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1939WRCLIT55014New York: Random House 1939. Tan cloth ruled in green lettered in gilt. Small Grolier Book Shop label on front endsheet otherwise unusually fine in near fine dust jacket with a couple of minor tiny surface blemishes along the top edge at the spine crown. First edition trade issue primary binding. With poet/critic Dunstan Thompson's careful year of publication pencil ownership inscription on the free endsheet. PETERSEN A19b. MASSEY 388. Random House hardcover books
1931849New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited Edition. Number 23 of 299 copies SIGNED by Faulkner. Light soiling to boards still a nice tight copy of this great collection. Cloth. <br/><br/> Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith hardcover books
1930140937635New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1930. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing second issue with the "I" properly aligned on page 11. Very Good with darkening to cloth at gutters light partial reading crease to spine. Pages toned with an occasional small stain. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price intact light edge wear and a partially removed tape ghost to the blank verso. A lovely copy. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith unknown books
19312520New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. Limited Edition. Cloth. Near fine. Signed limited edition of These 13: Stories by William Faulkner. Octavo v 358pp. Publisher's brown cloth spine beige covers title in silver gilt on spine top edge silver gilt. Gray endpapers. Uncut edges. Touch of wear to top edge of spine. An almost imperceptible blemish to cloth on back panel. From a limited edition of 299 copies signed by the author this is number 266. Bruccoli & Clark I:122 Hamblin 398 Lacking the scarce tissue cover and slipcase. An outstanding example of this scarce limited edition from William Faulkner. 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. In 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. In Part III: Mistral Divorce In Naples Carcassonne. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith unknown books
1932160223013New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. All points present: stated first printing correct first binding "Jefferson" on p. 340 jacket priced at $2.50. "Lee Christmas" variant front flap. 480 p. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Very light foxing to cloth near top of front and back faintly to paste down. Jacket spine lightly sunned much less so than most copies small closed tear in top of front panel light wear to head. A very clean sharp copy of the acclaimed novel in a lovely jacket. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas hardcover books
19321508036Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine first edition in a very good slightly spine faded jacket. First Printing stated on copyright page. First issue with Jefferson not Mottstown. Owner's name written on front free endpaper. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas hardcover books
193292744New 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 an excellent dust jacket with some light rubbing and wear. Petersen A13a; Howard A13.1a; Massey 103. A nice 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
1935140940023New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1935. Signed Limited First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Limited edition signed by William Faulkner on rear colophon one of 300 numbered copies thus. 315 3 pp. with fold-out manuscript page at front. Silver foil boards backed in blue cloth title stamped in silver on spine and pictorial device stamped in blue on front board top edge gilt; housed in publisher's slipcase. A Very Good copy with slightly sunned and rubbed spine silver foil a bit rubbed with a tiny chip and a few tiny insect tracks to it on rear board. In a toned restored example of the publisher's slipcase lacking title label on spine; now sound and sturdy. A novel about hardscrabble stunt pilots in the American South that inspired the 1957 film Tarnished Angels. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas unknown books
1931160720006New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing. Near Fine with a thin strip of toning to cloth at head of spine former owner bookplate to front paste down and verso of half-title page shows small tears at gutter in a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price of $2.50 intact a 2-3/4" long hairline crack at the base of the front spine joint darkening to spine panel edge wear and light chipping with shallow loss at the spine ends. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith hardcover books
1940Embry 116435Random 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, 1940. First edition, first printing. unknown books
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
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
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
1950304005Oxford Miss: Oxford Eagle 1950. First edition. 1 p. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. Some slight fading old folds laid into quarter brown morocco and marbled boards folding case. First edition. 1 p. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. Single leaf broadside regarding the Oxford attempt to ban beer with a letter from the original collector of the sheet who was a graduate student at the time that Faulkner left it in his car; his wife saved it. He also states that Faulkner had the printing done at the local paper the Oxford Eagle. Petersen A29 Oxford Eagle unknown books
1934WRCLIT64624New York: Smith & Haas 1934. Gilt cloth. First edition trade printing of Faulkner's second collection of short fiction. Top edge a bit dust darkened otherwise a fine unfaded copy in very good modestly spine-darkened dust jacket. PETERSEN A15a. MASSEY 438. Smith & Haas hardcover books
1934WRCLIT53481New York: Smith & Haas 1934. Gilt cloth. First edition trade printing of Faulkner's second collection of short fiction. Some tiny pencil tics in the table of contents erased otherwise a fine unfaded copy in very good modestly spine-darkened dust jacket with a couple of tiny closed tears at crown of spine and small nick at one tip. PETERSEN A15a. MASSEY 438. Smith & Haas hardcover books
19322007021New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1932. First. hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A near fine first printing in a near fine dust jacket First Printing stated on the copyright page. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas unknown books
1932D17566New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First issue binding. Jacket with some light fading to spine as usual; edgeworn with some short tears nicks and a few shallow chips. In all a presentable copy of what is widely considered the most accessible of Faulkner's great books. Housed in a full custom leather box bound by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey. <br/><br/> Harrison Smith & Robert Haas hardcover books
193322729ECulver City CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1933. Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner – the Agreement of Sale Contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios to purchase the rights to an untitled Faulkner short story set in a mythical Latin American Kingdom. Single sheet signed on the verso by William Faulkner and dated by him “30 August 1933â€. With the blindstamp and signature of the Notary Public in Lafayette Mississippi. Near fine with slightly torn punch holes at top and very faint paper clip mark. In the early 1930s MGM Studios offered Faulkner work as a screenwriter in Hollywood. As literary critic and noted authority on Faulkner’s work Andre Bleikasten put it he “was in dire need of money and had no idea how to get it…So he went to Hollywood.†He arrived in Culver City California in May 1932 experiencing a fair share of ambivalence for both the movie culture and the studio system. He did enjoy a personal and professional relationship with director Howard Hawks whose brother William Hawks became Faulkner's Hollywood agent. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer unknown books
1926116798New York: Boni & Liveright 1926. First edition of Faulkner's first book. Octavo original cloth. In near fine condition with a touch of shelfwear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell chemise and box. Faulkner's first novel Soldiers' Pay 1926 is among the most memorable works to emerge from the First World War. Through the story of a wounded veteran's homecoming it examines the impact of soldiers' return from war on the people-particularly the women-who were left behind Boni & Liveright hardcover books
