The Yearling
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Illustrated by Shenton, Edward. Sixteenth Printing. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket / No Dustjacket. Item #073869
Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, with no date or inscription. Scattered foxing to preliminaries, prior owner's name and bookplate at front fixed endpaper, prior seller's label (from Gainesville) on final fixed endpaper, and some gray spots along the head edge; binding is modestly relaxed, but secure; full cloth cover bears dense foxing to all panels, points of wear at three corners and spine head, and a clear droplet mark at the upper rear, otherwise sound, with inked titles and illustration still sharp. Jacket absent. Sixteenth printing (December of 1938, the same year as the first printing, a charming reminder of the book's runaway popularity).; Signed by Author.
Price: $550.00