FAULKNER, William. The Reivers. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, SIGNED. PRE-PUBLICATION PRESENTATION COPY.
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
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FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Reivers: A Reminiscence. New York: Random House, 1962.
8vo. Original burgundy cloth; folding case.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 17 of 500 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER.
PRE-PUBLICATION PRESENTATION COPY with printed compliment card from editor Albert Erskine tipped to rear pastedown: “With the compliments of Albert Erskine.” Notations in an unknown hand on card record date of receipt as April 20, 1962; the work was not published until June 4. The Reivers would be the last limited edition work by Faulkner to bear his signature, as he would die on July 6, 1962. Petersen A54.2a.
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