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The Wild Palms
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1939. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo hardcover with brown boards and a red cloth spine, with gold gilt titling to the spine. Signed by the author on a tip-in sheet before the half title page. Limited to 250 copies, of which is this copy 1109. printed on rag paper. The condition of the book is Very Good (binding tight; normal aging to the text block; light shelf wear to the bottom and top edges, in some cases exposing the board underneath; some creasing of the endpapers where glued down) 339pp.
Synopsis
If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem is a novel by the American author William Faulkner published in 1939. The novel was originally published under the title The Wild Palms, which is the title of one of the two interwoven stories. This title was chosen by the publishers, Random House, over the objections of Faulkner's choice of a title.
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- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40967
- Title
- The Wild Palms
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Pages
- 339
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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