Publisher: Random HouseDate published: 1942Format: Hardcover
First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by William Faulkner on a laid in signature. A beautiful dustjacket that is rich in color with light wear to the edges. This original First Printing dustjacket has the price present on the front flap. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author.
New York: Random House, 1942. Limited Edition. Cloth. Very good. Signed limited edition of Go Down, Moses and Other Stories by William Faulkner.. Octavo, [10], 383pp. Three-quarter orange buckram, paper covered boards, top edge gilt, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to fore edge of text block. Archival repairs to spine and board edges, tears on pages 285-288 repaired with Japanese tissue. (Petersen A21c) From a limited edition of 100 copies signed by William Faulkner, this being number 55. The smallest limitation of any Faulkner signed works. A scarce example. William Faulkner (1897-1962) was an award-winning author with stories focusing on the American South. His work won the Nobel Prize in Literature and two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction. A few specific pieces (most notably The Sound and the Fury) are considered to be in the top 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The title Go Down, Moses and Other Stories was shortened to Go Down Moses in later editions.
Publisher: Random House,...Date published: 1942Format: Hardcover
First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Limited signed edition. Number 92 of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author on the limitation page. Near fine book in salmon covered boards with front hinges starting and spotting to the gutters and pages. Housed in a fine clamshell case.
Publisher: Random House,...Date published: 1942Format: Hardcover
SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. A beautiful copy SIGNED by William Faulkner. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a superb copy of this limited edition of 100 copies SIGNED by the auhtor with a custom acedate cover to protect the book. We buy SIGNED Faulkner First Editions.
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number line:A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that particular copy (e.g., a "1" would mean a first printing, and a "29" would indicate a 29th printing).
The following example is of a book that is in its 4th printing from Citadel Press. Note that despite the apparent declaration of "First printing 1997" the number line indicates the actual printing.
Often, the number line does not appear in sequence, as shown below in this first printing from Macmillan. However, the lowest number still indicates the printing:
There may also be times when a number line also contains intended years of publication as well as printings. This number line, for example, describes a first printing, published in 1989 by Harper & Row:
Random House is a notable exception, where for a period of several decades a first printing was indicated with a number line that began with "2", often accompanied by the words "First Edition".
Still other times, publishers may choose to use a letter line rather than a number line, as here shown in a first printing from Harvill Press (the "A" being indicative, rather than a "1"):