Light in August. By William Faulkner. First Edition, First Printing. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas. New York, 1932.

William Faulkner ranks among the greatest American authors of all time. He carved his own way in the Modernist movement of the twentieth century. His works also established a great tradition of Southern literature through the century to the present day. For his contributions, Faulkner won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice and the Nobel Prize in Literature. Light in August is one of his most popular novels. Set in the Jim Crow South, the novel follows two strangers and numerous other characters through a series of flashbacks and nonlinear iterations, eventually revealing unlikely connections between them. The work was published at the height of Faulkner’s powers–in a period wherein he was publishing landmark works of literature every year. Of those works, Light in August is celebrated for its blend of Southern Gothic elements and Modernist narrative style. It is an essential volume for any Faulkner collector.

This first edition, first printing is in about-fine condition. In the first state cloth, about-fine with only rubbing to edges. Text block fine. In the original dust jacket, near fine with only minor rubbing to edges. Dust jacket expertly restored along edges and spine.

An about-fine first edition of Light in August.