Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Thomas Wolfe. Look Homeward Angel. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Replicated first edition.
Seller: Basin Book Trader, Klamath Falls, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 1/2" by 5 1/4". In a near fine, facsimile, unclipped dust jacket with the "FEL" logo on the rear flap with mild light rubbing to the front panel 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. (626) 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.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Description: Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Beautiful Clamshell first edition Bookcase. [Not with Book] Hand-Crafted by our conservation team, each box is gilt-stamped at the spine, & features an embossed / 'sculpted' upper cover designed after the famous DJ's graphic. Each box is finished in beige Nuba with black sides.- a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph, that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. The box is perfectly sized to accommodate the first edition snugly . Protect your investment. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for more than 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hard bound, no dust jacket. First edition. Scribner's seal on copyright page with no additional printings. A very good copy. Blue cloth shows areas of bumping and small tears to cloth. Loss to head of spine and 2 small indentations at tale of spine. Gilt title faded on spine but brighter on front panel. Inner front hinge cracked slightly but holding. Previous owner's name written on front fixed end page in blue ink.
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Thomas Wolfe. Look Homeward, Angel. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929., 1929.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG 1st w/ publisher's seal, 8vo, original blue cloth w/bright lettering front cover, faded on spine, light edgewear to spine-ends, some soil on epps. Interior clean, binding tight. Author's 1st novel, 626 pages
Seller: Old Inlet Bookshop, Homer, AK, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth, 8vo. 1st edition. 626 pp. Black boards with gilt letters at spine & front. Deckled fore edge. Spine gilt faded, but legible. Front & rear hinges gently cracked.
Seller: David Morrison Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Thomas Wolfe. Look Homeward, Angel. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, and first issue with the first state typos on page 308 and 506 present. The book measures approximately 7.75" x 5.25", with 626 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate wear and scratching to the cloth boards. Moderate chipping on head of spine. Small piece of cloth missing from lower spine. Small stain on bottom edge of textblock. "Look Homeward, Angel" is Thomas Wolfe's first novel and considered a highly autobiographical American coming of-age-story. The character of Eugene Grant in the story is believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N1-3). First Edition, First Printing, First State.
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward Angel: A Story of the Buried Life. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1929.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 626 pgs., 8vo. Black cloth binding, some rubbing wear to surfaces and 1/16th" strip parting at the headband, and the same size strip is also lost from foot. Spine titles are worn off, front cover ones partially rubbed off. Spine has bumpy vertical fold down its length. This true first edition has the Scribner seal and 1929 date on TP, (No 'A')signifying the 1st edition. Half title and title pages have tears and small losses at edges, but all print is visible and repairs could be made to improve stability. The first-state typos on pages 308 and 506 are present. A rare book and the author's first novel, lesser condition and price than the other one we are offering. Fair used condition, no dust wrapper
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Thomas Wolfe. Look Homeward, Angel (First Edition). Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First edition with dates on title page and copyright page both 1929, no further dates, Scribner's seal. Cover shows minor wear. Small inscription on the front endpaper in pencil, slight glue remnants from removed bookplate. Pages are tanned and clean. Later issue dust jacket is price-clipped and shows heavy wear, tear, chipping, and tanning. DJ protected in mylar.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Author's first book, 626pp., bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt a very good+ copy; FIRST ISSUE, with lower case "g" in the word "greek" on page 308, line 26 and "t" missing in the word "stationed" on page 506, line 23; Scribner's seal on copyright page. Neat owner name on ffep, lettering on spine a bit dull.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward Angel: A Story of the Buried Life. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1929.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: 626 pgs., 8vo. Black cloth binding, some rubbing wear to surfaces and 1/16th" strip parting at the headband. Spine titles are worn off, front cover ones clear. Small brown spot on foredge. Also has a ripple fold in cloth on front cover, a binding imperfection. Inside the book is clean. It has the Scribner seal and 1929 date on TP, (No 'A')signifying the 1st edition. The first-state typos on pages 308 and 506 are present. A rare book and the author's first novel. Good used condition, no dust wrapper
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
WOLFE, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Second Issue dustjacket. Author's first book. The boarding house run by Eugene Gant's mother, based on one run by Wolfe's mother, has been called "the most famous boardinghouse in American fiction." Almost Near Fine, tiny nick to cloth at mid rear cover, in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at spine ends and flap corners, few short closed tears, number 96 in pencil at front panel.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
WOLFE, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Second Issue dustjacket. Author's first book. The boarding house run by Eugene Gant's mother, based on one run by Wolfe's mother, has been called "the most famous boardinghouse in American fiction." Almost Near Fine, expertly and seamlessly recased, few dog-eared pages, in Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and top front panel, inch sized chip at top front panel, splitting along front spine edge mended at verso with scotch tape, partial splitting at rear flap edge (now mended at verso with archival tape).
