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1936170628001New York: Random House 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing. Very Good. Cloth lightly soiled. Small stain and small abrasion to top edge of page block and top edge of rear board. Hinge at rear slightly exposed folding map intact. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price of $2.50 intact with toning and light soiling rubbing at extremities and edge wear with chipping; the largest chip is smaller than 1/3-inch x less than 1/2-inch at the top of the front panel. A little worn but still a nice example of the George Salter dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
1931WRCLIT57474New York: Random House 1931. Marbled paper over boards printed label. Very minor rubbing to tips but a fine copy without the glassine wrapper. First edition. One of four hundred numbered copies signed by the author the entire edition. PETERSEN 10a. MASSEY 611. Random House hardcover books
1931WRCLIT55035New York: Random House 1931. Marbled paper over boards printed label. Very minor rubbing to the lower edges small bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown but a fine copy in glassine dust jacket the latter showing a couple tiny chips and a handful of closed edge-tears. First edition. One of four hundred numbered copies signed by the author the entire edition. PETERSEN 10a. MASSEY 611. Random House hardcover books
1951268657New York: Random House 1951. Limited. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo cloth backed marbled boards; original acetate dust wrapper. N.Y. 1951. Limited First Edition.<br/><br/> One of 750 signed copies.<br/><br/> Random House unknown books
1951150717001New York: Random House 1951. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Like New. Signed limited edition. Number 66 of 750 copies signed by William Faulkner on the limitation page. About Fine. A beautiful copy with light rubbing to the bottom edge of the marbled paper. Light fading to topstain. Spine cloth and gilt stamping are remarkably sharp. Acetate wrapper shows light rubbing and a small tear. Signed by William Faulkner on the limitation page. An absolutely stunning copy. Random House hardcover books
1951WRCLIT57517New York: Random House 1951. Cloth and marbled boards. About fine in acetate wrapper. First edition limited issue. One of 750 numbered copies specially printed and bound and signed by the author. Laid in front is the publisher's advance delivery memorandum noting the publication price and calling attention to the publication date Sept. 24. MASSEY 219. PETERSEN A28c. Random House hardcover books
195957240New York: Random House 1959. First edition 1/500 copies signed by the author. 8vo. 436 pp. The third volume in Faulkner's Snopes trilogy. Very good. Original blue cloth publisher's acetate dust jacket one small tear at front corner. #4321. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
195757241New York: Random House 1957. First edition 1/450 copies signed by the author. 8vo. 371 pp. The second volume in Faulkner's Snopes trilogy. Very good. Original tan cloth publisher's acetate dust jacket two small closed tears at top of spine. #4320. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
1954238379New York 1954. Vintage gelatin print. 1 vols. 252 x 196 mm 9-7/8 x 7-7/8 in. With Van Vechten's embossed stamp at lower right corner atelier-stamped on verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West /Cannot be reproduced without permission" and with Van Vechten's ms. date "December 11 1954 and the number of the negative "VII - mm - 5". Slight oxidation at lower and left edges. Van Vechten Carl. Vintage gelatin print. 1 vols. 252 x 196 mm 9-7/8 x 7-7/8 in. unknown books
19311086818vo. New York: Random House 1931. 8vo. 1-17 1 colophon pp. title-page printed in red and black. Original marbled paper boards with inlaid printed paper label to upper board uncut unopened. Remnants of the original glassine wrapper are still clinging to the boards a fine copy that appears to have never been read. Signed by the author at the colophon. § First edition number 248 of 400 copies signed by Faulkner. A short story based in southwest Arizona hints of the love story that would become The Wild Psalms appear in this melodrama. Random House hardcover books
19401104158vo. New York: Random House 1940. 8vo 421 pp. Original three quarter blue cloth paper boards top edge gilt backstrip ruled and titled in gilt without the glassine jacket. Boards sunned small ticket of Gotham Book Mart at foot of rear pastedown endpapers otherwise completely clean a very good copy. § First edition limited issue signed by the author and specially bound. Number 209 of 250 copies. The first novel in the Snopes trilogy. Described by the current publishers Penguin as "both an ironic take on classical tragedy and a mordant commentary on the grand pretensions of the antebellum South and the depths of its decay in the aftermath of war and Reconstruction". Random House hardcover books
19381086808vo. New York: Random House 1938. 8vo. vi 1-293 pp. title-page printed in black and red with vignette and seven headpieces. Original gray cloth with vignette stamped in red and dark-blue to upper board and lettering in red and dark-blue to backstrip top-edge red original dust-jacket of similar design. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with only the faintest hint of age toning at backstrip. Slipped in is a an article clipped from The New York Times dated Monday June 4 1962 “Books of the Times.†§ First edition. Seven short stories originally published in the Saturday Evening Post here published for the first time in sequential order. A nice little article about William Faulkner from The New York Times is slipped in. Random House hardcover books
