There are certain Pulitzer books with dust jackets that are impossible to find; and there are some where I have not seen even a picture. Willa Cather’s One of Ours is a good example. You can’t even buy a photo copy of it. The only thing I know about it is that it’s blue and black.
Scarlet Sister Mary and Now in November used to fall into this category until I saw photos at pprize.com:
Scarlet Sister Mary First Edition Points
Now in November First Edition Points
Stribling’s The Store is a difficult jacket, but at least www.facsimledustjackets.com offers a facsimile at this Link.
They also offer a facsimile of the Alice Adams dust jacket here.
I’m not sure why some jackets are impossible to find while other are not. There are dozens of offerings on eBay and AbeBooks for first edition dust jackets (along with the books) for works like To Kill a Mockingbird, The Grapes of Wrath,and Gone With The Wind- they simply cost a fortune. But there is currently not one listing for the other books mentioned above. I think it is because these novels are not household names, and when people find these books, they throw them out not realizing how valuable they could be.
More tomorrow...
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