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Sale 487: Fine Literature - Cookery & Gastronomy - Books in All Fields (#487) 08/30/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 08/30/2012 11:00 AM PDT

Lot #92 As I Lay Dying

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Estimate: $600 - $900

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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, dust jacket. First Edition, Second issue.

With the scarce unclipped dust jacket. 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, small chips and closed tears at edges, plus large chips at spine ends, spine heel lacking 1½", reinforced with paper on verso; light edge wear to volume; else a near fine volume in a good jacket.

Item#:

230099

Headline:

As I Lay Dying 2nd issue in dj
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