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1950D17564Greenville Mississippi: The Levee Press 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. #602 of 975 copies SIGNED by Faulkner. Original green cloth no DJ as issued. With decorations by Elizabeth Calvert. Book is very nice and bright only the slightest touches of wear. Housed in a 1/2 leather custom box Asprey. <br/><br/> The Levee Press hardcover
19355274New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas Inc 1935. First edition. Near Fine. Octavo. Original blue cloth over silver boards with blue airplane stamped on the front board silver top-stain. Number 133 of 310 signed limited copies with the signed limitation page in the rear. A Near Fine copy of the book with the spine faded minor rubbing to silver boards and a previous owner's stamp on the half-title otherwise appearing clean and unread. Lacking the publisher's cardboard slipcase<br /> <br /> "While most critics consider Pylon to be Faulkner's most flawed novel 'unnecessary horror and violence' 'unintelligible descriptive passages' an 'inconceivable climax' Faulkner himself is reported to consider it the best of his works to be adapted to screen" University of Michigan. It was an admitted departure for the author as it was one of his few works to be set outside the fictional Yoknapatawpha County instead unfolding in a thinly disguised New Orleans here called New Valois. There a nameless reporter covers the story of a group of flyers on the circuit. "In Pylon Faulkner sets out to test their rootless modernity to see if there is any place in it for the old values of the human heart that are the central concerns of his best fiction" Random House. Near Fine. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc unknown
19515272New York: Random House 1951. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Number 9 of 750 copies of the signed limited edition. Book in Near Fine condition with spine a trifle faded at the base and a previous owner's stamp on the half-title otherwise quite fresh. In a Near Fine example of the publisher's acetate dust jacket with a small chip out of the lower corner and one or two short cracks. <br /> <br /> "This sequel to Faulkner's most sensational novel Sanctuary was written twenty years later but takes up the story of Temple Drake eight years after the events of its prequel. Temple is now married to Gowan Stevens. And the book begins as the death sentence is pronounced on the nurse Nancy for the murder of Temple and Gowan's child. Told partly in prose and partly in dramatic form Requiem for a Nun is a haunting exploration of the impact of the past on the present" Random House. Adapted by Camus for the French stage this novel contains one of Faulkner's most famous lines: "The past is never dead. It's not even past." Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Random House unknown
1951D17565New York: Random House 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Copy #152 of 750 signed copies of the limited edition. A rather fresh copy with light wear only. This work was a sequel of sorts to Sanctuary continuing the story of Temple Drake and was Faulkner's first publication after winning the Nobel Prize. It was later translated into French by Albert Camus. Housed in a custom 1/2 leather box Asprey. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover
19261401007Boni and Liveright New York 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good in original midnight blue cloth covered boards. First edition 1926 stated on title and copyright page. Slight rubbing along the edges and at corners lettering on spine rubbed. Comes housed in a custom-made slipcase. Boni and Liveright, New York hardcover
193050857London: Chatto and Windus 1930. Very good plus in very good plus jacket. First UK edition of Faulkner's first published novel a post-WWI story of a wounded aviator's return to his Georgia home. A commercial failure but a distinct critical success SOLDIERS' PAY was praised by contemporary critics in both England and America for its examination of the marks left by war on men in in a postwar landscape. "It is a tragic fascinating and beautiful story; told by a man who is a novelist to his finger-tips" Hughes wrote in his preface declaring Faulkner "the most interesting novelist in America." 7.5'' x 5''. Original green cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Dark green topstain. In original unclipped 7s. 6d. dust jacket. 326 6 pages. Light bumping to boards. Pencil owner name to front fly leaf and a few faint pencil check marks to page margins. Mild wear and toning to jacket shallow chipping to spine ends. Chatto and Windus unknown
1940116435Random House 1940. First edition first printing. Small bookseller's label to lower front free endpaper slight rubbing still fine in near fine unchipped dust jacket with some toning to rear panel and the slightest of darkening to spine panel in mylar cover. A handsome copy. Random House unknown
1931592824London: Chatto and Windus 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Introduction by Richard Hughes. Small contemporary pencil name corners a little bumped a little scattered foxing on the foredge and first and last few leaves else near fine in price-clipped and modestly and uniformly spine-toned very good dust jacket with light wear at the spine ends and a publisher's cancel label with a reduced price from The Centaur Library. A handsome copy of an uncommon edition of the author's best-known novel. Chatto and Windus hardcover
