Books

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 1st edition of the Nobel Laureate’s 2nd novel. Fine (the yellow lettering is not flaked). 1st printing dustjacket (the 2nd printing cardplayers jacket is much rarer), some rubbing and a 3/8” tear else near fine. Cheaper than any copy close to this fine, and finer than any copy close to this cheap. Mosquitoes is Faulkner before he deserved applause, but it set him up to become what he became. In it he confines a mismatched group on the yacht of a matronly, literary lion hunter and feeds none of their appetites, so we learn that characters wrapped up in themselves make very small packages.

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.