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1931147661931. FAULKNER William. These 13. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: Cape 1931. First edition. One of 299 copies signed by the author. A fine copy in a custom cloth slipcase. unknown
1959002700MBCN.Y.: Random House 1959. Limited Edition. Very Fine. A very fine clean and tight copy in a custom leather spine clam shell case. Signed Limited Edition Number 376/500 copies. Bookplate appears on front board. A very nice copy that comes with onion skin wrapper & clear acetate cover. A very nice copy. Random House unknown
1938014464Random House 1938. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition Signed 1/250 # 46 Maroon Spine With Pattern Boards Fine Copy Gorgeous Fresh Copy. Random House Hardcover
1931002800TN.Y.: Random House 1931. Limited Edition. Fine. A sharp copy. No bumped corners to book. Cop is clean and tight issued without a jacket. Signed Limited Edition 109 of 299 copies. Comes with a clear glassine and onion skin wrapper. Small bookplate appears on front board. A very nice copy. Random House unknown
1938014464Random House 1938. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition Signed 1/250 # 46 Maroon Spine With Pattern Boards Fine Copy Gorgeous Fresh Copy. Random House Hardcover books
1931194777New York Random House 1931. 1931. First edition. 8vo. Original marbled boards. Original glassine jacket small chips. Fine and fresh copy. No other signatures or bookplates. Number 316 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
19311610045Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed limited edition this is number 30 of 299 signed by Faulkner. One of the smallest limitations of the Faulkner signed limiteds. Near fine condition in a handsome matching custom-made slipcase. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith hardcover books
1931194777New York Random House 1931. 1931. First edition. 8vo. Original marbled boards. Original glassine jacket small chips. Fine and fresh copy. No other signatures or bookplates. Number 316 of 400 copies signed by Faulkner on the colophon page. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York, Random House, 1931. hardcover
19311610045Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed limited edition this is number 30 of 299 signed by Faulkner. One of the smallest limitations of the Faulkner signed limiteds. Near fine condition in a handsome matching custom-made slipcase. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith hardcover
729Harrison Smith & Robert Haas 1934. Copy 254 of 350 signed VG in black cloth over maroon boards w/gilt titling at front cover and spine w/Harrison Smith Bow & Arrow logo. Rough cut fore and bottom edges top edge painted black. Beautiful book. Interiors VG. If you can afford good whiskey it should be drunk evenings reading this copy. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas unknown
1206Random House 1931. Copy #181 of 400. Some darkening toward spine spine in somewhat fragile condition some wear showing around edges. Interior VG and all other aspects of book VG. Set in southwest Arizona tells the story of a woman who leaves her husband and two children to be with a younger man. Random House unknown
19312205006New York: Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith 1931. Signed Limited. hardcover. Very good. Signed limited edition one of only 299 signed copies this is number 22 signed by Faulkner on the colophon page. Very good in original boards with former owner's large ex libris stamp on all endpapers. Appears to be unread and rarely even opened. Contains many of Faulkner's most important short stories including the classic and haunting A Rose for Emily. Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith unknown
19355977New Orleans: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas Inc 1935. First Edition. Faulkner's eighth novel set in a fictionalized New Orleans during the Great Depression and centered around the unconventional lives of a group of barnstorming pilots. Basis for Douglas Sirk's 1938 film Tarnished Angels starring Rock Hudson Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone. Petersen A16b. First Printing trade issue. Octavo 19.5cm; blue and black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; 78-3151pp. Some rubbing to a few letters on spine trivial wear to spine ends with a hint of foxing to text edges and endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 with a hint of sunning to spine light wear to crown and a touch of dustiness to rear panel; Near Fine. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc unknown
193117740New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. Limited Edition. Cloth. Near fine. Signed limited edition of These 13: Stories by William Faulkner. Octavo x 358pp. Publisher's original beige cloth boards with brown cloth spine title in silver on spine. Top edge silver. Gray endpapers. Uncut edges some unopened. Light toning around edges of side panels internally clean. From a limited edition of 299 copies signed by the author this is number 98. Bruccoli & Clark I:122 Hamblin 398 Housed in custom brown cloth clamshell title in silver over brown morocco label. An attractive copy. This work is Faulkner's first volume of short fiction. It was originally titled "A Rose for Emily and Other Stories" but was renamed before publication in September of 1931. While positively reviewed by The New York Times it was considered uneven by some critics. This work includes a total of 13 short stories. Part I: Victory Ad Astra All the Dead Pilots Crevasse. Part II: Red Leaves A Rose for Emily A Justice Hair That Evening Sun Dry September. Part III: Mistral Divorce in Naples Carcassonne. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith unknown
195489763New York: Random House 1954. Third printing of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page "William Faulkner New York 3 Dec 1954." Near fine in fine dust jacket. From the library of fellow writer Budd Schulberg. American screenwriter novelist and sportswriter Schulberg is best known for his 1954 Academy Award-winning screenplay On the Waterfront as well as his 1941 novel What Makes Sammy Run inspired by the life of his father early Hollywood mogul B. P. Schulberg. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Riki Levinson. The Fable won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1955. An allegorical story of World War I set in the trenches in France and dealing ostensibly with a mutiny in a French regiment it was originally considered a sharp departure for Faulkner. Recently it has come to be recognized as one of his major works and an essential part of the Faulkner oeuvre. Faulkner himself fought in the war and his descriptions of it "rise to magnificence" according to The New York Times and include in Malcolm Cowley's words "some of the most powerful scenes he ever conceived." Petersen A31b Random House hardcover books
