NMLP P-008729 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-04

The Bastard

Erskine Caldwell · Heron Press · 1929

The entire edition totaled 1,100 numbered copies in two states: copies 1 to 200 printed on American Handcraft paper and bound in balloon cloth, signed by author and illustrator on the limitation page; copies 201 to 1,100 (900 copies) printed on Mellow Book paper and bound in Holliston cloth

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-008729 for "The Bastard" by Erskine Caldwell (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-008729, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).