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North Point Press, 1981. First North Point Press. Turtleback. Very Good pages, cover in rough shape..

Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1993. First Thus. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Vintage Paperback edition; VG, slight reading wear, back cover slightly creased at top edge. Generally clean, tight copy, attractive cover w. stylized photo of woman. "After living in San Francisco for ten years, Jackson returns home to his benefactor, Aunt Charlotte. Surrounded by family and old friends, he discovers that his bonds to them have been irreparably rent by his absence. In the midst of his alienation from those around him, he falls in love with Catherine Carmier, setting the stage for conflicts and confrontations which are complex, tortuous, and universal in their implications." A fine depiction of the lives of ordinary people in rural Louisiana. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York:: Vintage Books,, (1991.). Near fine in wrappers (some toning to the pages.). First thus- a trade paperback. African American author's first novel, originally published in 1964. 248 pp.

New York: Atheneum, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition stated, author's 1st book. bound in hard boards, 8vo, wrapped in dust jacket, small edge tears along top edge of spine jacket, and some rubbing on right side edge of jacket. Otherwise good.

London: Secker and Warburg Limited, 1964. First edition of this book by Ernest J Gaines , 248 pages in bright condition, Outer boards are clean, dustwrapper is rubbed and worn on edges with some creasing and small tears, some light marks to wrapper. Though not perfect a presentable copy of a collectable book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Good. 8 x 5¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London:: Secker and Warburg,, [1964].. First UK edition.. publisher's boards in dust jacket.. Just about fine in a very near fine jacket with a trace of soiling to the back panel.. 8vo,. With a full-page inscription by Gaines in 1970.

Atheneum, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Signed by Gaines on the title page. Front hinge a little weak. Half-inch by eighth-inch chip to top of jacket on spine..

new york: atheneum, 1964. hardcover. first edition, 1964. the debut love story of author ernest j. gaines (1933-2019). " gaines wrote his first novel at seventeen, but burned the manuscript after it was rejected by a new york publisher. he later rewrote it as "catherine carnier." the novel is set in "a deceptively bucolic louisiana countryside, where blacks, cajuns and whites maintain an uneasy coexistence." new york: atheneum. 5 x 8.25". 248 pages. hardcover. book condition: owner inscription to front free end paper. front hinge starting. near fine. jacket condition :slight rubbing to head and foot of spine. sticker residue front cover. near fine.

NY: ATHENEUM. two small closed tears to rear panel dj, price shadow to front inner flap dj. unclipped dj(4.50). clean copy! . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1964.

New York: Atheneum, 1964. First edition. A little fading to spine, else VG+ in VG+ d.j.. First edition. [vi], 248p. Gilt-titled blue cloth spine with green boards. Author's first book. Author of A Lesson Before Dying and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

Very Good to Near Fine book, spine ends soft with slight soiling, light soiling or rubbing to bottom page edges, small, light spot to top edge stain; in a Very Good, price-clipped, jacket that has edge and corner wear, couple of small chips, color loss at spine ends and corners, spine is sun yellowed, as are edges of the white flaps. This was Gaines’ first book. This copy has been inscribed and signed by Gaines on fly leaf and dated March 12, 1974 – San Francisco.

New York: Atheneum, 1964. First edition of Gaines' first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the title page with the added words, "When Brother got out of the car, the two Cajuns sitting on the porch turned to look at him. Ernest J. Gaines." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. A unique example. Catherine Carmier is a compelling love story set in a deceptively bucolic Louisiana countryside, where blacks, Cajuns, and whites maintain an uneasy coexistence. "[Gaines's] best writing is marked by what Ralph Ellison, describing the blues, called near-tragic, near-comic lyricism" (Newsweek).His 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Gaines has been a MacArthur Foundation fellow, awarded the National Humanities Medal, and inducted into the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) as a Chevalier.

NEW YORK NY: ATHENEUM. FINE IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET. PUB 1964. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. WITH REVIEW SLIP & A TYPED LETTER TO HERB HILL (LABOR SECRETARY OF OF NAACP) SIGNED BY PUB DIR OF ATHENEUM SOLICITING COMMENTS . QUARTER BOUND GREEN PAPER COVERED BOARDS WITH GREY CLOTH SPINE WITH GILT TITLES, AND TOP EDGE STAINED RED. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS ABOUT FINE WITH JUST A TOUCH OF WEAR TO THE ENDS OF A SLIGHTLY COLOR-FADED SPINE PANEL, A TRACE OF CORNER WEAR, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT COPY OF THE AUTHOR'S SCARCE FIRST BOOK WITH NO TEARS TO D.J. .