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RANDOMHOUS. RANDOM HOUSE, NEW YORK, 1942. FIRST PRINTING. NEAR VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL BLACK CLOTH. FRONT COVER EVIDENCES LIGHT RUBBING, AND THE COLOR ON THE SPINE TITLE LETTERS HAVE ALL BUT FADED FROM VIEW. LIGHT FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, ELSE A CLEAN AND REASONABLY TIGHT COPY. PRINTED PERSONAL BOOKPLATE OF SHELBY FOOTE PASTED INSIDE THE FRONT COVER, WITH FOOTE'S SIGNATURE ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: ""SHELBY FOOTE, CAMP SHELBY, MISS., JUNE 1942."" GREAT ASSOCIATION COPY.

Random House, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. NY Random House, 1942. Octavo. First edition, first binding state. A collection of seven stories, one of which appears here for the first time, and the other six containing revisions from their previous appearances. These stories were intended to form a complete novel, and in later printings, "and Other Stories" is omitted from the title. A fine, bright copy in black cloth stamped in red and gilt, with a fine price-clipped dust wrapper with minute and invisible restoration on the jacket. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

New York: Random House, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Very uncommon variant issue with green lettering on the spine of the very dark blue cloth, and with no topstain. One of nine reported variants, all of them scarcer than the primary binding of black cloth with gold spine-lettering and red topstain. Near fine with small ownership signature of a reviewer on the front fly and the topedge a little soiled in very good dustwrapper with some wear at the edges, a very small chip on the rear panel and a bit of rubbing. A collection of interconnected stories published as a novel, including the comic masterpiece "Was" and the first book appearance of his classic novella "The Bear.

New York: Random House, 1942. A highly attractive copy in the first issue dust jacket First trade edition, first printing, in the first issue dust jacket, priced $2.00 and with eight titles on the rear panel. The present work and The Town (1957) "show, in their rich variety, the constant, restless urge of their author to experiment with new forms and methods" (Meriwether, p. 6).Faulkner saw Go Down, Moses not as a collection of stories but rather as a unified novel; as such, the title of subsequent printings omitted the phrase "and Other Stories". This copy, in tile red cloth, is one of numerous binding variants "bound in whatever cloth the publisher found available during a period of wartime shortages" (Petersen, Each in its Ordered Place). Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in green. With dust jacket. Front free endpaper with bookseller's ticket of City Book Agency, Johannesburg. A near-fine copy, fresh and clean, in the bright dust jacket, not price-clipped, couple of nicks and short… Read more

New York: Random House, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Variant binding of maroon cloth with pale green lettering and no topstain. One of eight or nine reported variants, all of them scarcer than the primary binding of black cloth (with gold spine-lettering and red topstain). Near fine in a very good dustwrapper with modest chipping at the spine ends and a closed horizontal spine tear. A collection of interconnected stories published as a novel, including the comic masterpiece "Was" and the first book appearance of his classic novella "The Bear.

New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first printing copy, black cloth stamped in red and gilt, red topstain. Spine ends gently softened, spine shows minor crease. Slight spine lean. Tight and unmarked. First issue price-clipped dustjacket in mylar with edgewear/ edge creasing and minor foxing to flap folds has the eight titles on back panel starting with "Storm". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Random House, 1942. First trade edition, first printing. The present work and The Town (1957) "show, in their rich variety, the constant, restless urge of their author to experiment with new forms and methods" (Meriwether, p. 6). Faulkner saw Go Down, Moses not as a collection of stories but rather as a unified novel; as such, the title of subsequent printings omitted the phrase "and Other Stories". Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in full terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, dark green plain endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy. James B. Meriwether, The Literary Career of William Faulkner: A Bibliographical Study, 1961.

