Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [2],viii,626,[2]pp. Base of spine bumped, crown gently nudged, with some light external wear, and two faint tape ghosts on front endpaper; contents otherwise clean; Very Good+. In the second state dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.50), gently spine-sunned, modest external wear, with some shallow losses to crown and upper corners (costing a few letters in the title), a few tiny nicks, and several tears, a dozen of which have been neatly and archivally mended on verso; Very Good or better. "The story of Eugene Gant, a Southern boy. Much material on Southern mores and many unforgettable pictures. The boy breaks away from his pathetic family but is nevertheless caught in a web of futility and despair" (Coan, p.67). JOHNSTON A2.1.a; HANNA 3871.