Jonah's Gourd Vine

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1934.

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Hardcover. First edition. Introduction by Fannie Hurst. The usual fading at the top of the boards else fine in fine dustwrapper that has undergone some expert restoration that is visible only with effort. A very attractive copy of a rare book. This example of the jacket does not display the red “Book of the Month Club” sticker on the front panel, apparently added by the club in its early years when it simply distributed trade copies of a title, and before they printed their own editions using cheaper materials, but which is not a known issue point in any event. The author’s rare first book, a novel about a big, lovable Alabama preacher with a strong appetite for extramarital affection.

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Item #424342 Jonah's Gourd Vine. Zora Neale HURSTON.
Jonah's Gourd Vine

Zora Neale Hurston
birth name: Zora Neale Hurston
born: 1/7/1891
died: 1/28/1960
nationality: USA

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Biography

African-American folklorist and writer who celebrated black culture in the voice of the rural South. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

Collecting tips:

All of the books published during the Florida author's lifetime are desirable, especially jacketed copies of her first book Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934 - don't be upset if the jacket has a red Book-of-the-Month Club sticker, the book and jakcet are otherwise identical), and her best-known work Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). Her book Mules and Men (1935) is usually less expensive, but is exceptionally uncommon in a fine jacket.

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