Edith Summers Kelley Matthew Bruccoli (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reissue Edition; Second Printing. 5.5 X 1.25 X 8 inches; 343 pages; light to moderate foxing on the exterior edges of textblock. Light shelf wear and some fading on DJ, a couple of minor tears. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Condition: NEAR FINE. First thus. Reissue of this lost masterpiece of realistic and feminist fiction, originally published in 1923 by Harcourt Brace. The story of Judith Pippinger, a young woman full of life, who is worn down by the monotonous life of drudgery of the small tenant farmer in the tobacco fields of Kentucky, a life Kelley experienced herself. As a young woman, Kelley went to New York where she became secretary to Upton Sinclair and briefly engaged to Sinclair Lewis (who was instrumental in getting this novel published originally), but after her second marriage to Fred Kelley, they left New Jersey and tried farming in Kentucky and later in the Imperial Valley in California. This edition includes an introduction by Matthew J. Bruccoli, general editor of the Crosscurrents / Modern Fiction series. 333 pp. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. (some crinkling and wear to the ends of the spine dj.).…