193817606New York: Random House 1938. First Edition. First Printing trade issue. Octavo 21cm; gray cloth with titling rule and pictorial elements stamped in black and red on spine and front panel; crimson topstain; dustjacket; vi293pp; illus. Decorative bookplate of John M. Cameron to front pastedown with the original receipt of sale to him laid in. Subtle offsetting to pastedowns and rear endpaper from binders glue else a fresh Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 with a hint of sunning to spine and some trivial dustiness; very Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Sharp copy of Faulkner's tenth novel set on the Sartoris plantation during the latter years of the Civil War; adapted from a series of stories that originally appeared in various magazines here re-worked into a continuous narrative. PETERSEN A19.2. Random House unknown
193940967New York: Random House 1939. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo hardcover with brown boards and a red cloth spine with gold gilt titling to the spine. Signed by the author on a tip-in sheet before the half title page. Limited to 250 copies of which is this copy 1109. printed on rag paper. The condition of the book is Very Good binding tight; normal aging to the text block; light shelf wear to the bottom and top edges in some cases exposing the board underneath; some creasing of the endpapers where glued down 339pp. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
1939D20298New York: Random House 1939. FIRST EDITION LIMITED ISSUE. Hardcover. Very Good. Number 111 of 250 copies SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Faulkner's Random House publishers selected the title over Faulkner's objections; subsequent editions were published with his preferred title If I Forget Thee Jerusalem. Petersen A19a. The Wild Palms was written during a particularly heavy drinking phase even by Faulkner's standards; work on this book was interrupted when he suffered third-degree back burn in New York from a steam pipe while drunk. Spine slightly sunned but still a very nice copy better than typically found. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover
19396249New York: Random House 1939. First Trade Edition. Contains two long separate stories. "The Wild Palms" is a study of integrity in love. "Old Man" is an astonishing account of the Mississippi River flood of 1927 and of an "escaped" convict's adventures in trying to get back to prison; the tale is a tribute to the essential courage dignity and reliability of the Mississippi hillfolk" Coan pp.58-59. Petersen A19b; Brodsky & Hamblin 475. First Printing. Octavo 20.75cm; first binding in beige cloth with titles stamped in gilt and dark green on spine and front cover; dark green topstain; dustjacket; iv3391pp. Upper corners gently tapped though still sharp with some fading to topstain else a fresh very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 with light wear to extremities a few tiny tears and a tiny stain to lower rear panel; an unrestored Near Fine example without the usual sunning to the spine panel. Random House unknown
193966580New York: Random House 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. The slightest wear at the extremities of the spine else fine in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with some very small chips and tears and a few nearly invisible internal tape repairs. Two thematically related narratives presented in alternating chapters. A nice copy. Random House hardcover
19399801ENew York: Random House 1939. First Edition. Near fine in a very good bright dust jacket with some light dust soiling and a few tiny tears. Random House unknown
193910053New York:: Random House 1939. First edition. publisher's tan cloth in dust jacket. Better than very good in a nice jacket with the spine very slightly sunned some light soiling to the back panel and some very light edge wear. 8vo. Random House, hardcover
1942B6207London c.1942-43. Binding: Contemporary red morocco rebacked expertly spine with five raised bands title in gilt on a brown morocco label on two title in gilt on brown label and decorative gilt ruling on upper board upper board with blind ruling spine with decorative gilt devices. <br><br> Notes: Patrick Arthur Faulkner was an eminent architectural historian and outstanding architectural draughtsman. He pioneered “structural archaeology†in the 1960s a discipline whereby the informed visual examination of a structure can enable its history to be deduced. Faulkner authored books journal articles and reports in this field. His interest in and commitment to the conservation of historic buildings finds evidence in this fascinating collection of architectural drawings dating from around the 1940s. Some of these views are signed and dated and sometimes even coloured showing an aesthetic intention for these studies beyond the purely technical.<br><br><br> Size: Oblong Folio. Illustration: A series of 22 watercolours and drawings of India during the mid 20th century. Category: Book Art Architecture & Design; Book Asia Central India & Ceylon / Sri Lanka; hardcover
195466721US: Random House 1954. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good /Very Good. Signed first edition printed on rag paper and limited to 1000 copies Navy cloth over boards with white and gilt titling to spine and white and cobalt blue-debossed cross illustrations to front board. Housed in publisher's original light blue paper-covered slipcase with title plate wrapped around lower edge. Pages have small black ink marking to fore edge of page 32 but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Text block shows small black ink marking to fore edge but is otherwise clean and unmarked. Top edge is sprayed navy. Boards are clean and bright with light bumping to corners. Binding is tight and square. Slipcase is in very good condition with light scuffing to lower edge and light sunning to top edge spine and fore edge. Random House unknown
