Lie Down In Darkness

400 pp. Octavo, 6 x 9 in. This is an near perfect facsimile of the original publication of September 10, 1951. The book (brown cloth with gilt lettering), dust jacket, and slip case are in fine condition. The F.E.L. 3.5 x 7.5 in. info card is laid in. An archival cover has been added to the dust jacket.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1st Edition stated, Authors first book and the precursor to his 1968 Pulitzer prize winning book “Confessions of Nat Turner”. A VG+ book in a VG+ dust jacket. Jacket has small stain on front cover (just above the title) and some edgewear… Read more about this item

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. First edition stated of the author's first book. A very good copy in olive cloth with thin strip of sunning to upper and lower edges. Priced Dust Jacket ($3.50) in about VG- condition with a small area of staining to rear and black smudge. Edgewear, closed 1/4" tear to… Read more about this item

Indianapolis and New York : Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1951. First Edition stated at copyright page. Near Fine, top slightly dusty, in a Very Good dust jacket, 1/2" chip at head of spine with 1" tear at top edge spine fold, rubbed at spine folds, light wear at edges. The Pulitzer and National Book Award winning author's acclaimed first book. . First… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1979. First Thus: Reprint of 1951 Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4"), brown cloth with gold lettering on spine and intials "WS" of author on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: $24.95) painted by George… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with just a touch of rubbing. A superb copy of the author's first book.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Signed by William Styron in blue ink on the front end paper. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Cloth well-sunned, corners bumped. Wear spot on edge of ffep. Jacket spine panel sunned, chips at extremities (especially head and tail), creasing and scratches to front panel, stain… Read more about this item

Hardcover edition with dust jacket, published by Bobbs - Merrill, 1951. This copy is a book club edition. The dust jacket is intact and has been protected with a clear, removable cover. 411 pages, black boards with the title and author name on the spine. All lettering on the spine is crisp and not rubbed or… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., (1951). First Edition. Hardcover. Hinge cracked at title page. Good only but likely unique. Author's first book. This copy has a paper label on the book's spine marked "Editorial Library" and is in a proof dustwrapper which has only the front and spine printed, the rest being blank with occasional register marks. Additionally,… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., (1951). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth is unevenly sunned with the spine very heavily so. Bookplate remnant on front pastedown. The dustwrapper has a hardly noticeable snag on the front panel and some creasing on the spine but is very bright. A Good copy in quite a nice dustwrapper. Author's first book.

New York: Random House, 1979. First edition. Near fine.. Advance uncorrected proofs of the Random House reissue of Styron's first novel, a Southern family tragedy, winner of the 1951 Rome Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award. 8'' x 5.5''. Original red wrappers with publisher's printed label taped to front cover. 400 pages. Publisher's press release… Read more about this item

Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. G/G 1st/1st. Stated First Edition with no other printings. In original olive green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Book has been gently read with a slight spine slant. Tight pages except for the last page, which is loose but still attached. Fair corners and boards are faded. Foxing to bottom fore-edges. Textblock has front… Read more about this item

New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. [1951]. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full brown cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt (still brilliant). Octavo. 400pps. Stated First Edition. There is a mild bump to the upper rear tip and slight rounding to the faintly-faded spine-ends. … Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The author's first book. First edition (stated). A very good to near fine copy in a like, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket with minor wear at the corners. One corner bumped.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. A little sunning to the boards and the corners a bit bumped, very good or better in a spine-toned, else near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author. A nice, presentable copy of the author's first book.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A little sunning to the boards, else fine in a lightly rubbed, near fine dustwrapper with a small tear at the crown. A nice, presentable copy of the author's first book.

Indianapolis / New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1951. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of Styron's first novel, a Southern family tragedy, winner of the 1951 Rome Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award. 8'' x 5.75''. Original gilt-lettered olive green cloth. In original unclipped ($3.50) dust jacket by George Salter. 400… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1951. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0965335852 . Cover Art; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine of the book cover has some toning / darkening and there… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., (1951). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with light wear at the tips and two short tears. Author's first book.

Content appears as new, unread & unblemished in black cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear. William Styron traces the betrayals and infidelities—the heritage of spite and endlessly disappointed love—that afflict the members of a Southern family and that culminate in the suicide of the beautiful Peyton Loftis. Esteemed novelist and short story writer Richard Yates did a superb job of… Read more about this item