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Light in August (Modern Library #88.6)

Light in August (Modern Library #88.6)

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Light in August (Modern Library #88.6)

by FAULKNER, William

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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1963]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of William Faulkner's 7th novel, first published in 1932. The story presents the author's take on small town life in the American South, set in his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi (based on his actual home county of Lafayette). Volume wrapped in simple typographic dust jacket. --- In Toledano spine 10 / green cloth / ML hex logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style j, verso lists ML 415 titles. Likely published c.1963 (though 1959 date appears in book). ML #88.6. --- Interior of volume with numerous markings in black ink along edges of text, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Unclipped dust jacket with small tears & chips to extremities, otherwise intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); (4), 444 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's Inventory #
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Title
Light in August (Modern Library #88.6)
Author
FAULKNER, William
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Publisher
The Modern Library / Random House
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
[c.1963]

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Verso
The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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....
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...
Reprint
Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.

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