1932109824New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas 1932. First edition first issue with first printing statement on copyright page and "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on page 340 line 1; first-issue binding lettered in blue and orange. Octavo original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Petersen A13a; Howard A13.1a; Massey 103. An exceptional example. One of William Faulkners most admired and accessible novels Light in August reveals the great American author at the height of his powers. Lena Groves resolute search for the father of her unborn child begets a rich poignant and ultimately hopeful story of perseverance in the face of mortality. It also acquaints us with several of Faulkners most unforgettable characters including the Reverend Gail Hightower plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen and Joe Christmas a ragged itinerant soul obsessed with his mixed-race ancestry. Powerfully entwining these characters stories Light in August brings to life Faulkners imaginary South one of literatures great invented landscapes in all of its unerringly fascinating glory. "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. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas hardcover books
193517565New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1935. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 310 numbered copies signed by the author. Octavo 19.5cm; silver foil boards back in light blue cloth with title stamped in gilt on spine and pictorial device stamped in blue on front board; top edge gilt; 3153pp. Bookplate to front pastedown spine cloth faded and lightly soiled minor offsetting to gutters and a tiny patch of foil skinned at right edge of rear panel; Very Good in a like example of the scarce original slipcase; toned worn with minor splitting along edges but perfectly sound with the original title labels intact. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas unknown books
1935336759New York: Harrison Smith 1935. Limited. hardcover. near fine. 8vo pictorial silver foil boards with light blue cloth spine & corners; spine lightly faded. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas 1935. Limited First Edition.<br/> <br/> Number 6 of a special edition of 300 copies numbered & signed by Faulkner. Near fine in the publishers plain board box with printed labels. The box is fragile but intact & unrestored.<br/> <br/> Harrison Smith unknown
19404962New York: Random House 1940. First Edition. An attractive copy of the first volume in Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy. Basis for Martin Ritt's 1958 film The Long Hot Summer starring Paul Newman Orson Welles and Joanne Woodward. Petersen A20a. First Printing. Octavo 20.75cm; black cloth with titling and rule stamped in gilt and red on spine and front panel; purple topstain; dustjacket; x23-4213pp. Some trivial handling to boards with light oxidation to gilt; Near Fine with the purple topstain bright and unfaded. In the first state dustjacket designed by James Salter with 10 Random House titles listed on rear panel; unclipped priced $2.50 gently spine-sunned with light wear to extremities and a tiny nick at crown; a Near Fine unrestored example. Random House unknown
193113577New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. Signed limited edition of These 13: Stories by William Faulkner. Octavo x 358pp. Publisher's original beige cloth boards with brown cloth spine title in silver on spine. Top edge silver. Gray endpapers. Uncut edges some unopened. Includes the scarce glassine wrapper. From a limited edition of 299 copies signed by the author this is number 3. Bruccoli & Clark I:122 Hamblin 398 A beautiful copy. This work is Faulkner's first volume of short fiction. It was originally titled "A Rose for Emily and Other Stories" but was renamed before publication in September of 1931. While positively reviewed by The New York Times it was considered uneven by some critics. This work includes a total of 13 short stories. Part I: Victory Ad Astra All the Dead Pilots Crevasse. Part II: Red Leaves A Rose for Emily A Justice Hair That Evening Sun Dry September. Part III: Mistral Divorce in Naples Carcassonne. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith unknown
1935153423New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner inscription. First Printing stated. Price of 2.50 intact on the front flap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas hardcover
1935219662New York: Smith and Haas 1935. First edition NO. 267 OF 310 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Faulkner. Folding frontispiece facsimile of a page of manuscript slightly creased at lower edge. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth stamped in silver with silver-coated boards. Spine is evenly faded as usual slight scuffing to silver paper endpapers with slight browning; the scarce publisher's box present only in front and rear panels. First edition NO. 267 OF 310 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Faulkner. Folding frontispiece facsimile of a page of manuscript slightly creased at lower edge. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 310 Copies Signed. Smith and Haas unknown books
193859576NY: Random House 1938. First Edition limited edition 1/250 copies signed by Faulkner. 8vo pp. 293. Bound in cloth backed patterned boards little tanned at the extremities of the boards 1/2 square faded mark on the cloth at the rear hinge o/w a very good clean tight copy. Peterson A8a; Massey 364. The Unvanquished is a novel set in Yoknapatawpha County. It tells the story of the Sartoris family who first appeared in the novel Sartoris. The Unvanquished takes place before that story and is set during the American Civil War. Random House unknown books
193217019New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas 1932. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; original tan coarse cloth boards. First binding lettered in blue and orange on spine and in orange on front cover; reddish-brown top-stain; dustjacket; 480pp. A Fine copy in the original unclipped jacket well-preserved but for two small clear tape repairs verso mild rubbing and fading to spine and rear panel; Very Good. Lacking the original unprinted glassine overlay. <br /> <br /> This appears to be a variant as noted in Ahearn APG with reddish-brown top-stain and sheets bulking to 1-3/16" versus 1-1/16" in most copies first noted by Pepper & Stern in 1994. The jacket also includes the unrecorded per APG variant "Lee Christmas" for "Joe Christmas" on front flap. A pretty copy free of restoration or sophistications and with less than the usual fading to the jacket spine. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas unknown
1935219662New York: Smith and Haas 1935. First edition NO. 267 OF 310 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Faulkner. Folding frontispiece facsimile of a page of manuscript slightly creased at lower edge. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth stamped in silver with silver-coated boards. Spine is evenly faded as usual slight scuffing to silver paper endpapers with slight browning; the scarce publisher's box present only in front and rear panels. First edition NO. 267 OF 310 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Faulkner. Folding frontispiece facsimile of a page of manuscript slightly creased at lower edge. 1 vols. 8vo. Smith and Haas unknown
