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Lie Down in Darkness
by William Styron
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. G/G 1st/1st. Stated First Edition with no other printings. In original olive green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Book has been gently read with a slight spine slant. Tight pages except for the last page, which is loose but still attached. Fair corners and boards are faded. Foxing to bottom fore-edges. Textblock has front and back pastedowns have some staining. Pages lightly tanned. "Copy #18" written in blue ink on top of the FFEP. No other writing, marks or bookplate and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($3.50) with several chips along the back panel and pieces missing from the lower spine and front corner. Toning to flaps. The colors remain bright but there is some discoloration and soiling to the white on the back panel. See photos for an in-depth inspection. In a protective Brodart Mylar cover and stored in a dust-free glass cabinet.
William Styron's first novel traces the betrayals and infidelities–the heritage of spite and endlessly disappointed love–that afflict the members of a Southern family and that culminates in the suicide of the beautiful Peyton Loftis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0084
- Title
- Lie Down in Darkness
- Author
- William Styron
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1951
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
Biblio member since 2020
Carrollton, Texas
About Armadillo Alley Books
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- Brodart
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- Bookplate
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- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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