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New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First Edition, First Printing, Second Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, 254 pages. In Good plus condition with poor dust jacket. Partial brown dust jacket spine. Bound in tan cloth with brown text on spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has most of spine missing, remaining spine is heavily taped on inside and outside, front interior flap detached, and chipping to corners of rear cover. Boards have mild edge wear and shelf wear, partial sunning to spine, and fraying to spine edges. Text block has light age toning. First Printing, Second Issue indicated by "First Published, 1930" on copyright page and "I" aligned correctly on page 11. Shelved in Case 13. 1370922. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

As I Lay Dying is a 1930 Southern Gothic novel by American author William Faulkner. Faulkner said that he wrote the novel from midnight to 4:00 AM over the course of six weeks and that he did not change a word of it. It is Faulkner's fifth novel and consistently ranked among the best novels of 20th-century literature.

Identifying a first edition copy of 'As I Lay Dying' can be done by checking the publisher's information and print run details within the book, as first editions often contain specific markers such as errors or points that were corrected in later printings.