Beyond dark hills,: A personal story by Jesse Stuart ISBN 13: 9780070622043

McGraw-Hill Companies, The. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

McGraw-Hill Companies, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McGraw-Hill, January 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Owner inscription & bookplate present, a sharp copy, no marks. Jacket spine & edges toned.

McGraw-Hill. A beautiful clean crisp hardcover copy in very good condition, faint shelfwear to extremities. DJ in very good condition and in protective mylar cover. Signed by author. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1972.

McGraw-Hill, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing, fine hardcover in near fine price-clipped jacket showing just a hint of toning along spine. 328 pages with six woodcuts by Ishmael. Good looking copy of this work of fiction.

McGraw-Hill, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Near fine book and jacket. .

NY: MCGRAW-HILL BOOK CO.. VG. Hardcover. 1972.

McGraw-Hill, 1972. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_cloth. Very Good-Collectible. Ishmael. SIGNED BY AUTHOR'S WIFE. FIRST PRINTING. 6"x8.5" 328 numbered pages. Black cloth boards. Gilt letters on front and spine. Brown card stock end papers. "To Rita Barker Season's Greetings Naomie Deane and Jesse Stuart". Deckled edge. Soiling to boards w/rubs on edges. Top edge painted blue. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library. Six woodcuts by Ishmael. Secure ship w/track #. Beyond Dark Hills was originally written by Jesse Stuart as a graduate school assignment at Vanderbilt University. Assigned to write an 18 page personal narrative, he turned in 322 pages about a seemingly simple farm boy and his family. His professor said, "I have been teaching for forty years and I have never read anything so...beautiful, tremendous and powerful..." Stuart shares with the reader all his youthful anxieties as he prepares for life and then ventures forth on his own. He freely shares his… Read More

New. BEYOND DARK HILLS, BY JESSE STUART

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in silver and gilt. Brown endpapers. Blue topstain. Octavo. 328pps., with six woodcuts by Ishmael. Light wear to the heel of the spine and a mild bump to the lower front tip. Some pages have crimps at their lower corners. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous owner's markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Also, the spine is faintly sunned. No chips, soiling, or tears. The original price (6.95) is intact on the front flap. This issue includes a new introduction by the author. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 45-C. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth.

VERY GOOD — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Chipping to top and bottom of spine, and corresponding edges of top. Chipping to top outside corners, both panels. Closed tears to top and bottom edges, both panels, primarily front. Tears mended on reverse with archival tape. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Topstain; stains/spotting to same. A couple of tape ghosts to front endpapers. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Jesse Stuart's first autobiography, Beyond Dark Hills, originally submitted as a term paper when he was a graduate student at Vanderbilt University in 1932. Six years later his "term paper" was published as a book by E. P. Dutton in 1938. This copy is a 1st edition thus, 1st printing of the work republished by McGraw Hill in 1972 and INSCRIBED by the author on the FFEP. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.… Read More

McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. First of this Edition / First Printing with 1 in number line, Signed and inscribed By Jesse Stuart. With warmest greetings and my best wishes. Text clean. Nice book and binding... Some light wear and yellowing to book cover. DJ has done a good job protecting the books cover and spine, DJ has some wear and small tears at the corners. Overall nice book for age. Very Collectable, Rare / Scarce Room, Rack 5 / Shelf 2 328 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; Myths, Legends & Folklore. ISBN: 0070622043. ISBN/EAN: 9780070622043. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560733701. . 9780070622043

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972. "Nine hundred fifty copies of this edition of BEYOND DARK HILLS have been specially bound, numbered and signed by the author. This is copy number 742." Fine in decorative cloth boards in a Fine slipcase, no jacket, As Issued, and not to be confused with the trade edition published by McGraw Hill the same year. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.