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. 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.

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.

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.