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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. Bound in tan cloth with brown text on spine and front cover. Lacking issued dust jacket. Boards have mild edge wear and shelf wear, sunning to spine, fraying to spine edges, and cocking to spine. Text block has light age toning and previous owner's name on front pastedown. First Printing, Second Issue indicated by "First Published, 1930" on copyright page and "I" aligned correctly on page 11. Shelved in Case 13. 1370921. 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.