William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses 1st Ed. in DJ

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Author: Faulkner, William
Title: Go Down, Moses
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Random House
Date Published: [1942]
Description:

20.2x13.5 cm (8x5¼"), black cloth boards, lettering in gilt, in original dust jacket, top edge stained red. First Edition, first issue.

First issue, in black cloth. Seven interconnected stories which together form a novel, including Faulkner's celebrated "The Bear" and his comic masterpiece "Was" (Petersen A21b).
Condition Report: Jacket clipped, toned with loss and wear along edges, some repair to interior of spine; foxing and toning to edges of textblock; interior bright throughout; near fine volume in very good jacket.