Faulkner william

1942 · P-26834 — New York: Random House 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Stated first printing in publisher's black cloth with gilt titles decorated with red lines. collection of seven related pieces of short fiction by American author William Faulkner sometimes considered a novel. The most prominent character and unifying voice is that of Isaac McCaslin "Uncle Ike." Though originally published as a short story collection Faulkner considered the book to be a novel in the same way The Unvanquished is considered a novel. The action takes place mostly in Jefferson the Yokanapatawpha County seat and the best known pieces are "The Bear" and "Pantaloon in Black." A very good clean and unmarked copy with the following noted: rubbing to bottom edges; partial fading of spine gilt; professional removal of name stamp on endpaper and top foreedge lightly affecting paper color; otherwise a very good copy. The dust jacket is from a latter printing but in the same format with list of titles ending in The Mansion on back panel and is price-clipped with a tiny spine head chip and professional internal tissue repair to a small closed tear on rear panel but ese near fine. A bright clean copy in an archival Mylar jacket cover. Random House hardcover