New York: 'Random House, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Stated first printing book. First issue black cloth with bright red topstain. No bookplates or signatures, near fine. Dust jacket with $2.00 price on front flap. Jacket has minor wear to top edge, but not chips. Expertly reinforced on verso at spine tip and folds. A handsome copy.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST TRADE ISSUE. Go Down Moses and Other Stories. William Faulkner (1897-1962). New York: Random House, 1942. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth with gilt-lettering, top edge stained red [first state binding]. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with light wear to the edges. Overall the book is in great shape with minor scuffing/wear to top edge boards. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates effaced. A rare wonderfully clean copy with well preserved First State pictorial DJ (minor abrasions to top and bottom edges, some toning). Fine/Near Fine.Though considered by the public to be a collection of seven unrelated pieces of short fiction, Faulkner insisted in his later years that Go Down Moses was truly a novel. It includes "The Bear," one of Faulkner's best-known short stories. Petersen A21b.

GO DOWN, MOSES, Random House, 1942, first edition, just about fine in a vg pictorial dust-wrapper some light wear and tear.

New York: Random House, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing 1 copyright date is 1942, first edition, first printing. Black cloth, gilt-lettered, jacket. First issue, in black cloth. Seven interconnected stories which together form a novel, including Faulkner's celebrated "The Bear" and his comic masterpiece "Was". Dust jacket clipped, some chips, tape repair to head of spine; some offsetting to endpapers, light toning; overall very good.

New York: Random House, (1942). First edition, first issue in black cloth binding with page top edges stained red. A bright, very good to near fine copy in very good, price-clipped dust jacket with only marginal, rubbed chipping and wear.

NY: Random House, 1942, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published in New York by Random House in 1942. First Printing is stated on copyright page. Book fine except for slight fading on inside paste downs and free end pages. DJ very good except for chipping on corners, wearing along top and bottom edges and joints, chipping on top and bottom spine ends, missing small 1/4" piece on top edge of back cover, fading and discoloration on covers, spine, and inside flaps. DJ has been price clipped.

First edition, first printing in black cloth binding with page top edges stained red. A bright, square NF hardcover in VG, price-clipped dust jacket with chipping at crown of spine and along top panel of the rear of the dust jacket and a half-inch chip in the center of dust jacket's spine. Minor edgewear along the lower edges of the DJ. No internal markings. Protected in Gaylord DJ cover.

New York: Random House, 1942. First. hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page and the original price of $2.00 still present on the front flap of the dust jacket. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. This is the uncommon variant of the book with the blue cloth covers.

New York:: Random House,, [1942].. First edition, first binding.. publisher's black cloth in dust jacket.. Tiny 1944 owner's name on front free endpaper; a bright, near fine copy in a price-clipped jacket with some minor creasing at extremities.. 8vo,.

New York: Random House, 1942. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth, stamped in red and gold, top edge stamped in red, (presumed first binding). Some mnor spotting to covers, pastedowns with scuffs from removal of old jacket protector. Very good plus in an almost complete but tapestained clipped dust jacket (losses along top and bottom crudely repaired with cellotape). First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Petersen A21b; Massey 449

NY: Random House, 1942, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published in New York by Random House in 1942. First Printing is stated on copyright page. Book near fine except for slight wearing on corners, fading and discoloration on boards, spine, paste downs, and free end pages. DJ good except for chipping on corners, wearing along top and bottom edges, chipping on top and bottom spine ends and along top edge of book, creasing along top and bottom edges, holes worn on front and back flap joints, fading and discoloration on covers, spine, and inside flaps, back side of DJ has been repaired with tape on joints and bottom spine end. DJ has been price clipped.

New York:: Random House,, [1942].. First trade edition, first binding.. publisher's black cloth in dust jacket.. Slight discoloration at (inner) hinges from binder's adhesive (which is often the case); else a very good copy. The jacket is rice-clipped and has some minor edgewear which does not affect any lettering. A bright, attractive copy.. 8vo,.

New York: Random House. First Edition First Printing. Stated. Very good hard cover with very good price clipped nicks on top edge spine dust jacket. Red topstain. Black cloth. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 1942.