Mosquitoes.
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni & Liveright, Inc, 1927. First edition of Faulkner's second novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip to the front flap. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. A very nice example of this early Faulkner work. On a yacht on Lake Pontchartrain, a diverse group of strangely associated people including a social climber, famous writer, sculptor, and Englishman embark on a four-day excursion from the city of New Orleans. Evidently inspired by an similar excursion from Faulkner's own life, the novel offered a tongue in cheek criticism of the repetitive and mundane preoccupations of the New Orleans creative community Faulkner was immersed in at the time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91795
- Title
- Mosquitoes.
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boni & Liveright, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Mosquitoes, William Faulkner first edition
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...