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Light in August (Modern Library #88.5)
by FAULKNER, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1956]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of Faulkner's 7th novel, a story of small town life in the American South, set in his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi (based on his actual home county of Lafayette). First published in 1932. With an introduction by Richard H. Rovere. Volume in black and yellow jacket variant. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / faded green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 377 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1956 (though 1950 date appears in book). ML #88.5. --- With discoloration to edges of cloth, otherwise a tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with a few small tears & rubbing to front panel, strip of darkening to back panel, otherwise intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xiv, 444, (6, ads) pages .
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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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87322
- Title
- Light in August (Modern Library #88.5)
- Author
- FAULKNER, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1956]
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Edges
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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