The Town by William Faulkner - 1957

New York: Random House, 1957. First/First. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Another of those mixed state first editions, with 'First Printing' on the copyright page and the uncorrected error on p. 327, bound in burgundy-brown cloth with black text and green accent lines, and with a priced but undated DJ ($3.95, ads on rear flap). Top edge dyed Gatorade green. Considerations are as follows, in ascending order: General effects of age and light use incl. subtle toning to the jacket, heavier but still decent on the spine. Light-to-moderate edge wear including 1/8" and smaller chips at spine corners. Asmall tea-like stain, actually probably linseed oil or another such wood/furniture protector, on rear lower right corner, 1 1/8" X 3/4"; and another (or really, probably the same one), 3/8" X 1/4" at bottom left corner of front jacket flap. A short, whimsical animation of this event is furnished on the lower right page corners, which if flipped show this transparent, tea-toned stain growing from nothing, to a greatest extent of 1" X 1 1/2", then back to nothing again. Much like the value of this first-edition copy, except it began at $3.95, and is now reasonably offered for about $3.90, correcting for the dollar values. I hope you don't buy it, because I want to keep it.