Cimarron

Ferber, Edna

Published by Heinemann, London, 1930

About this Item

388 pages. 410 grams. The book is in good condition marked by previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper; light foxing mainly restricted to preliminaries and page ends; a little spotting to head of book. The dust jacket is in better than fair condition with some wear, tears, and chipping. Front panel illustration of cowboy on horseback silhouetted against setting sun has two centimetre square portion missing at foot of panel. 'A Review In The Morning Post. "Miss Ferber works on a big scale, with generous colours and bold strokes, in Cimarron. It is a story of the pioneer days in Oklahoma in the Eighties, when men enforced their will by a six-shooter and the women did their quiet work in the direction of civilisation. In Yancey Cravat, Miss Ferber has created a character on flamboyant and heroic lines. He comes and goes through these brilliant pages in inevitable though unacknowledged conflict with his Southern wife, Sabra, who, courageous and gentle yet had that tenacity of purpose and loyalty to old ideals that helped to weld the seething elements of Osage into a civilised town. The most fantastic happenings in this glowing and virile story are discouragements, cruelties and generosities of those early days are here translated into life that animates every page and every actor. The whole book carries the reader along enthralled by the succession of incredible events narrated with remarkable skill and judgement. Miss Ferber has the eye to see the underlying romance in her subject and to make readers aware of it without creating any false values." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction, Modern First Editions.; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001694.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cimarron
• Publisher: Heinemann, London
• Publication Date: 1930
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction, Modern First Editions.