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Price: US$8499.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Harrison Smith & Haas, New York. 1932. 480 pages. Stated First Edition; first printing. Signed by William Faulkner on a loosely laid in, unused U.S. 1 cent Jefferson Head postal card (3x5) 1 of 8,500 copies in the first printing. First binding with coarse tan cloth, stamped in orange on front cover with blue titles on spine and an orange star. Top page edges stained orange. "Jefferson" in place of "Mottstown" on the first line on page 340. Book is about fine. Binding and hinges are strong. Endpapers and pastedowns are bright and clean. Pages lay tight and undisturbed; seemingly unread. Four sharp corners. Previous owner's name neatly written in old ink on front pastedown and dated Nov 1932. Original first issue DJ with 'Lee' in place of 'Joe' Christmas on front flap. $2.50 price intact on DJ flap. DJ shows rubbing/chipping with a 3 inch chip at crown. Book is about fine in Good DJ with loosely laid in Faulkner signature.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Light in August. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1932.
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by William Faulkner on a laid in signature. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL sophisticated dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. This First Issue dustjacket has the $2.50 publisher's price present with the correct titles on the back panel starting with Boyle, Kay "Year Before Last" The book is in great shape. This First Issue book is bound in the original publisher's brown cloth with blue title on spine and orange on the front panel. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A spectacular copy of this true first edition with the words "FIRST PRINTING" printed on the copyright page SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Light in August. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1932.
Price: US$13500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by William Faulkner on a laid in signature that came from one of his SIGNED/LIMITED EDITIONS. A magnificent dustjacket that is vibrant in color with no chips or tears. This original First Issue dustjacket has the price present on the front flap with only a hint of wear to the edges. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a pristine copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Faulkner First Editions. Includes a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Light In August.. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York, 1932.
Price: US$38000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue, with first printing statement on copyright page, and âJeffersonâ for âMottstownâ on page 340, line 1; first-issue binding, lettered in blue and orange. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Eric Dawson William Faulkner Oxford 3 October 1934." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Petersen A13a; Howard A13.1a; Massey 103. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed, with only two examples appearing at auction in the last 90 years. One of William Faulkners most admired and accessible novels, Light in August reveals the great American author at the height of his powers. Lena Groves resolute search for the father of her unborn child begets a rich, poignant, and ultimately hopeful story of perseverance in the face of mortality. It also acquaints us with several of Faulkners most unforgettable characters, including the Reverend Gail Hightower, plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen, and Joe Christmas, a ragged, itinerant soul obsessed with his mixed-race ancestry. Powerfully entwining these characters stories, Light in August brings to life Faulkners imaginary South, one of literatures great invented landscapes, in all of its unerringly fascinating glory. "No man ever put more of his heart and soul into the written word than did William Faulkner. If you want to know all you can about that heart and soul, the fiction where he put it is still right there" (Eudora Welty).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.