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3300.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [2],viii,626,[2]pp. Base of spine bumped, crown gently nudged, with some light external wear, and two faint tape ghosts on front endpaper; contents otherwise clean; Very Good+. In the second state dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.50), gently spine-sunned, modest external wear, with some shallow losses to crown and upper corners (costing a few letters in the title), a few tiny nicks, and several tears, a dozen of which have been neatly and archivally mended on verso; Very Good or better. "The story of Eugene Gant, a Southern boy. Much material on Southern mores and many unforgettable pictures. The boy breaks away from his pathetic family but is nevertheless caught in a web of futility and despair" (Coan, p.67). JOHNSTON A2.1.a; HANNA 3871.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
WOLFE, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Some modest smudges on the boards, very good or better in a chipped good only first issue dust jacket (with Wolfe's portrait on the rear panel) and with extensive old internal tape repairs, and a couple of letters in red pencil on the front panel. A flawed but presentable copy of a classic novel, the author's first book, and generally considered his major achievement, a breathtaking autobiographical novel. The jacket was printed on exceptionally thin paper and is consequently often found damaged.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 1929.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small octavo, bound in three-quarter morocco and marble boards lettered in gilt, with raised bands and decorative gilt spine design; top edge gilt; spine sunned, preliminaries browned, otherwise contents immaculate. First edition, first printing (Johnston A2.1.a.). A presentation copy, inscribed: "Thomas Wolfe, Jan. 28, 1930, for Dorothea Kaumn Mayer," on the front free endpaper. A striking copy of Wolfe's first novel.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL, A Story of the Buried Life. Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1929.
Price: US$4600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7.75 x 5.25", gilt-lettered blue cloth, 626pp, extremities lightly worn, spine ends bumped, endpapers unevenly toned, textblock edges toned, but still a nice copy in a rubbed, darkened, edge-chipped/torn dustjacket (large chip out of bottom of spine). FIRST EDITION ("greek" on page 308/26, "staioned" on page 506/23) IN FIRST STATE DUSTJACKET ("$2.50", author's photo on back panel.).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward Angel. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 626p octavo. A fine copy in a dust jacket. Jacket has been overly restored and lined. Tipped on to the front fly leaf are 2 extra leaves one with a long inscription from Wolfe "with my warmest and most grateful thanks for all she did to help make my first visit to California such a pleasant and happy one Thomas Wolfe Palo Alto Sept 9, 1935" Thomas Wolfe made two trips to the western states,one in 1935 and another in 1938. He wanted "to get the whole wilderness of the American continent into my work" (The Notebooks of Thomas Wolfe 963) I am sure the page is from another book and tipped into this one. Enclosed in a custom lavender box.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Thomas Wolfe. Look Homeward, Angel. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very good plus first state book in a very good unclipped first state dust jacket. Blue cloth book is stamped in gold with Lowercase "g" in Greek on pg. 308 and no "T" in stationed on pg 506. Scribner Seal and "1929" on copyright page. Book has some toning to the end papers and page edges. First state jacket is priced correctly ($2.50) on front flap with author photo on back panel. Jacket has old tape reinforcement to inner jacket edges and creasing to the lower front panel, chipping to the front panel folds and some closed tears and wear along the jacket edges. Debut novel and Wolfe high spot. Set in a fictional Asheville North Carolina in the early 20th century. Housed in a clamshell case.
Seller: MDS BOOKS, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$7200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Mrs. Dorothy Mencher with kindest regards Thomas Wolfe Nov 8, 1929." In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed. American novelist, Thomas Wolfe "made it possible to believe that the stuff of life, with all its awe and mystery and magic, could by some strange alchemy be transmuted to the page" (William Gay). "Look Homeward, Angel is one of the most important novels of my life. . . . It's a wonderful story for any young person burning with literary ambition, but it also speaks to the longings of our whole lives; I'm still moved by Wolfe's ability to convey the human appetite for understanding and experience" (Elizabeth Kostova).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
WOLFE, Thomas.. Look Homeward, Angel.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Description: 626 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket, preserved in a custom clamshell box. First edition, first printing, in the first state of the dust jacket, with the Doris Ulmann photograph of Thomas Wolfe on the rear panel. Preston A 13 A. A near fine copy with bright gilt lettering, in an attractive example of the uncommon jacket. There is some chipping to the top edge of the rear panel and spine, affecting "O" and "K" in the first word of the title on backstrip. The author's first novel, inscribed and signed by Thomas Wolfe, March 27, 1930. The recipient's attractive bookplate appears opposite, on the front pastedown.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Thomas Wolfe. LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$14545.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. In the first issue dust jacket, with Wolfe's portrait on the rear panel and the original price of 2.50 on the front flap. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket is evenly faded on the spine panel, with chipping on the front flap fold, spine ends, and tips, light edgewear, and a number of old tape reinforcements on the verso. ; All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$16000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "To Jo Dauber with thanks for dragging me in. Thomas Wolfe, Nov. 27, 1929." Near fine in a very good first-issue dust jacket with the photograph of Wolfe by Doris Ulmann. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A nice example, uncommon in this condition and signed. American novelist, Thomas Wolfe "made it possible to believe that the stuff of life, with all its awe and mystery and magic, could by some strange alchemy be transmuted to the page" (William Gay). "Look Homeward, Angel is one of the most important novels of my life. . . . It's a wonderful story for any young person burning with literary ambition, but it also speaks to the longings of our whole lives; I'm still moved by Wolfe's ability to convey the human appetite for understanding and experience" (Elizabeth Kostova).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
WOLFE, Thomas.. Look Homeward, Angel.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$17500.00 + shipping
Description: 626 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket, preserved in a custom quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. Just about fine, in a bright, unfaded, near fine dust jacket with very slight use to the top of the backstrip. We have never had a nicer copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$25000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A spectacular First Issue dustjacket with Doris Ulmann's photograph of Wolfe, and biography on the back panel. This original dustjacket is vibrant in color and has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap. The book is bound in the publisher's blue cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.