April Harvest by Budd, Lillian - 1959

New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 12mo, 309 pages, cloth; dj torn cleanly Inscribed by the Author to her friend, Betty Johnston, of Geneva, Illinois, where Budd moved in 1940, and which town is largely the locale of this novel, the last in her trilogy. "Athough she is nearly forgotten in the Swedish-American community today, Lillian Budd was once one of the most popular authors Swedish America ever produced. Beginning with April Snow (1951) and continuing through two additional novels, Land of Strangers (1953) and April Harvest (1959), Budd presented the story of a single Swedish-American family emigrating to the Chicago area at the turn of the twentieth century. Much as Vilhelm Moberg did in The Emigrants , Budd attempted to give a sense of the broad sweep of the emigrant experience, following the family of Karl Mattias Petersson from Sweden to the New World and into an American-born generation. Indeed, one of Budd's press… Read More

Duell, Sloan, and Pierce, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pierce, 1959. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Budd on the front free endpaper. The concluding novel of Budd's trilogy about Swedish-American immigration. Dust jacket chipped at spine ends and corners, price clipped. About Very Good.

Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Fading to spine. Newspaper clippings affixed to rear end page and rear inside cover, otherwise internally clean. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Sharp, clean and attractive book and dustjacket. The jacket is now protected in a new, removable mylar sleeve. Photos available upon request. ; Original price intact on the flap. First edition stated. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 309 pages .

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few short tears to jacket edges. Stated First Edition. ; Signed and inscribed by the author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .