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109999New York Harrison Smith & Robert Haas 1931. . First edition first printing first issue; 8vo; publisher's grey and blue cloth titles to spine in red blue top stain patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket. A very good copy in the lightly tanned dust-jacket with some very minor loss at the head of the spine panel.<br /> An important early collection of short stories and incidentally one of the most attractive books of its era.<br /> New York, Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1931. hardcover
19312403014Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. first. hardcover. fine/near fine. First edition with First Published 1931 stated on copyright page. Book fine small sticker to bottom of rear paste-down dark staining of top edge fully intact. Dust jacket near fine some tanning to spine and panels very minor wear. Housed in custom-made fold-out case. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith unknown
1931018662New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. Pretty nice copy in its first printing. His first collection of short stories. 358 pages. Small bookstore in Hollywood on back pastedown. Unmarked tight and square. Quarter bound in white over blue boards. Red lettering on spine over white cloth which has tanned. Light to moderate wear at head of spine but not frayed. Jacket is a facsimile without flaw. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardccover. Very Good Plus/Fine Facsimile Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith
25270New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith. 1931. First trade edition first printing first state with the error 280 for 208 on the contents leaf. First trade edition first printing first state with the error 280 for 208 on the contents leaf. Publisher's original blue and grey cloth with red titles to the spine in the Arthur Hawkins designed dustwrapper. Top edge dark blue. A lovely very near fine copy the binding square and tight the cloth with ghosting to the spine is otherwise bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a small tear to the lower rear panel and some fading of the spine. Not price-clipped $2.50 to the lower front flap. The author's first collection of short stories seven of which appear in print for the first time the other six previously published in magazine form. Titles include 'Victory'; 'Ad Astra'; 'All the Dead Pilots'; 'Crevasse'; 'Red Leaves'; 'A Rose for Emily'; 'A Justice'; 'Hair'; 'That Evening Sun'; 'Dry September'; 'Mistral'; 'Divorce in Naples'; 'Carcassonne'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith. 1931 hardcover
19312405007Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition with First Published 1931 on copyright page. Book near fine tanning to spine lower corners very slightly bumped. Dust jacket very good tanning minor wear and tear. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith unknown
193353503London: Chatto & Windus 1933. First edition. Very good in very good jacket. First and only UK printing of Faulkner's first collection of short stories one of just 1500 copies. The contents arranged in three parts include PART I: Victory Ad Astra All the Dead Pilots and Crevasse; PART II: Red Leaves A Rose for Emily A Justice Hair That Evening Sun and Dry September; and PART III: Mistral Divorce in Naples and Carcassonne. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Green topstain. In original unclipped 7s. 6d. cream printed dust jacket. 357 1 pages followed by 4-page publisher's catalogue. Moderate chipping and light toning/soil to jacket. Light scuffing to boards at extremities. Chatto & Windus unknown
193124658New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter brown cloth spine and beige covers. Top edge silver. Fine. 358 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Limited edition copy 120 of 229 copies signed by Faulkner. Faulkner's first short story collection. A very fresh and bright almost as new copy with wide text margins. Receipt from Philip Duschnes Rare Books laid-in. Lacks original glassine jacket. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith hardcover
1979016946Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo medium. Brown genuine leather. A.E.G. Ribbon marker. 296 pp. B&W illustration in text. With Notes from the Editors booklet. Light foxing to gilt edges else fine. The Franklin Library hardcover
1931100021New 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 good dust jacket with loss to the spine. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins. 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
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. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. 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
1933003843Chatto & Windus 1933 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Published in London by Chatto & Windus in 1933. First British edition. Book very good veyr slightly shelf-cocked some wear at top front corner minor wear at other corners and at spine ends three tiny stains on front minor water damage on back cover slight discoloration on end-papers bookplate on front paste-down. No DJ. Chatto & Windus, 1933 hardcover
