The Town 

by William Faulkner 

New York: Random House, 1957

First Edition

First Printing (stated) (with line 8 repeated at line 10 on p. 327)

Second State (with plain end papers; lacking "5/57" at bottom of front flap of dust jacket)

Hardcover. Orange-red cloth with black titles & green rules to front & spine. 371 pp. 5-5/8" x 8-1/8".

Very good in very good, unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket.

Previous owner's bookplate, name label & date to front pastedown; toning to end papers & pastedowns. Otherwise, interior clean. A touch of foxing to edges of page block. Binding firm & square. Covers have mild bumping to spine ends & top front corner; light rubbing along edges. Dust jacket has 1/2-inch tear along bottom rear edge; light wear at spine ends & at corners; mild soiling to spine & along flap folds; light foxing to white areas of front & rear; mild fading to spine. DJ comes protected by new, archival cover.

An attractive copy of the second novel in Faulkner's Snopes trilogy.

Ships well-packed in a box.