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THOMAS WOLFE. LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL, A Story of Buried Life. WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1930.
Price: US$141.16 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Published by William Heinemann, London, 1930 1st edition,1st printing light foxing, front cover RH corner bumped, a few of latter pages have tiny corner crease lines. a really hard to find title
Seller: ROWENA CHILDS, BURY ST EDMUNDS, United Kingdom
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1930.
Price: US$291.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG First UK Edition of this important work by Thomas Wolfe. No d/j. Very slight sunning to spine and base of front board. Top rt. cnr. of front board has a soft diag. crease. Feps browned. Head/tail of spine bumped. Soft smudge on front board. Photos available on request. 613pp.
Seller: Yarra Cottage Books, Warrandyte, VIC, Australia
Wolfe,Thomas. Look Homeward,Angel. William Heinemann, London, 1930.
Price: US$834.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has just a few tiny nicks and blemishes to the head and tail of spine and with one further smaller 4mm closed tear along the top edge of the rear cover.Not clipped to inner flap with correct publisher's price of 10s 6d net showing to the foot of spine on the wrapper.There are NO previous ownership names or inscriptions present.There is a little offsetting/browning evident to the front and rear endpapers with a few foxing spots to the text block edges.It's a nice tight and firm binding with no cracking to hinge joins,no turned corners to the pages.Uncommon title and a very decent and presentable copy of the Author's first book which is an elaborate and moving coming-of-age story about Eugene Gant, a rather restless and energetic character whose passion to experience life takes him from his small, rural hometown in North Carolina to Harvard University and then onto the City of Boston.Through his rich and clever use of prose Wolfe evokes the extraordinary and vivid family of the Gants.A classic work of American literature Look Homeward,Angel is a passionate, stirring, and unforgettable novel and thought to be a reflection of his own life,8vo 613pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1930]
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A solid, very presentable copy of the 1930 1st UK edition, with additional passages that were left out of the American edition. Tight and VG+ (with bright gilt-titling along the spine) in a crisp, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling to the front panel, mild darkening along the spine and very light chipping at its crown. Thick octavo, the elegant 1st British edition of Thomas Wolfe's first published novel.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NO DUST JACKET, OWNER'S NAME TO FFEP. LIGHT SUNNING TO THE SPINE AREA.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Wolfe (Thomas).. Look Homeward, Angel; a story of the buried life. William Heinemann Ltd,, 1930.
Price: US$943.20 + shipping
Description: Slight browning to end-papers but a nice copy in slightly frayed dust-wrapper which is a little darkened at the spine panel The authors first novel.
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. William Heinemann Ltd, 1930.
Price: US$1347.43 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK edition, first impression (William Heinemann Ltd, 1930). Originally published in the US the previous year. The author's first novel. Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A better than near fine copy with just a little off-setting to endpapers, contents lovely and clean otherwise. The original dust jacket is similarly in near fine condition with some of the usual fading to the spine panel that the colour of the jacket makes it especially prone to. A fantastic copy, not easily found in such good condition.
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First British Edition. Original navy blue cloth, fine with slight fade to spine, minimal bookshelf wear to crown and foot of spine. Dust jacket, very good with fading to spine. Contains small offsetting to rear endpaper, overall pages complete, neat and intact. This is the author's first book, in a plastic protective cover and custom made slip case.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. William Heinemann, London, 1930.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition of this English Edition published in London. An attractive dustjacket with minor wear to the edges. The book is great shape. The binding is tight with with minor wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy with the original dustjacket.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Thomas Wolfe. Look Homeward, Angel. William Heinemann, 1930.
Price: US$1604.08 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: WOLFE, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. London, William Heinemann, 1930. First UK edition of Wolfes bestselling first novel. Look Homeward, Angel is a veiled autobiography and coming-of-age in America story, written in a sprawling almost stream-of-consciousness style. Having enjoyed wide and enduring popularity, the novel was adapted as a play in 1957 and readapted as the Broadway musical Angel in 1978. Octavo, pp. 613; near fine, in blue-coloured publishers cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, printed dust jacket (spine slightly faded).
Seller: CASSIUS&Co., London, United Kingdom
Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. William Heinemann, LTD London, 1930.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with "First Published 1930" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket has the 10s.6d.net publisher's printed price present on the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's original blue cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.