196224256<p>A very good hardcover in original worn acetate wrapper. Shelf wear. #146 of 500 clothbound copies printed on special paper each copy signed by the author and numbered. Provenance: Purchased at Mincer's Pipe Shop on the corner in the Spring of 1962 by first year student and current owner Allen Hale. Faulkner was Balch Lecturer of Literature at the University of Virginia that Spring and read from The Reivers at Old Cabell Hall. After flunking out of UVA Hale carried his copy to Rangoon Burma via the SS Cleveland and Pan American Airways. For a time the book was loaned to Susan Diehl later referred to by Hale as 'missdeal." When Allen left Burma to take a railroad surveying job in Liberia his mother Clara Hale retrieved the book from Miss Diehl and returned it to him several years later when he resumed his studies at the University. This copy remained in his library in Nelson County for the past 50 years.</p> Random House hardcover
193723121604New York: Covici Friede 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. An exceptionally scarce signed first US edition first printing.<br /> <br /> Have only seen one other signed copy come up for sale in the past 10 years - the UK first<br /> <br /> Condition: VERY GOOD<br /> <br /> BOOK INFO<br /> <br /> INSCRIBED on front fly leaf by the author: "To Michael Miner/Fritz Faulkner/1937".<br /> <br /> Published in 1937 by Covici Friede in 1937. Author's first novel that was widely critically reviewed and praised. First US edition following the first British printing in 1936 under the auspices of Virginia Woolf and her publishing company Hogarth Press. In original light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. 255 pp.<br /> <br /> ABOUT THE AUTHOR<br /> <br /> Fritz Faulkner 1909-1993 was a bookseller and author best known for his novel Windless Sky published in 1936 under the auspices of Virginia Woolf. Author's first book. "A psychological novel reviewed by The New York Times which describes it as an exception to what they describe as the recent trend of realist backwoods novels set in the late 19th century" -- Modernist Archives. "The publishers consider this to be a remarkable first novel: "There is a touch of genius in the title of Mr. Fritz Faulkner's book - for it is a story of a family living in a small village tucked away from civilization in the folds of the hills. The father dominates every member of the family and their existence is stagnant bitter hopeless and helpless."<br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT<br /> <br /> The book is in VERY Good condition - square spine with firm hinges and joints. Rubbed spine tips board edges and corners. Some fraying to crown and heel of spine. Sunning to top of boards and spine. Age-toned page edges. Interior is impressively clean and free of writing wear stamps or marks. Just light dust jacket shadowing on the endpapers. <br /> <br /> Overall a rare signed copy of a scarce US 1st edition in VERY GOOD collectible condition. Covici Friede hardcover
1939161427New York: Random House 1939. Between grief and nothing I will take grief Advance proof copy prepared for publicity and review purposes scarce and exceptionally so in such fine condition. Octavo. Original wrappers printed in green and yellow made from the first printing dust jacket. Housed in a green cloth slipcase. A fine copy. Massey 387; Petersen A19a. hardcover
19483402New York: Random House 1948. Fine/Fine. First printing. Fine condition in a fine dust jacket. Some fading to topstain otherwise a superb copy with a clean interior. A crime story of an elderly black farmer arrested for the murder of a white man and under threat from the lynch mob. Random House unknown
193212283LIGHT IN AUGUST Smith & Haas 1932 first edition vg in near vg dust-wrapper save for some shallow chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine dust-soiling to the rear dust-wrapper panel and some other light wear and tear. Smith & Haas unknown
19341508078Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket. 1934 on both title page and copyright page with no mention of later printings. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas hardcover books
193160040New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. First edition of Faulkner's first collection of stories. Octavo original cloth pictorial endpapers blue topstain. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins. A very sharp example. Appearing two years after The Sound and the Fury Faulkner's These 13 was issued on September 13 1931 while he was writing the novel Light in August. These 13 won early praise as a collection of stories that "are for the most part Faulkner novels in miniature" with A Rose For Emily highlighted as "one of the strongest" tales and That Evening Sun as "perhaps the most perfect story in the collection." Faulkner is "the latest star in the American literary firmament. This collection of his short stories in unreservedly recommended" New York Times. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith hardcover books
1954003145New York: Random House 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. First Printing. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award. Signed Limited Edition number 588 of 1000 copies signed by William Faulkner. The fragile glassine dustjacket is not present. The book is tight and square with no marks of any kind. An exceptional copy. The slipcase is in fine condition with no splits or soiling. There is a small bump at the bottom of the front panel near the spine. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Random House Hardcover