This Stubborn Soil

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. First edition. 8vo, 307pp. Signed and inscribed by Owens to his editor, Richard Kennedy, and dated in 1966 on the title page. Publisher's green cloth in illustrated jacket. Near fine copy in like jacket with a few small edge tears and rubbing. Sharp copy of this autobiographical work from Texas author,… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1967. First Edition. 307 pages. Signed by the author. Blue dust jacket over green cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to Jean to front free endpaper. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces.… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition, 4th Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. First published 1966. Autobiography/memoir. Life story of American author, folklorist and educator William A. Owens, (1905 - 1990). Reflections on a remarkable journey from a one-room schoolhouse situated in a rural, poverty stricken area of Texas while earning of… Read more about this item

New York: Nick Lyons Books, 1986 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, brown cloth spine with gilt titles, xii, 308 pp. Edges foxed. DJ has 2 cm tear to bottom of front panel, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Owens, born in 1905, writes about growing up in East Texas.… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber. 1967. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Inscribed by Author. Hardcover. 308 pages. Inscribed by Author. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Faber & Faber, London, 1967. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in fair dust jacket. Hinge is split at half-title page… Read more about this item

UNKNO, 1986. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Faber & Faber. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. DJ is price-clipped. .

UNKNO, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Handwritten, signed letter by Owens on his stationery laid in. Light edge wear to jacket. .

Globe Pequot Press, The. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. Hardcover. First edition. Good unclipped dust jacket with a few edge tears. Owner name in ink on front inside flap of jacket. Spine slightly cocked. Pages clean, binding sound. An autobiographical chronicle of frontier life in twentieth century Texas- and the story of a boy in search of something beyrond a one-room school.

Nick Lyons Books, 1986-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1.0000 8.2000 5.4000. Hardcover.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. USED Good/Fair Jacket. First printing, July, 1966. Jacket torn apart, but Bro-darted back together. Patch of jacket missing at top of spine. Other chips and tears to jacket. Pages clean.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1989. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Lyons Pr, 1986-10. Hardcover. Good.

UNKNO, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Lyons Pr, 1986. Hardcover. As New. Disclaimer:Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UNKNO, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Vintage Books, 1989. Very Good. Owens, William A.. This Stubborn Soil : a Frontier Boyhood. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. x, 307pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed.