Stuart jesse 1906 1984 (17 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. No Jacket. With insert written by Dorothy Canfield it is a reprint of the November book of the month Club Newsletter. The binding is cracked inside front cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 5.5"x8.5" 349 pp. First printing "1". Black cloth boards w/red metallic letters to spine. Matching red paste downs. No DJ. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unmarked. In twenty not-so-tall tales about rural politics in the South in rougher and tougher days, Jesse Stuart reminds us afresh that there's nothing new about political skull-duggery. The fact that he puts such labels as the Little Party and the Big Party or the Greenoughs and the Dinwiddies on the candidates doesn't mean they aren't the same old Republicans and Democrats you know so well-the wonderful folks who put Watergate on your TV screen. Source: Publisher.…

96 pages plus covers. Staple-bound paperback booklet: H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Covers toned with a few spots of foxing and edge nicks. Non-authorial three-line ink gift inscription for Christmas 1962 on front cover's verso; some foxing spots to interior pages. Binding is firm. Two stanzas of poem "Impression 8" by Jesse Stuart on page 96 with concluding third stanza on opposing rear cover's recto.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 6"x8.5" 317 numbered pgs. Maroon cloth boards w/gilt letters to spine. Intro by F. R. LeMaster. Dedication to Joseph Mansbach. DJ design by Jonathan Greene. Typesetting for this reprint was cast on thelinotype by Heritage Printers, Inc. Printing was by offset lithography by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Binding by John H. Dekker & Sons, Inc. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/vanilla tone. X-library w/graphics, unclipped (no price). DJ pasted to inside boards. Price cover secure ship in cardboard box w/track #. Stuart's autobiographical account of much of his educational career. This great Kentucky novelist, short story writer, poet, and teacher writes about his boyhood, his elementary school and high school experiences, and his days at Lincoln Memorial University. He tells of teaching in a one room rural schoolhouse, his experiences as a county school superintendent, and his stay as a teacher at American University in Cairo, Egypt. He explains what classroom methods worked best, and why, and speculates on what has gone wrong with American schools.…

Hardcover. Octavo, 293 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is green with white print. Dust jacket in mylar, edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, peripheral toning, shelf wear. Price clipped. Boards in brown cloth with black print. Wear to spine caps and corners, lightly cocked spine. Text block has spotting to edges, gutter stain to endpapers, name in ink on front flyleaf. 1372532. FP New Rockville Stock.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 342 pages; Description: 342p.; illus.; 21cm. Subjects: Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984 --Health. Coronary heart disease --Patients --Kentucky --autobiography. Health, memoir. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages; Description: 282 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Fiction --Appalachian fiction. Appalachia --fiction. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 342 pages; Description: 342p.; illus.; 21cm. Subjects: Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984 --Health. Coronary heart disease --Patients --Kentucky --autobiography. Health, memoir. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages; Description: 282 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Fiction --Appalachian fiction. Appalachia --fiction. 1 Kg.

First edition (per publisher's statement upon copyright page) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [6], 282 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket lightly soiled, spine panel toned with heel nicked and 1.5cm chip at head; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth, spine's gilt lettering still vibrant with ends bumped. Minor soiling to fore-edge; small stain upon top edge. Laid-in between pages 30-31 are two newspaper clippings: {#1} biographical article regarding Jesse Stuart from The Herald-Dispatch [Huntington, West Virginia] dated June 30, 1969 and {#2} clipping presumably from same newspaper announcing Jesse Stuart book-signing for COME GENTLE SPRING for Saturday, June 21 [1969] at Anderson-Newcomb, Huntington, WV department store. A very good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket with Stuart's very personalized ten-line black felt tip ink signed inscription dated for June 21, 1969 on the front free endpaper. …

First edition (as stated upon copyright page) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [8], 273, [2] pages. Hardcover. Lacks dust jacket. Black spine scuffed at ends; light olive boards slightly soiled. Some toning and light staining to text block's top edge and fore-edge; several leaves with some light staining and creased corners; remnant impressions of erased pencil check marks on Contents page; pencil markings within short story "The wind blew east" (pages 84-96) - no other such markings readily apparent but might be found upon a more careful perusal; overall interior pages remain clean. Binding is firm. Author's warm nine-line ink inscription "To Vallie Tinsley White | fellow teacher . . . | Jesse Stuart | Oct. 12, 1958" on front free endpaper.…

First edition, first printing (with publisher's requisite statement for latter upon copyright page) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [2], 317 pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; some sunning/fading to spine; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Brownish-purple boards with bright gilt stamping to spine. Foxing to text block's top edge; faint stain to bottom edge. Author's fourteen-line black felt tip ink inscription on front free endpaper - first six lines to a Tupelo, Mississippi resident and signed "Boo" (evidently as a familiar term of endearment) with concluding eight-line postscript in same ink and hand formerly signed "Jesse Stuart | June 4th 1970." Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. Else a near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. 6"x8.5" 342 pgs. Ninth printing stated. Blue cloth boards w/gold letters to spine. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, (price on DJ). DJ has chips and tears w/archival repair tape. PO stamp on ffep. Secure ship in box w/tracking number. The dramatic story of a man's struggle back to life from a near-fatal heart attack. Source: Publisher Jesse Hilton Stuart was an American writer known for writing short stories, poetry, and novels about Southern Appalachia. Born and raised in Greenup County, Kentucky, Stuart relied heavily on the rural locale of Northeastern Kentucky for his writings. Stuart was named the Poet Laureate of Kentucky in 1954. He died at Jo-Lin nursing home in Ironton, Ohio, which is near his boyhood home. Leo Manso; Barry Martin (illustratore). Signed.…

Condizione: Very Good. 1969. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Presentation copy. Second Printing. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW with archival book wrap. Author's inscription, signed and dated, to previous owner on ffep. A fine copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condizione: Very Good. 1969. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Presentation copy. Second Printing. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW with archival book wrap. Author's inscription, signed and dated, to previous owner on ffep. A fine copy. . . . .

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good Plus. A BOY, A HOUND, AND THE KENTUCKY HILLS A warmly inscribed copy of Jesse Stuart's beloved coming-of-age novel set in the hill country of eastern Kentucky. Drawing heavily upon the author's own Appalachian upbringing, Hie to the Hunters follows young Dave Stoneking as he matures through his experiences with family, community, and the natural world, particularly his bond with hunting dogs and the rugged landscape that shapes his character. Part adventure story and part regional portrait, the novel celebrates the traditions, values, and rhythms of Appalachian life while exploring themes of responsibility, perseverance, and the transition from childhood to adulthood. It remains one of Stuart's most enduring works and a classic of twentieth-century regional American fiction. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Hardcover in dust jacket. Octavo; approximately 8 inches tall; 265 pages. Signed and warmly inscribed by Jesse Stuart on the front endpaper and dated August 18, 1967. 13th Printing. CONDITION: Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. The bindings are tight and square. Contents clean and sound. Spine ends lightly bumped and worn. Dust jacket shows edge wear, chipping, and light wrinkling along the extremities. Small light water stain at the upper corner of the rear panel. Still an attractive signed copy of a title becoming difficult to locate. CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS +++ Set in the Kentucky hill country. +++ Explores hunting culture and rural traditions. +++ Strong autobiographical elements drawn from Stuart's life. +++ Celebrates Appalachian family and community values. +++ Appalachian coming-of-age novel. +++ One of Stuart's best-known novels. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - Jesse Stuart stands among the most important literary voices to emerge from Appalachia during the twentieth century. A native of Greenup County, Kentucky, he built his reputation by portraying the people, landscapes, and traditions of the Appalachian region with unusual authenticity and affection. Unlike many regional writers who viewed mountain life from the outside, Stuart wrote from direct experience, drawing upon his upbringing in rural Kentucky and his lifelong career as an educator. Published in 1949, Hie to the Hunters is widely regarded as one of Stuart's finest novels and remains a cornerstone of Appalachian literature. Through its depiction of hunting culture, family relationships, and rural community life, the novel preserves a vivid record of a way of life that was rapidly changing in postwar America. The work continues to be valued for its sympathetic portrayal of Appalachian culture and its contribution to the broader tradition of regional American fiction. AUTHOR BACKGROUND - Jesse Hilton Stuart (1906-1984) was an American novelist, poet, educator, and memoirist whose work is inseparably associated with the Appalachian region of eastern Kentucky. Over the course of a prolific career, he published more than sixty books, including novels, poetry collections, autobiographical works, and educational writings. His best-known titles include The Thread That Runs So True, Taps for Private Tussie, Man with a Bull-Tongue Plow, and Hie to the Hunters. Stuart's writing reflects a deep commitment to the culture, language, and values of rural Appalachia. His works are frequently studied as important contributions to American regional literature and remain highly regarded for their vivid sense of place and strong autobiographical foundations. SUBJECTS: Jesse Stuart; Appalachian Literature; Kentucky Fiction; Coming-of-Age Novels; Rural America; Hunting Dogs; Appalachian Culture; American Regionalism; Kentucky Authors; Signed First Editions and Association Copies; Twentieth-Century American Fiction; Outdoor Life and Sporting Fiction, Appalachian Literature; Regional American Fiction; Coming-of-Age Fiction; Signed Books. Signed.…

20 pages plus covers. Staple-bound paperback booklet: H 21.75cm x L 14.25cm. Blue covers; horizontal fold at center to booklet; front cover features Kentucky map and picture of Stuart's autobiography "The Year of My Rebirth." Author's five-lie ink inscription "To Mrs. Archie H. White | . . . | Jesse Stuart | Greenup, Ky. Oct. 21 1958" on front cover's verso. Some foxing and slight soiling to inside covers and interior leaves. Binding staples rusted but holding. Text divided into four sections titled as "The Life Of Jesse Stuart;" "Honors And Awards;" "Published Works Of Jesse Stuart;" and "How To Get His Books." Double-column text and b/w photos. Uncommon Jesse Stuart publication for which OCLC locates physical copies at only twelve member institutions.…