STYRON, WILLIAM — Lie Down in Darkness (Modern Library #350. 1)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1966]. Hardcover. The first published novel (1951) by William Styron is presented in a Modern Library reprint edition. This is the story of the troubled Loftis family of Virginia, focusing on the tragic life of the beautiful Peyton Loftis in flashbacks. --- In Toledano spine 13 / maroon cloth / silver spine titling / ml device blindstamped to front cover / gold and white Fujita endpapers / jacket style l, verso is blank. Interior bears 1951 date but likely published c.1966. ML #350.1. --- An unmarked, tightly-bound, sound copy though with prior owner's circular embossed stamp to half title page. Price-clipped dust jacket with sticker removal evidence near tail of spine, slight scuffing to extremities, else intact, bright and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; [8], 9-400 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .