The blueish- green pastedowns and endsheets are pristine as is the interior. There is a bit of fading to the gold stamping on the spine and a tiny brown spot on the rear cover. A very good plus book: straight and tight with clean covers. First US edition, first printing (matching dates - 1932 - on the title and copyright pages as well as the publisher's 'A' on the copyright page). Light soiling to dust jacket there is a stain at the bottom edge of the spine (see photo).

Light soiling to pastedowns and end papers. Pages 25-27 each have a stain there is a small stain at the bottom corner tips of pages 35-43.otherwise clean pages with no writing or tears. Condition: Light stain at right edge of spine onto left edge of front cover sharp corners. Debased by poverty to an elemental state of ignorance and selfishness, the Lesters are preoccupied by their hunger, sexual longings, and fear that they will someday descend to a lower rung on the social ladder than the black families who live near them. It is the story of the Lesters, a family of white sharecroppers so destitute that most of their creditors have given up on them. TOBACCO ROAD Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, Tobacco Road was first published in 1932. The book comes with its dust jacket and includes a new preface by the author.

Tobacco road novel