When Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail was first published in 1983, it was named the best first novel of the year by USA Today. Set in the tobacco country of North Carolina in 1937, the story is told through the voice of Roxy Walston, the 20-year-old daughter of the town undertaker, wife of a struggling tobacco farmer, and mother of a two-year-old. When Jack Ruffin, a wanderer looking for work, is sent out to the farm to help Roxy's husband, things are set in place that change Roxy's life forever.
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When Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail was first published in 1983, it was named the best first novel of the year by USA Today. Set in the tobacco country of North Carolina in 1937, the story is told through the voice of Roxy Walston, the 20-year-old daughter of the town undertaker, wife of a struggling tobacco farmer, and mother of a two-year-old. When Jack Ruffin, a wanderer looking for work, is sent out to the farm to help Roxy's husband, things are set in place that change Roxy's life forever.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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As New in As New jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. Hardcover, Publisher: Harpercollins Publisher, 1983. Hardcover. As New in a As New dust jacket protected with a mylar cover. First UK edition. This is a tight, unread copy. First edition. 141 p.
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136pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dj in Brodart poly cover [slight age darkening to top and fore edges and endpp; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A hard bound first edition of Southern writer Shivers's (1929-2014) first novel.
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Very Good. Inscribed by author on title page! Previous owner name on front free endpaper. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a very good binding, no marks or notations. Light creasing to dust jacket. HB HS.
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Good in Very Good jacket. First US edition in dustjacket with darkening to edges. Off white cloth covered spne with gold lettering. Squash yellow paper covered boards. Darkening to board edges. Foxing across the the bottom of same said boards. Deep tanning/staining to front and rear pastedown. This is number line, '98765432' which indicates first/first editions/printings of RH titles of this era. [137 pages]
