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Lot 66
Sale 5657 - Books and Manuscripts
Sep 23, 2021
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Live / Philadelphia
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$2,000 -
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$4,410
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Lot Description
[Literature] Faulkner, William Mosquitoes
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First edition (one of 3,047 copies printed). 8vo. (ii), 349, (1) pp. Original navy blue cloth, stamped in yellow, publisher's device in blind on spine, a few scattered small nicks to front and rear boards; in original unsophisticated first issue dust-jacket, printed in green and red with illustrated "mosquitoes", unclipped, creasing at top edge of front panel, a few short closed tears along top edge, recto folds rubbed, scattered light soiling; in red morroco and cloth slip case and chemise. Peterson A4.1
A handsome copy of Faulkner's second novel.