FAULKNER, William. A group of 6 works, all in original bindings, ALL FIRST EDITIONS. [With:] "The Bear" in: The Saturday Evening Post. Vol. 213, No. 45. Philadelphia, 9 May 1942. FIRST APPEARANCE OF "THE BEAR."
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FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 7 works, including:
The Hamlet. 1940. FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. FIRST ISSUE dust jacket. -- Intruder in the Dust. 1948. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. -- Notes on a Horse Thief. Greenville, MS: The Levee Press, 1950. LIMITED EDITION, numbered 324 of 950. SIGNED BY FAULKNER. -- Collected Stories of William Faulkner. 1950. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. (Dust jacket price-clipped). -- Requiem for a Nun. 1951. FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE dust jacket. -- And one other. Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, 8vo, all in original bindings, all FIRST EDITIONS, all published New York: Random House except where noted, condition generally fine.
[With:] "The Bear" in: The Saturday Evening Post. Vol. 213, No. 45. Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 9 May 1942. Folio. Illustrated. Publisher's wrappers (minor fading). FIRST APPEARANCE OF "THE BEAR" which appears on p. 30. Early versions had appeared previously under the title "Lion." Later published in book form as one of the seven chapters in Go Down, Moses.
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