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1954mon0003156871Random House 1954T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709. Stated first printing. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic Brodart protector shows minor wear. Name of former owner on the front free endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Random House hardcover
1954mon0003156872Random House 1954T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709. Stated first. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic Brodart protector shows minor wear tear and tanning. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Random House hardcover
1954022727New York: Random House 1954. FIRST EDITION first printing after a limited edition. Full dark red cloth with pin & silver lettering on the spine. Jacket is priced at $4.75. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall an EXCELLENT book in an EXCELLENT dust jacket. A good gift. Photos available upon request. First Edition. Full Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Random House Hardcover
196642968New York: Modern Library / Random House 1966. First Modern Library Edition stated. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Slight roll to spine. Chip to jacket crown at spine. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Modern Library / Random House hardcover
1976129740Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Franklin Library hardcover
196679017NY:: Modern Library. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Modern Library number 368. Stated first edition. Near fine in a very good fading to some of the lettering on the spine price clipped dust jacket. The dust jacket design is plain white with red and black lettering. . Modern Library, hardcover books
19547106New York: Random House 1954. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing one of 1000 copies signed and numbered by William Faulkner. Publisher's blue cloth. Top edge dark blue. Some toning to endpapers at gutter and some offsetting from title-page to facing blank. Publisher's glassine dust jacket quite chipped with back panel separating. Some dustsoiling and shelfwear to publisher's slipcase. A bright Near Fine copy of the book in the Very Good slipcase and Good glassine.<br /> <br /> William Faulkner's 1954 novel which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize A Fable took Faulkner over ten years to write. Set in World War I - and inspired closely by the life of Jesus - the novel follows Corporal Stephan whose actions end up bringing a halt to the war. "Whatever its 'sources' if such these be Faulkner has stamped A Fable as his own. His method of delayed revelation is present in extreme form and will make difficult reading for some and exciting reading for others. His style at times very demanding of the reader rises often to magnificence" contemporary New York Times review. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Random House unknown
1954002832DN.Y.: Random House 1954. Limited Edition. Very Fine/Near Fine. A very fine copy. Copy is clean crisp and tight. Top edge blue is very clean and bright. No bumped corners to book. Spine tips are perfectly smooth and round. No rubbing to cloth. Comes with acetate wrapper but not original. Wrapper is very clean and bright. No tears no chips to wrapper. Slip case is very tight and in near fine condition. No splits. Tape residue appears on one side. See Picts. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION No.452 of 1000 copies. Random House unknown
19543045New York: Random House 1954. First edition. Very Good/Very Good. One of a thousand of the signed limited edition this being number 245. A just about Fine copy of the book that appears unread with just the slightest hint of wear to the bottom corners. With the original publisher's Very Good slipcase that has some toning and is cracked along one of the sides but still holding together. Winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1955 the author considered this work his masterpiece.<br/><br/>The novel that Faulkner called "the best work of my life and maybe of my time." After over a decade of work on A Fable he created one of the most dense and complex novels of his career. "The novel won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1955. An allegorical story of World War I set in the trenches of 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.His descriptions of the war 'rise to magnificence and include some of the most powerful scenes he ever conceived'" Cowley. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Random House unknown books
1954afwf3RED CLOTH WITH DARK CROSSES FRONT COVER LETTERING IN COPPER-SILVER. VERY VERY MINOR BRUSING SPINE ENDS AND TOUCH OF AGE TONING TO PAGES NO MARKS. UNREAD TIGHTNESS VERY SQUARE AND VERY CLEAN. NEAR FINE IN CASE i MISS SOMETHING. tHE DJ: IS PRICE CLIPPED ONE TEAR BOTTOM MIDDLE FRONT COVER A SCRATCH ON THE CROSS FRONT COVER A COUPLE OF SMALL TEARS TOP SPINEWRINKLES TOO AND MINOR SHELFWEAR LIGHT TOUCH OF RUBBING. NOT SURE IF A TEAR OR SCRACH REAR COVER TOP MIDDLE. IN BRODART TO PROTECT IT NOW. LIGHT SOILING TO SPINE.<br /><br />THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST COPIES I HAVE SEEN DJ IS FRAGILE BUT AGAIN ONE OF THE BEST i'VE SEEN. CHECK PHOTOS WITH MORE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. RANDOM HOUSE hardcover
