Look Homeward Angel
by Wolfe, Thomas
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- near fine/good
- Seller
-
Beverly Hills, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. first. hardcover. near fine/good. First edition with 1929 on title and copyright page. Comes with partial dust jacket, front panel and front flap. Book near fine, previous owner's name on front paste-down, some foxing on paste-downs and end papers and page edges. Dust jacket is partial and in good condition, some small pieces missing, some tears.
Synopsis
Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life is a 1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe. It is Wolfe's first novel, and is considered a highly autobiographical American Bildungsroman. The character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. The novel covers the span of time from Gant's birth to the age of 19. The setting is the fictional town and state of Altamont, Catawba, which is considered to be a not-so-subtle mirror of his hometown, Asheville, North Carolina.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2105023
- Title
- Look Homeward Angel
- Author
- Wolfe, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
Bookbid Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...