As I Lay Dying

New York: Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. First state with the dropped "I" on page 11. Good in a Poor jacket, unclipped ($2.50), lightly soiled, split in two at the top spine fold, chips and tears at the folds, edges, and corners, missing the bottom half of the spine. Beige cloth, soiled at the spine and lightly on the boards, some tears at the joints. Bound with some reading wear and a slight forward lean, former owner's signature inside the front board, stamp of the Pelican Book Shop on the front endpaper, bookseller ticket at the rear, clean otherwise. Faulkner's classic southern gothic about the burial of Addie Bundren, often cited as one of the best novels of the 20th century.