Grubb davis 1919 (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: FINE. First printing. Ninth novel by this West Virginia author, best known for 'The Night of the Hunter.' Like most of his novels, this is set in the 1930s during the Depression in the mining country of West Virginia. Farjeon, driven from his farm, wanders into the town of Glory, only to have his young pregnant wife killed in a clash between the striking miners and the strikebreakers. 350 pp. Very near fine in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a near fine dustjacket (small chip to upper edge of back cover of dj).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Early reprint. 8vo. [16]3-357p. Large black and white photo of the author on the rear panel of the dust jacket. Red cloth with letters in red on black fields on the front cover and the spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. Just touches of wear to extremities, a couple of light spots on front cover, cloth clean and bright, previous owner's name and address sticker on front free pastedown, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket has a few small chips missing and a 3 inch tear down the rear gutter with nothing missing, but not price-clipped. Born in WEst Virginia in 1919, DaviS Alexander Grubb grew up along the Ohio River, which influenced his later writing. He had to abandon his study of painting because of an eye difficulty, but was able to fulfill his lifelong dream of being a writer. His first novel was THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1951) and he also wrote WATCHMAN (1961). A DREAM OF KINGS appears to be his second novel.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; 216 p. illus. 21 cm. ; LCCN 68028116 ; OCLC 448802 ; black cloth, in pictorial dustjacket ; ex-library, stamps, tape ; Davis Alexander Grubb was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for his 1953 novel The Night of the Hunter, which was adapted as a film in 1955 by Charles Laughton. ; G/G, scarce title. Book.…