Harvest Youth by Stuart Jesse (10 results)

Original wraps. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Reprint. 80p octavo, A facsimile reprint of the 1930 edition. Stuart's first book. This copy fine in wraps and with dust jacket. Signed by Stuart.

Original wraps. Berea,Ky, Reprint of the 1930 edition 12mo. A very good copy in wraps. Inscribed by Stuart. Lacks the dj Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. This is the first book of this legendary Kentucky writer. This was the first reprint (in 1964), of the original 1930 edition. Dissatisfaction with the book, made Jesse destroy most of the super scarce original, and even the 1964 edition is quite scarce. No other reprints until the Jesse Stuart Foundation reprinted it in 1998, were done. This is an 80 pp. softback. This copy has a tipped-in page with an inscription and autograph by the author from 1972. Slightly erasured area near top of front, just to be specific, but does not radically harm appearance or condition. Lists to $250.00 for signed copies online. -- THE PHOTO IS A STOCK IMAGE -- NOT A PHOTO OF THIS COPY !!. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. This is a facsimile of the original written in 1930. Tan stiff paper covers with light blue spine show no wear and appear unread. This is a series of Stuarts first poems.

NF IN STIFF WRAPS. FULL PAGE PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION ON THE BLANK PAGE THAT PRECEDES THE TITLE PAGE REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION OF THIS BOOK PUBLISHED BY "THE SCROLL PRESS" IN HOWE OKLAHOMA IN 1930 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MACE CRANDALL AND FOREWORD BY HARGIS WESTERFIELD. AN EXCELLENT COPY. INSCRIPTION IS AS FOLLOWS: GREENUP, KY TO NORA ROTZOLL, WITH GREETINGS AND ALL GOOD WISHES / IT IS A PLEASURE TO SIGN THIS BOOK FOR YOU WHICH WILL SEEM IMMATURE TO YOU AFTER THE WORLD'S BEST MATERIAL WITH WHICH YOU WORK AND ARE FAMILIAR / THESE WERE WRITTEN BEFORE MY 21ST YEAR-AND I LEFT 35 YEARS / BUT NOW THEY ARE AWAKENED AND WILL WALK PERHAPS WITH THE HELP OF THEIR YOUNGER BROTHERS AND SISTERS/ JESSE STUART / DEC, 19,1964. 1ST THUS edition.

Stiff Card. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Tan stiff covers with blue spine. This is an ex-library book from Berea College with white numbers on front cover, p. o. name on verso of front cover, library bookplate and acquisition info on FFE, stamped number at bottom of Introduction, and torn out pocket and check out slip on rear endpaper and verso of back cover. Covers are worn with rubbing at spine. A collection of poems written while Stuart was a young man.

Second edition. 12mo, wrappers. A reproduction of Stuart's first book, originally published in Oklahoma in 1930. With a lengthy inscription to Marie Bullock, founder of the Academy of American Poets: "To Marie Bullock, who has done so much for poetry and who is still doing it. Greetings and best wishes - Jesse Stuart, Dec. 19th 1964. P.S.this one, my first published book, was the beginning of a dream. This was published 35 years ago, four years before Man With a Bull-Tongue Plow -- these poems written in High School at the steel mills and in the army barracks and in college. This book seems far away and long ago for me to be signing it now." Edges slightly rubbed, else fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. c. 1998, HB, Fair/Fair, Ex-Library stamps, pocket in rear, d.j. taped to book, labels taped to spine and rear, B&W photos, 128 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New.