Lot 222
Lot 222
As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner, 1930

Price Realised USD 10,625
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As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner, 1930

Price Realised USD 10,625
Price Realised USD 10,625
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As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner, 1930
FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). As I Lay Dying. New York: Cape and Smith, 1930.

A beautiful copy of the first edition, first issue, in first state dust jacket. Set in Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha County, it is perhaps the most accessible of his masterpieces. Petersen A7.1a.

Octavo. Original cloth; printed dust jacket (light wear at folds, faint crease to rear panel); custom box.
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