Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Facsimile reprint of the original 1930 edition published by Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith. Volume in As New condition. Dust Jacket in Near Fine condition--trivial wear only. Slipcase in Near condition--lightest shelf wear only to bottom edge. A beautiful copy.
Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in tan cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine and front board and with the top edge of the text block stained brown. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2" by 5". In a fine, facsimile, unclipped dust jacket with the "FEL" logo on the rear flap. Both the book and its dust jacket are contained within a fine slip case covered with light gray cloth with reproductions of the front and rear panels of the dust jacket on the panels of the slip case. 254 pages of text. This is the First Edition Library's exact (facsimile) reproduction of the first edition of the book to include all the issue points that were present in the original first printing. Facsimile First Edition Library Reprint.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape, Collector's Reprints, Inc., 1930.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Facsimile Edition. Book is gorgeous in a like dust jacket. Housed in a near fine publisher's slipcase. The only blemish to the slipcase is a hint of foxing to the top of the slipcase and very minor smudges to the paper label on the slipcase. The beautiful book and jacket are not affected. Text is clean and unmarked. This is a gorgeous, facsimile of the true first edition. Scarce. 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Sleuth Books, FABA, Palm Coast, FL, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape : Harrison Smith, 1930.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition, second state with corrected "I" cap on page 11. This one's lived a bit of a rough life. Dust jacket is age-toned, chipped and bumped, water-stained, especially at top edge. Near complete loss of spine except for the top 2" inch or so, showing "As" of the title. Missing chunk from lower corner of back cover at spine. Flaps are intact, included unclipped price. Front cover is still very presentable in mylar. Cream-colored wraps are soiled and stained, especially spine, entire top edge is water-stained. Small chip to head of spine and half of tail. Binding is intact and fairly tight. Interior is age-toned and foxed throughout, with water-staining to top edge worsening towards the back half of the book, browning the top quarter of the last 100 pages or so.
Seller: Owl Pen Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. AS I LAY DYING. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 254 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in tan cloth with brown text on spine and front cover. Lacking issued dust jacket. Boards have mild edge wear and shelf wear, sunning to spine, fraying to spine edges, and cocking to spine. Text block has light age toning and previous owner's name on front pastedown. First Printing, Second Issue indicated by "First Published, 1930" on copyright page and "I" aligned correctly on page 11. Shelved in Case 13. 1370921. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Edition, First Printing, Second Issue.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing, second issue with the "I" properly aligned on page 11. Very Good, with spine cloth a darkened, lightly creased. Light foxing to gutters. A lovely copy, lacking the dust jacket.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. AS I LAY DYING. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 254 pages. In Good plus condition with poor dust jacket. Partial brown dust jacket spine. Bound in tan cloth with brown text on spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has most of spine missing, remaining spine is heavily taped on inside and outside, front interior flap detached, and chipping to corners of rear cover. Boards have mild edge wear and shelf wear, partial sunning to spine, and fraying to spine edges. Text block has light age toning. First Printing, Second Issue indicated by "First Published, 1930" on copyright page and "I" aligned correctly on page 11. Shelved in Case 13. 1370922. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Edition, First Printing, Second Issue.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second plate, Text clean. Binding tight. Unclipped dj with loss along spine and front top left.254 pp. Red stained top edges. Cloth cover vg.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First issue, with "I" misaligned on page 11. 8vo. 19 by 13 cm. 254 pp. Spine darkened. Light scattered soiling to boards. Upper spine tip with minor fraying. Almost inperceptible overhang, front board over rear. Offsetting onto front endpapers from newspaper article inserted loosely there. Otherwise, clean, tight copy. Without DJ.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. As I Lay Dying, 1st/1st, First Issue (Misaligned I). Jonathan Cape, 1930.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. First edition, first printing. FIRST ISSUE with the "I" misaligned on page 11. CONDITION: Very Good. Minimal wear. A tight copy. Really nice. No dustjacket.
Seller: JayLin Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.
Price: US$4200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing, second issue text with "I" properly aligned on page 11. Near Fine with light lean to binding. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with darkening to the spine panel, soiling, light edge wear, rubbing at the folds with several short splits started at the ends.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William.. As I Lay Dying.. Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: 254 pp. 12mo, original buff cloth in dust jacket. First edition, first issue of text and binding. Near fine in a jacket with a shallow chip at the top of the spine (affecting no printing) and a light coin-sized dampstain at the bottom of the spine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine first edition (First Published 1930 stated on copyright page) in a very good, restored dust jacket. Second issue book with "I" correctly aligned on page 11. Housed in both a slipcase with the dust jacket design and another custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith, 1930.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: As I Lay Dying 1930 Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket with some reinforcement First Issue book with dropped letter I on page 11 Additional Photos Available Upon Request Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith
Seller: D & L Fine Books, Richboro, PA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. AS I LAY DYING. Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue of Faulkner's best novel, with the original dust jacket in remarkably beautiful condition. One of the indisputably great novels of the twentieth century, AS I LAY DYING is a story of family horror and human tragedy Faulkner claimed to have written in just six weeks, without any real effort to speak of: "It just came all of a piece with no work on my part. I thought of all the natural catastrophes that could happen to a family and let them all happen." It was easy, he said, "real easy." 7.25'' x 5''. Original tan cloth with brown lettering. Red topstain. In original unclipped ($2.50) tan dust jacket. Initial "I" aligned on page 11. 254 pages. Light pencil notation to jacket front flap; tiny contemporary bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Book with minor soil to front joint. Light edgewear and a few traces of soil to jacket; spine toned.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine first edition, first issue in a near fine dust jacket. One of only 750 copies with the first issue dropped I on page 11. Jacket is unrestored. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape, Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published, 1930" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has light wear to the spine with some repair. The book is great shape with minor wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith: NY, 1930.
Price: US$11500.00 + shipping
Description: 7.5 x 5", FINELY BOUND IN TWO-TONE LEATHER WITH LEATHER INSET VULTURE ON FRONT COVER; raised bands, original front cover, spine and portion of rear cover bound-in, 254pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities bumped, hinges loose, textblock a bit used with some stray finger soiling. FIRST EDITION (with "I" on page 11 misaligned). SIGNED BY WILLIAM FAULKNER ON FRONT PANEL OF DUSTJACKET (first state, with "$2.50" on front flap; no spine or rear panel) THAT IS BOUND IN TOO. Faulkner adds "Bevy Hills Cal / 26 Octb 1936"
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape, Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by William Faulkner on a publisher's page laid into the book. This ORIGINAL sophisticated dustjacket has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in great shape with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. We buy Faulkner First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing, first issue text with "I" misaligned on page 11. Bound in publisher's original beige cloth stamped in brown. Fine with faint darkening to cloth at gutters, light soiling to textblock edge and rear endsheet. In a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with slight soiling, slight edge wear, slight indentation along front spine fold along gutter. A beautiful bright and clean copy, in much nicer condition than as normally found.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.