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DOCTOR MARTINO: And Other Stories
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. Fine in near fine jacket.. First trade edition of Faulkner's second short story collection, in uncommonly nice condition and in the original dust jacket. The fourteen stories in DOCTOR MARTINO include the previously unpublished "Black Music" and "Leg," as well as "Turn About," the basis for the Howard Hawks film TODAY WE LIVE and one of relatively few Faulkner stories not set in the author's Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. An unusually handsome copy. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth. In original unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket with design by Arthur Hawkins. Yellow topstain. 371, [1] pages. Short (1'') crack to gutter before half title. Light edgewear and a few tiny closed tears to jacket; spine somewhat toned.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50692
- Title
- DOCTOR MARTINO: And Other Stories
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harrison Smith and Robert Haas
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- 20th century,US American,Books to Film,Nobel
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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