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141913976JNew York: 16 pages November 14 1955 & April 26 1956. Original Typed Letter Signed and Printed Document – Typed Letter Signed from William Faulkner to Roger Stevens and Oliver Smith asking that they send all payment checks due to him to be paid to his agents Harold Ober Associates attached to a copy of the contract between Roger Stevens and William Faulkner for a play production of “Requiem For a Nun†in which Stevens will act as producer and the contact is signed by Faulkner’s Random House editor Saxe Commins who held Faulkner’s power of attorney. Signed by William Faulkner in the letter. 16 pages, unknown books
195513956JOxford Mississippi: 1 page quarto July 20 1955. Typed Letter Signed from William Faulkner to Warner Brothers Pictures allowing the use of his name and to quote from his writings in a scene in their film – “Toward the Unknown.†Accompanied by three pages of the film script which contains the scene in which Faulkner is named and quoted. The finished film was directed by Mervyn Le Roy and starred William Holden Lloyd Nolan James Garner in a drama set among the world of U.S. Air Force test pilots. 1 page, quarto unknown books
1940WRCLIT55076New York: Random House 1940. Gilt cloth and decorative paper over boards t.e.g. Color pictorial title. The extreme top and lower edges of the boards are a bit darkened else about fine. First edition limited issue. One of two hundred and fifty numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author. The first volume of the Snopes Trilogy. PETERSEN A20c. MASSEY 55. Random House hardcover books
196013961JWaco Texas: Baylor University 5 pages quarto January 8 1960. Original Typed and Printed Document Signed – stock try-out production contract for a stage play adaptation of “As I Lay Dying†which was produced as “Journey To Jefferson†by Robert Flynn at Baylor University. 5 pages January 8 1960. Signed by William Faulkner and initialed 4 times by him in the margins. Baylor University, 5 pages, quarto unknown books
195813977JNew York: 16 pages quarto March 1 1958. Original Typed and Printed Document Signed by William Faulkner – Contract between Ruth Ford and William Faulkner for a play production of Requiem For a Nun. Signed by William Faulkner and initialed 3 times by him in the margins. 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. 16 pages, quarto unknown books
195813963JLos Angeles: 5 pages quarto December 9 1958. Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner – the Agreement of Sale Contract to Twentieth Century-Fox to purchase the film rights to the Faulkner short stories “Spotted Horses†and “The Hound†which are parts 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
19311508074Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition in a very good unrestored dust jacket with a small chip on the front panel and at the bottom of the spine. First Published 1931 stated on the copyright page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith hardcover books
195813962JLos Angeles: 13 pages quarto March 10 1958. Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner – the Agreement of Sale Contract to Twentieth Century-Fox to purchase the motion picture rights to the 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. 13 pages, quarto unknown books
195613967JLos Angeles: 11 pages quarto March 1 1956. Original Typed Document Signed – Contract between Universal Pictures Company and William Faulkner purchasing the film rights to Faulkner’s novel - “Pylon.†11 pages March 1 1956. Signed twice by William Faulkner and initialed 4 times by him in the margins and additionally signed by Faulkner’s wife Estelle Oldham Faulkner and his daughter Jill Faulkner Summers. Universal Pictures eventually produced the film as “The Tarnished Angels†directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone. 11 pages, quarto unknown books
19301508059Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine first edition first issue in a near fine dust jacket. One of only 750 copies with the first issue dropped I on page 11. Jacket is unrestored. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith hardcover books
1939115342New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1939. First edition first issue one of 750 copies with dropped "I" on p. 11 and in the first state binding with lettering unbroken of this work which consistently ranks as one of the greatest works of twentieth century literature. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. An exceptional example. Faulkner had stated to have written As I Lay Dying in six weeks with no revisions and its stream-of-consciousness style suggests such an immersive spontaneity. "I set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force. Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the first word I knew what the last word would be and almost where the last period would fall" William Faulkner on As I Lay Dying. "No man ever put more of his heart and soul into the written word than did William Faulkner. If you want to know all you can about that heart and soul the fiction where he put it is still right there" Eudora Welty. Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. It is the basis for the 2013 film bearing the same name directed and co-written by and starring James Franco. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith hardcover books
