Absalom, Absalom.
by FAULKNER, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, Random House, 1936. . First edition, first impression; limited edition, one of 300 numbered copies specially bound & signed by the author; 8vo; ownership signature to front free endpaper; publisher's green cloth-backed patterned paper boards, titles so spine gilt, top edge gilt, not issued in printed jacket, some minor and absolutely typical discolouration to the fugitive green cloth but an tight square copy of the limited issue of one of Faulkner's indisputable master works.
Many of Faulkner's books were produced in signed and limited issues within the first printing. The present title has always been one of the more sought after, and copies in decent condition are not easy to find.
Many of Faulkner's books were produced in signed and limited issues within the first printing. The present title has always been one of the more sought after, and copies in decent condition are not easy to find.
Synopsis
William Cuthbert Faulkner was born in 1897 and raised in Oxford, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. One of the towering figures of American literature, he is the author of The Sound and the Fury , Absalom, Absalom! , and As I Lay Dying , among many other remarkable books. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950 and France’s Legion of Honor in 1951. He died in 1962.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 108646
- Title
- Absalom, Absalom.
- Author
- FAULKNER, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York, Random House, 1936.
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- Gilt
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