Look Homeward, Angel

Thomas Wolfe

The Modern Library (Random House), New York. Later edition.

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Book: Very Good
Our ref: RCB-f67ee7a00bab

What we checked, and where to see itRCB-f67ee7a00bab · 10 photographs of this copy

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First edition: Scribner's, 1929, original blue cloth, Scribner seal on copyright page

examined on the copy in hand

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This copy is a Modern Library reprint published by Random House, New York

examined on the copy in hand

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examined on the copy in hand

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Modern Library imprint lists Cerf, Klopfer, and Robert K. Haas — Haas joined in 1936, dating this printing to 1936 or later

examined on the copy in hand

Flaws, each one named

fraying and wear to head of spine, photo 1

noted on the copy in hand

rubbing and light fraying to spine ends and corners, photos 1-2

noted on the copy in hand

soiling/darkening to cloth and page edges, photos 2, 9, 10

noted on the copy in hand

small stain to copyright page margin, photo 5

noted on the copy in hand

owner bookplate on front pastedown, photo 3

noted on the copy in hand

This copy

The Modern Library (Random House), New York Edition

What a true first shows: The true first edition is Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929, in original cloth, with the Scribner 'A'/seal on the copyright page. This is a Modern Library reprint (published by Random House), not the Scribner first edition.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.