Stuart Jesse Hilton (6 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Gloss pictorial boards have light wear. Prior owner name on sheet edges. Marginalia in text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Libris.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 5.5"x8.5" 349 pp. First printing "1". Black cloth boards w/red metallic letters to spine. Matching red paste downs. No DJ. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unmarked. In twenty not-so-tall tales about rural politics in the South in rougher and tougher days, Jesse Stuart reminds us afresh that there's nothing new about political skull-duggery. The fact that he puts such labels as the Little Party and the Big Party or the Greenoughs and the Dinwiddies on the candidates doesn't mean they aren't the same old Republicans and Democrats you know so well-the wonderful folks who put Watergate on your TV screen. Source: Publisher.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 6"x8.5" 317 numbered pgs. Maroon cloth boards w/gilt letters to spine. Intro by F. R. LeMaster. Dedication to Joseph Mansbach. DJ design by Jonathan Greene. Typesetting for this reprint was cast on thelinotype by Heritage Printers, Inc. Printing was by offset lithography by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Binding by John H. Dekker & Sons, Inc. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/vanilla tone. X-library w/graphics, unclipped (no price). DJ pasted to inside boards. Price cover secure ship in cardboard box w/track #. Stuart's autobiographical account of much of his educational career. This great Kentucky novelist, short story writer, poet, and teacher writes about his boyhood, his elementary school and high school experiences, and his days at Lincoln Memorial University. He tells of teaching in a one room rural schoolhouse, his experiences as a county school superintendent, and his stay as a teacher at American University in Cairo, Egypt. He explains what classroom methods worked best, and why, and speculates on what has gone wrong with American schools.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Leo Manso; Barry Martin (illustrator). 1st Edition. 6"x8.5" 342 pgs. Ninth printing stated. Blue cloth boards w/gold letters to spine. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, (price on DJ). DJ has chips and tears w/archival repair tape. PO stamp on ffep. Secure ship in box w/tracking number. The dramatic story of a man's struggle back to life from a near-fatal heart attack. Source: Publisher Jesse Hilton Stuart was an American writer known for writing short stories, poetry, and novels about Southern Appalachia. Born and raised in Greenup County, Kentucky, Stuart relied heavily on the rural locale of Northeastern Kentucky for his writings. Stuart was named the Poet Laureate of Kentucky in 1954. He died at Jo-Lin nursing home in Ironton, Ohio, which is near his boyhood home. Signed.

Letter. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. 4to 11" - 13" tall; Jesse Hilton Stuart. TLS to journalist Deane Morrison. Reads, "Mr. Morrison Your mentioning my 'Esquire' stories brings back old memories. So many people around here dind't like them either. But our drugstore sold them, and it wasn't an uncommon sight to see a man slip in and buy one, as if he were a little ashamed, and put it under his arm and walk out. Even the papers went after me over a few stories. So I would stay away, not see many people, until a story 'had died down. ' That is, read and partly forgotten" Dated "Riverton, Ky. Nov. 12th, 1952." Signed "Jesse Stuart. " [2] leaves, single-sided. 11 1/8" x 7 3/8". Very good with original envelope. Jesse Stuart (1906-1984) achieved prominence with his short stories, poetry, and novels. Born and raised in Greenup County, KY, Stuart relied heavily on the rural locale of northeastern Kentucky for his writing. He said that most of his stories were elaborations of true incidents that he observed or heard about. His plots and dialogue give a stereotypical view of the region. He was made poet laureate of Kentucky in 1954, and in 1961 received the award from the American Academy of Poets. His first novel was "Trees of Heaven" (1940). Stuart's "Taps for Private Tussie" (1943) sold over a million copies in only 2 years, and won the Thomas Jefferson Southern Award for the best Southern book of the year. A fairly uncommon signature. ; Signed by Author.