Light in August

by William Faulkner

$2,700 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, first state. 480 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original coarse tan buckram lettered in orange on the cover and blue on the spine with an orange star, top edge orange, with two closed tears to head of spine, offsetting to endpapers; dust jacket with Japanese tissue reinforcements to folds and top and bottom and in-painting. With custom clamshell case. Peterson A13a; Massey 103. Item #345512 First state, with

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