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19313282New York: Random House 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original decorated red paper over cloth with printed label to front board. Without jacket as issued. Light wear only. Some pages uncut. Copy #22 of 400 total copies signed by Faulkner. Additionally this book has been inscribed by Faulkner on its title page: "William Faulkner. Los Angeles Cal. 23 April 1936." Rarely seen thus. A story which was rejected by numerous magazines from The American Mercury to Woman's Home Companion.The eventual publication by Random House was likely a factor in Faulkner ending up with them from 1936 on forward. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
1931229089New York Random House 1931. 1931. First edition so stated. 8vo. Original marbled boards with printed label on the upper cover. Original glassine jacket. Fine and fresh copy. Enclosed in a full maroon morocco drop box cover ruled in gilt and spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt with gilt stamped lettering. No other signatures or bookplates. Number 164 of 400 copies signed by Faulkner on the colophon page. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York, Random House, 1931. hardcover books
194613969JNew York: 2 pages quarto September 21 1946. Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner – Supplementary Contract Between Cagney Productions and William Faulkner purchasing the film rights to Faulkner’s short story – “Two Soldiers.†James Cagney purchased the rights to produce a motion picture version of “Two Soldiers†as a vehicle for himself but it was never produced. 2 pages, quarto unknown books
196013979JNew York: 2 pages quarto October 2 1960. Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner – Contract between Hughes Massie & Company of London and William Faulkner for the British play production of “Requiem For a Nun.†Signed by William Faulkner and initialed once by him in the margin. 2 pages, quarto unknown books
196013978JNew York: 7 pages quarto April 5 1960. Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner – Contract between Samuel French Inc. and William Faulkner giving French the right to license stock and amateur acting rights for play productions of “Requiem For a Nun.†7 pages, quarto unknown books
195213974JNew York: 1 page quarto April 11 1952. Original Typed Letter Signed from Harold Ober to William Faulkner asking for changes in the commencement date of payments by Lemuel Ayers for his intended play production of “Requiem For a Nun.†Signed by William Faulkner at the bottom agreeing to the changes and countered by Lemuel Ayers. Faulkner wrote “Requiem For a Nun†specifically for his actress friend and fellow Mississippian Ruth Ford. In turn Ford spent the next eight years attempting to mount a production of the play on Broadway production which she did not succeed at doing until 1959. During this process Lemuel Ayers eventually bowed out as producer and was replaced. 1 page, quarto unknown books
193191796New York: Johnathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. First edition of the novel that established Faulkner's literary reputation. Octavo original half cloth pictorial endpapers. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example. Set in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County Mississippi in the summer of 1929 Sanctuary is a story of murder rape and abduction; widely considered Faulkner's most controversial work and the novel responsible for his breakthrough as one of the most talented writers of the 20th century. "It is one of the most terrifying books I have ever read. And it is one of the most extraordinary" - Edwin Seaver. Johnathan Cape & Harrison Smith hardcover books
193812528JNew York: Random House 1938. First Edition. Review copy with the publisher’s printed and dated notice and photograph of the author laid in. The notice gives publisher price and date of publication February 15 1938 as well as a description of the book. “.Straight reading from Faulkner - in one of the finest books he has yet written. It covers the later days of the Civil War when the Yankees destroyed the plantation but not the spirit of the indomitable Sartoris family in Mississippi. Many of the chapters appeared originally in magazines but Faulkner has largely rewritten them and this record of the valiant Sartorises is now a continuous narrative packed with war romance humor and above all courage. Illustrations by Edward Shenton.†The photograph of Faulkner is one of the classic 1930s images of the man and in the white margin beneath reads: “WILLIAM FAULKNER - One of America’s top ranking authors whose new book THE UNVANQUISHED deals with the Civil War Random House.†The book is a fine tight copy in a lightly used dust jacket with a two inch tear a faint bit of dust soiling at spine and a couple of tiny nicks. Random House unknown books
