Light In August
by FAULKNER, WILLIAM
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Smith & Haas, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. From the library of film director Tod Browning, with his signature in pencil to the front pastedown. Very good lightly used copy with a trace of edge wear, a faint 1/3” spot to the cloth at the front board and slight edge wear in a very good bright dust jacket with a few tiny nicks and tears, with two tears skillfully internally mended by an expert paper conservationist. At this time, during the Great Depression, Faulkner was attempting to break into Hollywood screenwriting as his income from his novels and stories provided very little. Tod Browning was Lon Chaney Sr.’s most noted director during the silent era specializing in strange and atmospheric crime films and pictures with elements of horror. With the coming of sound Browning directed Bela Lugosi in the original 1931 Dracula and at MGM he directed his 1932 masterpiece Freaks.
Synopsis
Light in August is a 1932 novel by the American author William Faulkner. Light in August is an exploration of racial conflict in the society of the Southern United States. Originally Faulkner planned to call the novel Dark House, which also became the working title for Absalom, Absalom! Supposedly, one summer evening while sitting on a porch, his wife remarked on the strange quality that light in the south has during the month of August.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18444E
- Title
- Light In August
- Author
- FAULKNER, WILLIAM
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith & Haas
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2005
Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
We are long-term members of the Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of America. We specialize in American & English Literature, Mystery & Detective Fiction, Rare Cinema Material, Autograph & Signed Material, and an Eclectic Offering of Literature & Ephemera.
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