The Yearling

New York: Scriber’s, (1938). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 428 pp. Original khaki cloth covered boards, stamped in green, in original unclipped ($2.50) dust-jacket. Light wear to corners, and edges in particular. A few trivial tears and chips to edges, though well preserved for its current age. Mild rubbing and handling wear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light shelf wear to edges. Page edges lightly toned. Interior clean and unmarked. A collector’s copy.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“The Yearling was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. It won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1938, when it sold more than 250,000 copies. It was the seventh-best seller in 1939. Rawlings's editor was Maxwell Perkins, who also worked with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and other literary luminaries. She had submitted several projects to Perkins for his review, and he rejected them all. He advised her to write about what she knew from her own life, and The Yearling was the result.”