georgia, Caldwell is best remembered for his novel Tobacco Road, his marriage to and collaborations with Margaret Bourke-White, and the attention surrounding the court trial subsequent to the publication of God's Little Acre. For a few years in the 1930s, he was the co-owner of a bookstore in Maine but after the war, took up residence in San Francisco. Caldwell was, like Steinbeck, a Realist writer, with a strong blue collar identification. His portraits of poor whites and blacks in the American South provided a vehicle for many Americans of his generation to examine race relations in this country.
645 Caldwell, Erskine Place Called Estherville Signet Books 1957 Mass Market Paperback Fifth Printing Minor edgewear, owner signed; else very good. 158 pp. $10 Add to Cart
4559 Caldwell, Erskine The Humorous Side of Erskine Caldwell Duell, Sloan & Pierce 1951 Hardcover First Edition First edition, first printing. Maroon cloth binding, yellow titles & topstain. Roman numeral I on cr page. Book about fine, very few signs of wear. Price-clipped DJ very good with a few edge chips at spine, one small hole at back panel and some wear to folds. 253 pp. $100 Add to Cart
5494 Caldwell, Erskine Gulf Coast Stories Signet 1957 Mass Market Paperback First Printing Near fine copy with aging to paper. Does not look read. 168 pp. $20 Add to Cart
6474 Caldwell, Erskine Trouble in July The Falcon Press 1948 Hardcover First Edition First UK edition. Grey cloth binding, gilt titles. Book near fine on ersatz paper but sewn binding. DJ very good plus with one 1/2" tear at top edge, minor soil. Price of 8s/6d intact. 159 pp. $35 Add to Cart
6475 Caldwell, Erskine Love and Money: A Novel Duell, Sloan and Pearce/Little, Brown 1954 Hardcover First Edition Grey cloth, blue titles. Book near fine, a few smudges at foreedge. DJ very good with faint stains/soil to back panel, price torn off. 244 pp. $45 Add to Cart
6476 Caldwell, Erskine Close to Home Farrar, Straus and Cudahy 1962 Hardcover First Edition Blue half cloth, mustard boards, gilt titles. Book near fine with small bookshop sticker to rear pastedown. DJ very good with a couple of short edge tears, sunned at spine, soil. 216 pp. $50 Add to Cart
6477 Caldwell, Erskine Kneel to the Rising Sun and Other Stories Viking Press 1935 Hardcover First Edition Signed by Author(s) Hardcover in slipcase. Brick cloth, black pasted plates with gilt titles, gilded top edge, ribbon bookmark. Signed and numbered 267 of 300 copies. Book near fine in glassine DJ. Slipcase split at three folds, stained and soiled. $350 Add to Cart
6514 Caldwell, Erskine Tragic Ground Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1944 Hardcover First Edition Grey cloth, green titles. A fine copy with no noticeable flaws in a very good plus DJ with a couple of small edge tears. Price of $2.50 intact. 237 pp. $75 Add to Cart
6743 Caldwell, Erskine A Lamp for Nightfall: A Novel Duell, Sloan & Pearce/Little, Brown 1952 Hardcover First Edition Brown cloth, gilt titles. Stated first edition. Book very good with slight lean to spine, owner signature to ffep with bookplate plate pasted over. DJ also very good with minor edge chipping, price clipped. 211 pp. $45 Add to Cart
6862 Caldwell, Erskine The Sure Hand of God Signet/NAL 1949 Mass Market Paperback First Edition First pb printing, Signet 732. Very good copy with cover lamination intact. Aging to paper, edgewear, wear to head & heel of spine. 160 pp. $20 Add to Cart
6863 Caldwell, Erskine Men and Women: Stories Signet/NAL 1962 Mass Market Paperback First Edition First pb printing. Signet D2219. Very good minus with slight lean to spine, creases, tear/stain to tops of several pages, cover soil. 192 pp. $10 Add to Cart
6869 Caldwell, Erskine A House in the Uplands NAL/Signet 1949 Mass Market Paperback Third Printing Very good copy with slight lean to spine, some coffee cup marks to front. 142 pp. $10 Add to Cart
8567 Caldwell, Erskine and Margaret Bourke-White Say, is This the U.S.A. Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1941 Hardcover First Edition Photo-illustrated cloth with wraparound design. Stated first edition. No DJ. Bourke-White's striking B&W photos of Depression-era America with Caldwell's comments on the photos. Very good minus with some pages rippled at bottom gutter from dampstaining, spotting/soil to cloth, op edge, endpapers. Rare. 182 pp. $225 Add to Cart