1954AF3WFRED CLOTH WITHT EH CROSSES FRONT COVER. DJ HAS A TEAR FRONT BOTTOM 1 1/2 INCH AND LIGHT RUBBING AND SHELFWEAR. BOOK NO DEFECTS MAYBE MINOR BRUSING BOTTOM SPINE AREA. DJ IS PRICE CLIPPED BUT NOTICE NO INDENT ON THE REAR COVER NEAR THE SPINE NOT A BOOK CLUB. RANDOM HOUSE hardcover
2011Q-0307946770Vintage 2011-11-29. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage paperback
1954101232New York: Random House 1954. First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo original cloth. Advance review copy with a personal type-written letter from the publisher laid in addressed to Miss Belle Rosenbaum of the New York Herald Tribune. Near fine in a very good 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
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
195470016New York: Random House 1954. First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo original cloth. Fine in 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
195438636New York: Random House 1954. 8vo 21.6 cm 8.5". 10 437 1 pp. <br><br>The crowning achievement of William Faulkner's distinguished and honored career A Fable has been nine years in the writing from the time it was conceived in December of 1944 until it was completed in November in 1953."<br>Â Â Â Â Faulkner's allegorical novel set during World War I which the American author dedicated nine years to writing in the hopes of it becoming his greatest work was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction. Despite the awards A Fable is seen as Faulkner's lesser work compared to his other better known novels and short stories. The effort however was still considered a personal feat to the Nobel Prize winner.<br>Â Â Â Â This is the => first trade edition first printing. Publisher's burgundy cloth with salmon and white lettering to spine and three black-stamped crosses with blind shadows on the front board; extremities very lightly bumped. In unpriced-clipped original blue dust jacket with white lettering; generally edgeworn with light chipping to spine-ends rubbing to fore-edge of rear panel minor age-toning to flaps. Interior is clean; a great copy of this modern first edition. Random House hardcover books
1954Embry 119322Random House 1954. First edition limited issue one of 1000 copies signed by the author. Fine in very good publisher's mylar with some shallow chipping to upper edge and a short tear to lower spine in handsome leather backed marbled board slipcase with folding chemise. Blue cloth. Random House, 1954. First edition, limited issue, one of 1000 copies, signed by the author. hardcover books
4872New York: Random House 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. Random House hardcover
1954145440New York: Random House 1954. First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page "William Faulkner 2 March 1961 Oxford Miss." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Riki Levinson. Rare and desirable signed. 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
1954150881New York: Random House 1954. First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Riki Levinson. Inscription to the front free endpaper. 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
1954FAULKNER010604Random House New York. 1954. First edition. Octavo. pp x 437.One of 1000 copies numbered and signed by the author.Fine in remnants of original tissue dustwrapper and in very good indeed slightly rubbed slipcase. Random House, New York. unknown
195458108New York:: Random House 1954. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A near fine copy small shadows from clear tape from an old jacket protector on endsheets in a bright jacket with minute traces of use at extremities. 8vo. Random House, hardcover
195552418London:: Chatto & Windus 1955. First UK edition. publisher's red cloth in dust jacket and printed wraparound band. Slight rubbing to the bottom edge where the cloth meets the shelf; otherwise a very near fine copy in a bright jacket with the slightest of sunning to white areas of the spine and some light soiling to the rear panel. . 8vo. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
195415573New York:: Random House 1954. First edition. publisher's decorated cloth in dust jacket. A few drip-spots to fore-edge; otherwise a fine copy in a jacket with a 1/4" closed tear at the bottom of the front panel and very slight use. . 8vo. Random House, hardcover
195410208New York:: Random House 1954. Uncorrected proof of the first edition "for advance readers." . original blue printed paper covers with a white cloth ribbon tie at the top. Some minor edge wear; very well preserved. The first leaf is print-dated December 22 1953; the next to last January 7 1954. Random House, hardcover
