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The Modern Library (Random House), New York Edition

Look Homeward, Angel

Thomas Wolfe
The Modern Library (Random House), New York. Later edition.
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Very Good
Our ref
RCB-f67ee7a00bab
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-f67ee7a00bab · 10 photographs of this copy
✓
First edition: Scribner's, 1929, original blue cloth, Scribner seal on copyright page
examined on the copy in hand
✓
This copy is a Modern Library reprint published by Random House, New York
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Copyright page reads 'Copyright, 1929, by Charles Scribner's Sons' (the original copyright, not the ML publication date)
examined on the copy in hand
✓
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
1
fraying and wear to head of spine, photo 1
noted on the copy in hand
2
rubbing and light fraying to spine ends and corners, photos 1-2
noted on the copy in hand
3
soiling/darkening to cloth and page edges, photos 2, 9, 10
noted on the copy in hand
4
small stain to copyright page margin, photo 5
noted on the copy in hand
5
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.