SUNS GO DOWN. [Hardcover] Lewis, Flannery.

Description

1937 edition. Cover art is different than pictured. Hardcover has some minor wear along the sides, scuffs and marks. No dust jacket. Spine has some wear on the top and bottom. Pages are clean and the binding is secure.

This 1937 first edition of “Suns Go Down” by Flannery Lewis is a rare find for collectors of early 20th century Southern literature. Lewis was part of the literary renaissance that emerged from the American South in the 1920s-1940s, exploring themes of racial tension, poverty, and the fading traditions of the Old South. While not as well-known today as contemporaries like William Faulkner or Eudora Welty, Lewis’s novels offer a fascinating window into the complex social fabric of the Jim Crow-era South. This copy shows its age with some expected wear to the boards and spine, but the interior pages have been well-preserved. Without a dust jacket, the simple black cloth binding lets the novel’s provocative title take center stage. For fans of Southern Gothic fiction or scholars of this rich literary period, a nice collector’s copy of an overlooked classic.