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New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First Edition, First Printing, Fourth State Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Octavo, 349 pages. In Good condition with Good plus dust jacket. Light brown spine with black text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has sunning to spine, tearing to bottom corner of rear cover, and mild edge wear and shelf wear. Price unclipped "$3.00". Boards have mild to moderate rubbing to corners and edges and discoloration to front cover. Text block has damp staining on verso of front endpaper and final three pages, creasing to front endpaper, and chipping to fore edge of pages 347 and 349. Fourth state dust jacket with "$3.00" price and "New Edition". Shelved in Case 2. 1370903. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Mosquitoes is a satirical novel by the American author William Faulkner. It was Faulkner's second novel, and it explores the lives and motivations of several artists and their social circle during a week-long yacht excursion from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico.

First editions of 'Mosquitoes' will be published by Boni & Liveright and have the characteristic liveright colophon on the spine or the dust jacket. First edition might also state 'First Edition' on the copyright page.