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Sale 324: Fine Modern Literature; Science Fiction; and Detective Fiction (#324) 01/26/2006 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 01/26/2006 1:00 PM PST

Lot #85 As I Lay Dying

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,500

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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Description

Title:

As I Lay Dying

Author:

Faulkner, William

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith

Date Published:

[1930]

Description:

Beige cloth, lettered in brown, jacket. First Edition, Second Issue.

Second issue of Faulkner's stream-of-consciousness novel, with the corrected "I" initial on p. 11, which was initially dropped down; 750 copies were printed before this was corrected. See Peterson A7c; Howard A7.1b; Massey 16.

Condition:

Jacket spine darkened with a 1x¼" chip missing to upper portion, light chipping to ends, a few tears; volume leaning, foxing and darkening to slightly creased spine, shelf wear; previous owner's signature dated 1934, other slight wear; still very good in like jacket.

Item#:

162371
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