The first edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner was published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1929. It was 302 pages long, and the original retail price was $2.50. The first edition can be identified by the following points: The title page date must match the copyright date (1929). First issue dust jacket is rare and adds most of the value to the book.
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Picture of the 1929 first edition dust jacket for Laughing Boy.
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