The High Calling by James Street, 1951 Book Club Edition Hardcover with Illustrated Dust Jacket

The High Calling by James Street is a Book Club Edition hardcover from Doubleday & Company, Inc., with a 1951 copyright and an illustrated dust jacket.

The colorful jacket retains its detailed town and church scene, with edge wear, creases, small tears, and spotting shown in the photos.

In this sequel to The Gauntlet, Baptist minister London Wingo returns with his daughter Paige to Linden, Missouri, where a new congregation brings fresh challenges to his ministry.

Details

• Item: Book
• Title: The High Calling
• Author: James Street
• Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York
• Publication Year: 1951 copyright
• Edition and Printing: Book Club Edition; printing: Not confirmed from photos
• Format and Binding: Hardcover with gray boards and red spine lettering
• Dust Jacket: Present, illustrated
• Pages: 308
• Genre: Religious fiction and small town drama
• Language: English
• ISBN: None.
• Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 1 inches

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: A readable hardcover with a present illustrated jacket and visible age and shelf wear.
• The jacket retains clear title lettering and colorful details in the church, buildings, autumn trees, and figures.
• The gray front board has an even surface, with readable red lettering on the spine.
• The photographed pages remain attached and the text is clear and easy to read.
• No writing, rips, or tears found in the text pages while paging through.
• Book Club Edition is printed on the front jacket flap.

Issues / Wear

• The dust jacket has rubbing, small tears, and chips along its edges, corners, folds, and spine ends.
• The upper front corner has a diagonal crease, and the lower front corner is creased and curled.
• The front jacket has light scratches and scuffs across the pale background and title area.
• The jacket's pale areas, inner surface, and flaps show age toning; the rear panel has scattered brown spots, especially toward the lower edge.
• The pages and page edges are toned, with scattered small brown specks visible on the preliminary pages and some margins.
• The gray board corners and spine ends show light bumping and rubbing.

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The illustrated jacket and return of London Wingo make this a companion for a James Street reader's copy of The Gauntlet. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.