601623""William Faulkner" in black fountain pen ink on plain unheaded paper watermarked "Caravan Bond Sphinx Paper"; New York December 4 1952. 4to. 1 page recto only; file holes in upper margin not affecting the document. Fine fresh clean and dark example. This document assigns to Random House directly all future income due Faulkner from a three-way agreement among Faulkner Random House and the William Morris Agency. The document relates to Faulkners short story "The Old Man" part of his book "Wild Palms" 1939. The story discusses a convicts release to work on a flood control in Mississippi. It was written as a screenplay to be used on television. Unfortunately the project never went through. Faulkner at this time was writing television scripts attempting to raise some money for travel and to have free time to continue writing on his novel "The Town." Faulkner 1897-1962 American novelist; winner of both the Nobel Prize for Literature 1949 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1955. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Fine. unknown books
192791795New York: Boni & Liveright Inc 1927. First edition of Faulkner's second novel. Octavo original cloth pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip to the front flap. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. A very nice example of this early Faulkner work. On a yacht on Lake Pontchartrain a diverse group of strangely associated people including a social climber famous writer sculptor and Englishman embark on a four-day excursion from the city of New Orleans. Evidently inspired by an similar excursion from Faulkner's own life the novel offered a tongue in cheek criticism of the repetitive and mundane preoccupations of the New Orleans creative community Faulkner was immersed in at the time. Boni & Liveright, Inc hardcover books
19301508083Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A near fine first edition First Published 1930 stated on copyright page in a very good restored dust jacket. Second issue book with "I" correctly aligned on page 11. Housed in both a slipcase with the dust jacket design and another custom-made collector's slipcase. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith hardcover books
19323285The Book Club of Texas 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Copy #202 of a total of 300 copies. Near fine lacking the rare tissue wrapper. This copy has been inscribed by Faulkner on its title page: "William Faulkner. Los Angeles Cal. 23 April 1936." Only 300 copies of this unsigned limited edition were printed and inscribed copies are quite scarce. The story was written in 1928 and in terms of subject matter is similar to "Dry September" and "A Rose for Emily." <br/><br/> The Book Club of Texas hardcover books
1927161018001New York: Boni & Liveright 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price of $2.50 intact. Pale orange title stamping is nice and bright. Cloth lightly rubbed at extremities lightly mottling at rear. Light shelf lean. Previous owner personal library stamp to verso of front free end paper small tear to edge of page. Dust jacket is heavily toned at the spine lightly worn at corners and spine ends with several short tears at the joints and a series of small stray ink dots to front flap. A rather nice jacketed copy of Faulkner's second novel. Boni & Liveright hardcover books
195813971JLos Angeles: 1 page quarto November 5 1958. Typed and Printed Document Signed by William Faulkner - Faulkner acknowledges that Paramount Pictures purchased the film rights to his novel “Sanctuary†and that he has renewed the copyright to the original novel and is affirming the film rights in the story to the EMKA Ltd. who purchased the remake film rights from Paramount November 5 1958. EMKA produced the new version at Twentieth Century-Fox in 1961 adapted by Ruth Ford and James Poe directed by Tony Richardson starring Lee Remick Yves Montand and Bradford Dillman. 1 page, quarto unknown books
195313953JNew York: 2 pages quarto February 27 1953. Original Typed Document Signed – Contract Agreement in which the J. Walker Thompson Company purchases the rights to produce a television play of William Faulkner’s short story “The Broochâ€. Signed by William Faulkner. “The Brooch†was presented on April 2 1953 on the series ‘Lux Video Theatre’ and starred Dan Duryea Sally Forrest and Mildred Natwick. 2 pages, quarto unknown books
195313954JNew York: 2 pages quarto March 30 1953. Original Typed Document Signed – Contract Agreement in which the J. Walker Thompson Company purchases the rights to produce a television play of William Faulkner’s short story “Shall Not Perishâ€. 2 pages. Signed by William Faulkner. “Shall Not Perish†was presented on February 11 1954 on the series ‘Lux Video Theatre’ and starred Fay Bainter Raymond Burr and Vera Miles. 2 pages, quarto unknown books
194613968JNew York: 11 pages quarto September 21 1946. Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner – Contract between Cagney Productions and William Faulkner purchasing the film rights to Faulkner’s short story – “Two Soldiers.†James Cagney purchased the rights to produce a motion picture version of “Two Soldiers†as a vehicle for himself but it was never produced. 11 pages, quarto unknown books
