August Derleth regarded Evening in Spring (1941) as perhaps the best novel he ever wrote. The product of many years' work, the novel began as a novella written as early as 1929, under the title "The Early Years." Derleth wrote successive drafts of this text, showing some of them to his friend H. P. Lovecraft, who commented incisively upon them. Then, around 1940, he wrote the novel as we have it in a few months. This is a poignant tale of young love: Steve Grendon (an obvious stand-in for Derleth himself) becomes ...
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August Derleth regarded Evening in Spring (1941) as perhaps the best novel he ever wrote. The product of many years' work, the novel began as a novella written as early as 1929, under the title "The Early Years." Derleth wrote successive drafts of this text, showing some of them to his friend H. P. Lovecraft, who commented incisively upon them. Then, around 1940, he wrote the novel as we have it in a few months. This is a poignant tale of young love: Steve Grendon (an obvious stand-in for Derleth himself) becomes infatuated with Margery Estabrook, but both sets of parents object, both because of the couple's youth and also because Steve is Catholic and Margery is Protestant. Will the couple overcome these obstacles, or will they prove too much for these teenagers? Set in the rural Wisconsin landscape that the author paints with as tenderness and affection as he depicts the complex emotions of his protagaonists, Evening in Spring is a testament to the sensitivity of character portrayal that typifies August Derleth's best work.
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Add this copy of Evening in Spring to cart. $17.00, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published by Stanton and Lee.
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Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Dedication page torn out. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of Evening in Spring to cart. $49.00, good condition, Sold by nealsbooks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Menominee, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1941 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Add this copy of Evening in Spring to cart. $50.00, very good condition, Sold by milwaukee street used books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Janesville, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1945 by Stanton and Lee.
Add this copy of Evening in Spring to cart. $51.00, very good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1945 by Stanton and Lee.
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Very Good in good jacket. Second Edition. c.1945. Hardcover. 8vo. 308pp. Very Good in Good price-clipped dustjacket. Light rubbing to corners and spine-ends, heavy offsetting to endpapers. Moderate rubbing and sunning to dustjacket, 3-inch closed tear across front panel, half-inch tear at head of spine, 2-inch tear at head of rear flap, dampstaining along bottom third affixing dj to boards. This book is from the personal library of Derleth's bibliographer, Alison M. Wilson with her signed bookplate and marks to contents.
Add this copy of Evening in Spring to cart. $73.31, fair condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES.
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Acceptable. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1941. 1st with Scribner 'A' and seal on copyrt pg. Hardcover 8vo 308 pgs. Good with no dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt on front cover. Gilt on spine is worn off. Spine ends and corners worn. Toning to endpapers. Contents clean and binding sound. (literature, fiction) Inquire if you need further information.
Add this copy of Evening in Spring to cart. $74.38, like new condition, Sold by Bibliodisia Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1945 by Stanton & Lee.
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Fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and warmly inscribed to Brother Leo Ryan with the significant line "My favorite among my novels-for obvious reasons." Aside from price clipping, a very fine, clean copy protected by an archival Mylar jacket cover. Octavo.
Add this copy of Evening in Spring to cart. $79.49, very good condition, Sold by Pat Cramer,Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lewisville, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1945 by Stanton & Lee.
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Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. Book VG+/VG+. SOILD, TIGHT COPY WITH SOME PAGEDGE SOIL AND TWO BUMPS TO BOARD EDGE. DW SHOWS WEAR, EDGEWEAR, SOME SOIL. Illustrated by HBACK. FIRST edition.
Add this copy of Evening in Spring to cart. $105.00, very good condition, Sold by Midway Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1945 by Stanton and Lee.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 308 pages. Black cloth with green lettering and gold lines in dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author, August Derleth, on the front free endpaper: "For Linda / The way it was / August Derleth". The dust jacket is not price clipped and the price of $3.50 is evident. Some rubbing and edgewear to the dust jacket and the spine of the dust jacket is lightly sun faded. There is some toning to the inside front and rear cover and front and rear endpapers. Originally published in 1941 by Charles Scribner's and Sons, this is the first thus of the Stanton and Lee printing with same date on title and copyright page and no additional printings by this publisher noted.