19395662New York. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardbound no dust jacket ; first printing ; limited to two hundred and fifty copies being # 90 ; signed by Faulkner ; free endpaper has lightly separated from the limitation page but Is still tightly connected ; top and bottom of boards are shelf worn ; top edge gilt ; top outer corner is bumped as is the top front corner ; burgandy quarter cloth over wood grain paper covered boards ; fading to rear cover and spine ; clean and unmarked and bindind tight and square ; . Photos on request . ; 8vo; 339 pages; Signed by Author . hardcover
195450707New York: Random House 1954. First printing stated. Fine in near fine jacket and very good slipcase. Signed limited first edition of Faulkner's Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning novel. Set in the trenches of the First World War the grandly conceived FABLE was Faulkner's most overtly political novel and the product of a decade's labor. Marketed by its publisher as the controversial crowning achievement of a career studded with honors and bespangled with praises A FABLE was also perfectly crafted to give Ernest Hemingway fits with its religious symbolism: whatever his own many faults Hemingway wrote at least "I did not write A Fable by William Faulkner." Faulkner meanwhile considered it his masterpiece. A handsome copy in the unusually well preserved original glassine jacket. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original blue cloth stamped with blue and silver crosses. Dark blue topstain. Grey endpapers. In original glassine jacket. Original publisher's slipcase with printed blue and white label. Edition of 1000 signed copies printed on rag paper this copy no. 713. Signed by Faulkner at colophon. Light edgewear and minor chipping to jacket. Moderate toning to slipcase. Overall sound. Random House unknown
1936170628001New York: Random House 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing. Very Good. Cloth lightly soiled. Small stain and small abrasion to top edge of page block and top edge of rear board. Hinge at rear slightly exposed folding map intact. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price of $2.50 intact with toning and light soiling rubbing at extremities and edge wear with chipping; the largest chip is smaller than 1/3-inch x less than 1/2-inch at the top of the front panel. A little worn but still a nice example of the George Salter dust jacket. Random House hardcover
19345958New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1934. First Edition. Attractive copy of Faulkner's second collection of short fiction. Of the 14 stories presented in this collection "Black Magic" and "Leg" appear for the first time. Peterson A15a; Brodsky & Hamblin 358. First Printing trade issue. Octavo 19.5cm; indigo cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; yellow topstain; dustjacket; x3713pp. Hint of sunning to upped board edges else a fresh Fine copy with the topstain bright and unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 with some trivial wear to extremities tiny nicks to upper corners and subtle toning to the white portions of the spine and panels; Near Fine. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas unknown
1934005407Harrison Smith and Robert Haas. DJ in archival cover edge ware. $2.50 price on he flap. 371 pages. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1934. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas hardcover
43921FAULKNER William. A Fable. Original cloth. New York: Random House 1954. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies signed by the author. A fine copy in the publisher's slipcase. unknown
1942453685New York: Random House 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Variant binding of maroon cloth with pale green lettering and no topstain. One of eight or nine reported variants all of them scarcer than the primary binding of black cloth with gold spine-lettering and red topstain. Near fine in a very good dustjacket with modest chipping at the spine ends and a closed horizontal spine tear. A collection of interconnected stories published as a novel including the comic masterpiece "Was" and the first book appearance of his classic novella "The Bear. Random House hardcover
1949FIR334RANDOM 1949. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN DJ. Signed on the title page in pencil. Trade editions are notoriously scarce. RANDOM Hardcover
1932146368New 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. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the spine. Petersen A13a; Howard A13.1a; Massey 103. 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
193217039DALLAS: THE BOOK CLUB OF TEXAS. 1932. Fine. 1932. First Edition. Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies. WPA Theatre director Hallie Flanagan's copy with her wonderfully decorated Federal Theatre of Chicago bookplate on the front pastedown. Very close to fine in brick red cloth with gold stamping. 1"-inch scratch on front cover . DALLAS: THE BOOK CLUB OF TEXAS. 1932 hardcover
193596589New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Hass Inc 1935. First edition of Faulkner's explosive novel about a group of Southern barnstormers. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. A novel at once sympathetic and explosive Faulkner's Pylon is inhabited by characters still strange to the world today - a reckless and indomitable group of barnstormers performing in an unconventional flying circus. Set in a fictionalized version of New Orleans the novel became the basis for the sensational 1957 film 'The Tarnished Angels' starring Rock Hudson Robert Slack and Dorothy Malone. Harrison Smith and Robert Hass, Inc hardcover
193510124London:: Chatto & Windus 1935. First UK edition. publisher's mauve cloth in dust jacket. A near fine copy slight effacement to lettering on spine in a bright fresh example of the scarce jacket just a little tanned at spine. 8vo. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
1951268657New York: Random House 1951. Limited. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo cloth backed marbled boards; original acetate dust wrapper. N.Y. 1951. Limited First Edition.<br/> <br/> One of 750 signed copies.<br/> <br/> Random House unknown