195113972JNew York: 5 pages quarto November 30 1951. Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner – Contract between Lemuel Ayers and William Faulkner with his publishers Random House giving Ayers the rights to produce a play production of “Requiem For a Nun.†Signed by William Faulkner and Robert Haas on behalf of Random House. Faulkner wrote “Requiem For a Nun†specifically for his actress friend and fellow Mississippian Ruth Ford. In turn Ford spent the next eight years attempting to mount a production of the play on Broadway production which she did not succeed at doing until 1959. During this process Lemuel Ayers eventually bowed out as producer and was replaced. 5 pages, quarto unknown books
1926148543New Orleans: Pelican 1926. First. hardcover. near fine. Drawn by W.M. Spratling and Arranged by William Faulkner. Thin 8vo green boards; darker green printed label. New Orleans: The Pelican Bookshop 1926. First Edition.<br/><br/> Of an edition of 250 copies this is number 15 of about 50 signed on the flyleaf by Spratling and with some of plates hand tinted by him. Spratling has added a presentation on the dedication page to author Kenneth Roberts whose ex-libris is on the endpaper. The very delicate binding is in fine original condition except for inevitable fading of the spine and upper front cover. There is a half inch closed tear in the margin of the title page otherwise a fine copy of a very scarce book.<br/><br/> Pelican unknown books
1942106906Random House 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. NY Random House 1942. Octavo. First edition first binding state. A collection of seven stories one of which appears here for the first time and the other six containing revisions from their previous appearances. These stories were intended to form a complete novel and in later printings "and Other Stories" is omitted from the title. A fine bright copy in black cloth stamped in red and gilt with a fine price-clipped dust wrapper with minute and invisible restoration on the jacket. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Random House hardcover books
19274201New York: Boni and Liveright 1927. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine copy of the book in a Near Fine dust jacket. One small tear at the crown repaired on the verso with tape. Spine a bit toned otherwise a fresh example. Housed in a custom clamshell box.<br/><br/>Faulkner's second novel Mosquitoes provides "a fascinating glimpse of the author as a young artist.introducing us to a colorful band of passengers on a boating excursion from New Orleans. This engaging high-spirited tale -- which Faulkner wrote 'for the sake of writing because it was fun' -- provides a delightful accompaniment to his more canonical works" Norton. On its release Lillian Hellman declared Mosquitoes "full of the kind of swift and lusty writing that comes from a healthy fresh pen" NY Herald Tribune. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Boni and Liveright unknown books
195513957JNew York: 2 pages quarto 8 1/2†x 11†May 31 1955. Original Typed and Printed Document Signed – Contract Between William Faulkner and CBS Television licensing a television adaptation of “Knight’s Gambit.†2 pages May 31 1955. Signed by William Faulkner and initialed by him once in the margin. Faulkner’s story title was changed to “Wild Stallion†when it appeared on the series ‘Climax’ and starred Mary Astor Kathleen Crowley Roy Glenn Wilton Graff as Faulkner’s famous character Gavin Stevens Paul Henreid and Richard Long. With some tiny staple holes to the upper left corners two 1†tears to the to and outer edge of the first page otherwise in very good condition. 2 pages, quarto, 8 1/2†x 11†unknown books
195113973JNew York: 22 pages November 30 1951. Original Typed and Printed Document Signed – Contract between Lemuel Ayers and William Faulkner giving Ayers the rights to produce a play production of “Requiem For a Nun.†Signed by William Faulkner with handwritten changes authorized and initialed by Harold Ober. Faulkner wrote “Requiem For a Nun†specifically for his actress friend and fellow Mississippian Ruth Ford. In turn Ford spent the next eight years attempting to mount a production of the play on Broadway production which she did not succeed at doing until 1959. During this process Lemuel Ayers eventually bowed out as producer and was replaced. 22 pages, unknown books
196013964JLos Angeles: 5 pages quarto April 1 1960. Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner – the Agreement of Sale Contract to Twentieth Century-Fox to purchase the motion picture rights to the Faulkner short story “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard†which is part of his novel – “The Hamlet.†In 1958 Twentieth Century-Fox produced the acclaimed motion picture version “The Long Hot Summer†directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Orson Welles Tony Franciosa Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury. 5 pages, quarto unknown books
151913965JNew York: 21 pages quarto June 15 1959. Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner – Contract between William Faulkner and Ruth Ford Zachary Scott and Harvey Breit in which they purchase an option to produce a film adaptation of “Light in August.†After her years of bringing “Requiem For a Nun†to the stage actress Ruth Ford unsuccessfully attempted to mount a film production of “Light in August†to star her and her actor husband Zachary Scott. 21 pages, quarto unknown books