191713382JOxford Mississippi: University of Mississippi 1917. First Edition. William Faulkner’s historic first appearance in print with his contribution of a drawing. Original flexible leather covers. Contemporary signature of a Faulkner classmate. Near fine copy. All of Faulkner’s Old Miss university yearbooks are rare especially so in this rare first appearance. University of Mississippi hardcover books
195613960JNew York: 3 pages quarto October 8 1956. Original Typed Document Signed – Contract Agreement with MGM Records in which William Faulkner agrees to allow MGM Records to produce a long play recording of him reading from his works. Signed by William Faulkner and initialed 17 times by him in the margins as well as on inserted rider clauses. The finished record “William Faulkner Reads From His Works†was issued in 1957 and contains him reading two excerpts from “Light In August†and two excerpts from “The Sound and the Fury.†3 pages, quarto unknown books
195613975JNew York: 3 pages quarto October 23 1956. Original Typed Letter Signed by William Faulkner and Typed Document Signed by Albert Camus – Typed Letter Signed from William Faulkner and signed as well by Harold Ober authorizing Albert Camus to stage his own production of “Requiem For A Nun†attached to a copy of the contract written in English. Signed by Albert Camus 3 pages October 23 1956. Camus created his own French adaptation and staged it in 1956 entitled “Requiem Pour Une Nonne†and later Camus wrote the preface to the published French translation of Faulkner’s original work. 3 pages, quarto unknown books
19291910043Harcourt Brace 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition first printing inscribed by Faulkner on the title page: "William Faulkner Oxford Miss. 26 January 1931." A beautiful copy bound in full black morocco leather binding. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Harcourt Brace hardcover books
19291803051Harcourt Brace & Company 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine first edition first printing with copyright 1929 printed on the copyright page and no indication of later printings. Rear free end paper detached from last page at binding. Previous bookseller's sticker on rear pastedown. In near fine dust jacket with very minor closed tears on either side of spine. Housed in custom-made foldout slipcase with very light scuffing. Harcourt, Brace & Company hardcover books
1948143853New York: Signet Books 1948. First Separate Edition. INSCRIBED by Faulkner to publisher Kurt Enoch: "William Faulkner / New York / 5 Feb 1950 / Mr. Enoch." Faulkner inscriptions of this significance are rare. From the Kurt Enoch collection with a letter of provenance included. <br/><br/>This first separate publication of "The Old Man" proposed to Enoch by Faulkner himself transforming one half of Faulkner's "The Wild Palms" into a stand-alone narrative untangling the novel's two interwoven narratives with which Faulkner had never made peace. <br/><br/>Kurt Enoch was the founder of Signet Books and a publisher whose desire was to bring great literature and genre fiction out of the libraries and into the hands of readers. With a letter of provenance included. A tremendous association. <br/><br/>Near Fine in wrappers. Signet Books unknown books
19361508170Random House 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket with a signed page from the signed limited edition laid in. Signed by William Faulkner. Small sticker attached on front paste-down. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcse. Random House hardcover books
1951112874New York: Random House 1951. First edition of the sequel to Faulkner's Sanctuary. Octavo original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to his first cousin "With love to Sallie Burns <span class="match">William</span> Faulkner Oxford MS 20 Oct 1951." Sallie Falkner Burns was close with Faulkner and is mentioned in a number of Faulkner biographies as she knew more about his childhood and later years more than anyone living. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design M. McKnight Kauffer. The sequel to Faulkner's early novel Sanctuary Requiem for a Nun follows the previously introduced characters of Temple Drake her friend later husband Gowan Stevens and Gowan's uncle Gavin Stevens. The events in Requiem are set in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County and Jackson Mississippi in November 1937 and March 1938 eight years after the events of Sanctuary. In Requiem Temple now married with a child must learn to deal with her violent turbulent past as related in Sanctuary. Random House hardcover books
1940109883New York: Random House 1940-1959. A complete set of the limited signed first edition of Faulkner's acclaimed Snopes Trilogy. Octavo original cloth. Each volume is signed by William Faulkner. Each are in near fine to fine condition. The Hamlet the first book of the series chronicles the advent and rise of the grasping Snopes family in mythical Yoknapatawpha County is a work that Cleanth Brooks called "one of the richest novels in the Faulkner canon." It recounts how the wily cunning Flem Snopes dominates the rural community of Frenchmans Bend- and claims the voluptuous Eula Varner as his bride. The Town the second novel records Flems ruthless struggle to take over the county seat of Jefferson Mississippi. Finally the Mansion tells of Mink Snopes whose archaic sense of honor brings about the downfall of his cousin Flem. "For all his concerns with the South Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man" noted Ralph Ellison. "Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for the greatness of our classics." Uncommon in this condition. Random House hardcover books
