Faulkner william

1948 · 6510 — <p>New York: Random House 1948. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good /very good. Book is a fictional "study of murder and the mass mind of an accused Negro whose guilt or innocence becomes secondary to the larger moral problems of justice itself of a boy just old enough to find his way into manhood under the stress of conflicting values of a community suspended momentarily between instinctive decency and bestial irrevocable action." Tight binding. No chips tears or creases on pages. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Black coverboards with gilt lettering. Top right front corner is bumped. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has small chips/tears around edges a smudge on rear panel and some paper loss at head/tail of spine. Size: 8vo 8" to 9". 247 pp. <br /><br /></p> Random House hardcover