- Seller Inventory #: SJ5538
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Very Good+ (in mylar)
- Edition: Early Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Chatto & Windus
- Place: London
- Date published: 1952
- Keywords: American Literature, Classic American Literature, Classic American Fiction, British Editions of American Classics
London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. a beautiful copy; textblock and binding immaculate and tight. originally published in 1935; lightly rubbed, unclipped dust jacket with a sunned spine, light edge and spine wear; 248pp.; Faulkner is the winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature. As I Lay Dying was first published in 1935.. Early Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