19292005419New York: Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith 1929. First. hardcover. Very good/Very good. A very good first edition so stated on copyright page in a very good restored dust jacket. Restoration to top of dj. 1st issue $3 price for Humanity Uprooted on back panel of dj. Housed in a custom made collector's clamshell case. Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith unknown books
1957125095New York: Random House 1957. First edition first state with the 5/57 at the bottom of the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page in the year of publication "11 Nov 57 Best wishes William Faulkner." With the publisher's advance review copy slip dated May 1 1957 laid in and a copy of the jacket photograph of Faulkner by Phyllis Cerf laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with only light rubbing to the crown of the spine bookplate. Jacket design by Push Pin Studios. Rare and desirable signed in the year of publication. The Town follows the fictional Snopes family of Mississippi. It is the second of the "Snopes" trilogy following The Hamlet 1940 and completed by The Mansion 1959. Random House hardcover books
4043Faulkner signed this contract which transferred distribution rights of the film based on Faulkner's story "Turnabout" to the Loew's Corporation. "By an assignment dated September 26 1932 I conveyed to William B. Hawks all rights of every kind. in my story. TURNABOUT published in the March 5 1932 issue of the Saturday Evening Post and registered for copyright. On November 4 1932 William B. Hawks conveyed all. rights. to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. your predecessor. In my assignment. it was provided that I. secure. renewals of all copyrights.The copyright of March 1 1932. was renewed in my name on March 4 1959.Accordingly I now assign and confirm to you. the same rights in the work entitled TURNABOUT." Signed in full on the signature line "William Faulkner.". The film referenced in our document is titled "Today We Live" released in 1933 by MGM. According to the Turner Classics Movies web site this film is listed as being distributed by Loew's which was the parent company of MGM from 1924-1959. The story is about an American World War I aviator who befriends a British torpedo boat pilot and comes to see the war from a different perspective. The film considered a romance drama was produced and directed by Howard Hawks and starred Joan Crawford Gary Cooper Robert Young and Franchot Tone. Faulkner provided dialogue for the film. Hawks purchased the option on the story but Irving Thalberg then Vice President of MGM forced Hawks to hire Crawford for the film and forced Faulkner to write a love interest for the men. Crawford was under contract for MGM at the time. <br/><br/>All of this weakened Faulkner's original story and thus the film's plot. In addition the film apparently included inappropriate use of non-period costumes and an unconvincing Crawford. "Today We Live" turned into a failure. According to a movie review in the "New York Times" on April 15 1933 by Mordaunt Hall this "first of William Faulkner's literary efforts to reach the screen. is understood to have been amplified in the studio by the author. is at times vague and cumbersome. It possesses however the spark of sincerity. " Margin tears and stains show on right margins of both pages. unknown books
1932WRCLIT63132New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas 1932. Large octavo. Rough woven tan cloth lettered in blue and orange. A fine copy in equally fine and unusually bright and fresh pictorial dust jacket with the very slightly chipped and tanned outer glassine wrapper carefully preserved. First edition first printing first binding. The first printing consisted of 8500 copies a relatively small number of which appeared with blue stamping only a characteristic of the bindings of the later impressions. The error "Jefferson" on p.340 has no bibliographic significance as it reoccurs in the reprints. PETERSEN A13a. MASSEY 103. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas hardcover books
193218444ENew York: Smith & Haas 1932. First Edition First Printing. From the library of film director Tod Browning with his signature in pencil to the front pastedown. Very good lightly used copy with a trace of edge wear a faint 1/3†spot to the cloth at the front board and slight edge wear in a very good bright dust jacket with a few tiny nicks and tears with two tears skillfully internally mended by an expert paper conservationist. At this time during the Great Depression Faulkner was attempting to break into Hollywood screenwriting as his income from his novels and stories provided very little. Tod Browning was Lon Chaney Sr.’s most noted director during the silent era specializing in strange and atmospheric crime films and pictures with elements of horror. With the coming of sound Browning directed Bela Lugosi in the original 1931 Dracula and at MGM he directed his 1932 masterpiece Freaks. Smith & Haas hardcover books
