Now in November

Both title page and copyright page should say 1934. No printing statement should be present on the copyright page. Only 2,000 copies of the first printing were produced (that fact is disclosed in printing statements of later printings.) The book is cloth with paper labels.

Dust jacket is extremely rare and adds most of the value to the book.

Now in November won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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Picture of the 1934 first edition dust jacket for Now in November.

The title page must say 1934.

No printing statement should be present on the copyright page.

The front flap of the dust jacket has a fold-out flap with reviews. The fold-out is perforated and was sometimes removed. The fold-out contains an interesting quote by John Farrar (founder of Farrar, Straus & Giroux) which is a (sort of) compliment: "I'd like to wager that first edition copies of Josephine Johnson's Now In November will one day be worth as much as those of any living American writer." He certainly underestimated the value.

Other first edition points for books by Josephine Johnson include: Winter Orchard.

 

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