Bitterweed Path by Thomas Hal Phillips (26 results)

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Condition: Good. Item in good condition and has highlighting/writing on text. Used texts may not contain supplemental items such as CDs, info-trac etc.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rpt. #T-273. Paperback. 255pp +3pp ads. VG. Spine light-mod. bowed; a few small/readers stress creases detract lightly. Bright. Tight. No marks.

Condition: New. In.

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Condition: Good. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 314 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.

Condition: New.

Trade paperback. First edition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Chapel Hill Books. Audience: General/trade. Fine. whisper of shelfwear, first printing thus, signed by John Howard (who wrote the introduction to this book) no inscription.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 314 pages. 8.00x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: good. Fast & Free Shipping â" Good condition with a solid cover and clean pages. Shows normal signs of use such as light wear or a few marks highlighting, but overall a well-maintained copy ready to enjoy. Supplemental items like CDs or access codes may not be included.

Condition: New. pp. 336.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair-Good. No Jacket. First Edition/First Printing. No jacket, and there is a half inch chunk missing from the head of the binding at upper spine. 'A Rediscovered Novel'; a homosexual coming of age theme. Makes a good reading copy.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This long out-of-print and newly rediscovered novel tells the story of two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War. Originally published in 1950, the novel's unique contribution lies in its subtle engagement of homosexuality and cross-class love. In ###The Bitterweed Path#, Thomas Hal Phillips vividly recreates rural Mississippi at the turn of the century. In elegant prose, he draws on the Old Testament story of David and Jonathan and writes of the friendship and love between two boys—one a sharecropper's son and the other the son of the landlord—and the complications that arise when the father of one of the boys falls in love with his son's friend. Part of a very small body of gay literature of the period, ###The Bitterweed Path# does not sensationalize homosexual love but instead portrays sexuality as a continuum of human behavior. The result is a book that challenges many assumptions about gay representation in the first half of the twentieth century. Originally published in 1950, The Bitterweed Path tells the story of friendship and love between two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War. A fine example of the southern literary tradition, the novel is also part of a very small body of gay literature of the period. As such, it challenges many assumptions about gay representation in the first half of the twentieth century. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This long out-of-print and newly rediscovered novel tells the story of two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War. Originally published in 1950, the novel's unique contribution lies in its subtle engagement of homosexuality and cross-class love. In ###The Bitterweed Path#, Thomas Hal Phillips vividly recreates rural Mississippi at the turn of the century. In elegant prose, he draws on the Old Testament story of David and Jonathan and writes of the friendship and love between two boys—one a sharecropper's son and the other the son of the landlord—and the complications that arise when the father of one of the boys falls in love with his son's friend. Part of a very small body of gay literature of the period, ###The Bitterweed Path# does not sensationalize homosexual love but instead portrays sexuality as a continuum of human behavior. The result is a book that challenges many assumptions about gay representation in the first half of the twentieth century. Originally published in 1950, The Bitterweed Path tells the story of friendship and love between two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War. A fine example of the southern literary tradition, the novel is also part of a very small body of gay literature of the period. As such, it challenges many assumptions about gay representation in the first half of the twentieth century. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint Edition. 314pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine condition. Tells the story of friendship and love between two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War. Originally published in 1950. New Introduction by John Howard.

Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good conditition with wear.

Paperback. 255p., very good first paperback edition, complete and unabridged, in worn pictorial wraps. Reading copy only. The Rinehart hardcover is Young 3045. T-273. Story set in the South with KKK members. Excerpts appeared in Southwest Review as "A Touch of the Earth".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition/First Printing. 7-line inscription by Phillips dated 1950, on the first endpaper. Homosexual coming of age story. From the jacket flap ."a period when even psychologists knew little of such matters." Particularly fragile jacket, chips and small tears, tape reinforcement internally.The rear panel states that Phillips is "currently teaching creative writing at Southern Methodist University", in Dallas. Rare title, rare signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HILLIPS, THOMAS HAL. The Bitterweed Path: A Novel. New York and Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1950. Hardcover 1st Edition. Thomas Hal Phillips' novel tells the story of two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War. Originally published in 1950, the novel's unique interest lies in its subtle treatment of same-sex love across class lines. The Bitterweed Path vividly invokes life in Mississippi at the turn of the twentieth century. In elegant prose drawing on the Old Testament story of David and Jonathan, the author tells of the relationship between two boys--one a white sharecropper's son, the other the son of the wealthy land owner, a man whose own attentions complicate the plot when they fall upon his son's friend. . Part of a very small body of gay literature of the period, The Bitterweed Path does not sensationalize homosexual love but instead portrays sexuality as a continuum of human behavior. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR S FIRST NOVEL some cloth wear, spine edges damaged, writing 1st blank page otherwise clean and tight BB1.

First edition (not stated but per presence of Rinehart logo upon copyright page). [6], 314 pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.75cm. Lacks dust jacket rubbed. Black boards lightly rubbed; gilt and blue stamping to spine remains bright; slender scuffing at spine ends and at board corner tips. Some foxing/toning to text block edges and endpapers; past owner's ink inscription on front pastedown; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A vey good+ copy. Exceptionally uncommon first novel by Corinth, Mississippi-born author and Hollywood screenwriter and actor Thomas Hal Phillips whose fiction efforts, although obscure, are highly regarded. A United States Navy World War II veteran and 1943 graduate of Mississippi State University, Phillips completed a master's degree in creative writing at the University of Alabama under the tutelage of renowned instructor Hudson Strode where his thesis evolved into this first novel which is among the earliest in the genre of American overtly themed gay literature and, in further challenging period stereotypes, being notable in both its Deep South setting and being by a southern author. Phillips followed THE BITTERWEED PATH with five other novels - THE GOLDEN LIE (1951), SEARCH FOR A HERO (1952), KANGAROO HOLLOW (1954), THE LOVED AND THE UNLOVED (1955), and RED MIDNIGHT (2002).

Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. 268 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards. Undated but believed early 1950s. By the author of 'The Golden Lie'. A rediscovered novel. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end-papers. Fore-edge and bottom corner of text block are moderately darkened. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing and marking to surfaces. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Board corners are bumped, with some loss to board covering. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Rinehart, NY, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. VERY GOOD+ hardcover book in VERY GOOD dust-jacket. A previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Dj has chips at extremities. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This long out-of-print and newly rediscovered novel tells the story of two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War. Originally published in 1950, the novel's unique contribution lies in its subtle engagement of homosexuality and cross-class love. In The Bitterweed Path, Thomas Hal Phillips vividly recreates rural Mississippi at the turn of the century. In elegant prose, he draws on the Old Testament story of David and Jonathan and writes of the friendship and love between two boys one a sharecropper's son and the other the son of the landlord and the complications that arise when the father of one of the boys falls in love with his son's friend. Part of a very small body of gay literature of the period, The Bitterweed Path does not sensationalize homosexual love but instead portrays sexuality as a continuum of human behavior. The result is a book that challenges many assumptions about gay representation in the first half of the twentieth century.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 336.