Light in August by Faulkner, William - 1932

New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A decent copy of one of Faulkner's great novels. Published in an edition of just 8500 copies.

480 pages. First edition (first printing stated; "Jefferson" on p. 340, but that is found in all stated first printings; cover stamping in two colors, as usually found).

A very good copy with a small previous owner's name in a good, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket chipped along the edges, with a few short tears. Front flap beginning to split. Spine fading, as usual. Lacking the glassine, also as usual.

This is the correct dust jacket for the first printing, with the error referring to "Lee Christmas" on the front flap and Kay Boyle's Year Before Last listed first on the back cover. NB: These "points" aren't really points - they only indicate that the book does not have a later jacket put on it in an effort to deceive. Points only refer to things that publishers do, not to actions of unscrupulous sellers.

A decent copy of one of Faulkner's great novels.

This copy has the label of a bookseller on the inside back cover. Above the sticker is noted in pencil "1st ed." and the original price, $2.50, which has been crossed out and repriced at $1. Such was Faulkner's literary status for many decades.