19311401008Jonathan Cape; New York 1931. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine in original black cloth covered boards. Third Printing October 1931 stated on the copyright page; which is only months after the first printing which was issued that same year. A superb copy. Jonathan Cape; New York hardcover
19311312068Jonathan Cape 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in a very good dust jacket. First Edition "First Published 1931" stated on copyright page. Paper at rear inside hinge cracking. Original price of $2.50 printed on front flap of dust jacket. Jacket shows sun fading along the spine and slight chipping closed tear at bottom of front hinge to flap. Jonathan Cape hardcover
1931107069New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1931. First edition first printing. Octavo. Original blue and grey cloth titles to spine red top edge black. With dust jacket. Spine toned and a touch cocked extremities lightly sunned and bumped text block strained in a couple of places but firm minor wear to corners front inner hinge cracked but firm rear inner hinge repaired. A very good copy in a lightly toned jacket with slightly nicked and chipped extremities and a closed tear to the spine panel. hardcover
193125763New York:: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very Good Plus copy in blue cloth binding that shows offsetting of the jacket design to the boards in a Very Good plus unclipped dustjacket with some darkening and shallow edge wear to the spine along with two closed edge tears on the front panel. "These 13" was published during Faulkner's most productive and important period 1928-32 for his short story career. The stories in These 13 are arranged to present the shared themes and clarified problems which lead Faulkner in the direction of his next novel Light in August. Of the thirteen stories in this collection "Victory" "Ad Astra" "All the Dead Pilots" "Crevasse" "A Justice" "Mistral" "Divorce in Naples" and "Carcassonne" are published here for the first time. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, hardcover
1933D1994London: Chatto and Windus 1933. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Original blue cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine. Inscribed by Faulkner on the title-page to Else Faulkner's liaison when he visited Stockholm to collect the Nobel prize. Book is fine in a very nice example of the scarce dustwrapper price-clipped scuffed along the edges. <br/><br/>Faulkner met Else Jonsson 1912-1996 when he visited Stockholm in December 1950 to receive the Nobel Prize. Else was the widow of journalist Thorsten Jonsson 19101950 reporter for "Dagens Nyheter" in New York from 1943 to 1946 who had interviewed Faulkner in 1946 and introduced his works to Swedish readers. At the banquet in 1950 where Faulkner and Else met publisher Tor Bonnier referred to Else as widow of the man responsible for Faulkner being awarded the prize. They had an affair that lasted until the end of 1953. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1933E6944London: Chatto & Windus 1933. First UK edition. Hardcover. fine. First U.K. edition. Blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Top edge stained dark greenish-grey. 358 pp. A tight generally fine example top edge a bit rubbed and a few small foxed spots to the fore edge. No jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover
193113125JNew York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. First Edition. Fine clean tight copy in a very good lightly used dust jacket with the original price intact. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith unknown
1931201414New York: Jonathan Cape 1931. First. hardcover. fine. Stories. Small 8vo handsomely rebound in 3/4 tan morocco marbled boards t.e.g. N.Y.: Jonathan Cape 1931. First Edition. First issue with 280 for 208 in table of contents.<br/> <br/> Jonathan Cape unknown
1979299011Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. Jerry Pinkney. pp. 296 full tan gilt embossed and decorated leather 4 raised bands satin ribbon silk endpapers AEG a limited edition of The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers. Includes "" Franklin Library hardcover
1931002800TN.Y.: Random House 1931. Limited Edition. Fine. A sharp copy. No bumped corners to book. Cop is clean and tight issued without a jacket. Signed Limited Edition 109 of 299 copies. Comes with a clear glassine and onion skin wrapper. Small bookplate appears on front board. A very nice copy. Random House unknown
2565New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. Signed Limited Edition. Copy 153 of 299. Beige woven cloth boards over light brown cloth w/silver titling at spine. Rough cut bottom and fore edges top edge painted silver. Very good w/o DJ as issued. Custom slipcase. A nice copy of Faulkner's first book of stories. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith unknown
2563New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. First Edition. First Printing. Faulkner's first short story collection. VG in beige cloth over blue cloth boards titling in orange at spine. Prev owner name FFE bookseller stamp/price on inside last fee endpaper. No DJ. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith unknown
Z1-C-083-00863Chatto & Windus. Used - Good. Volume Two of the Collected Short Stories of William Faulkner. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Chatto & Windus unknown
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