FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.
8vo. Original cloth-backed patterned boards, top edges gilt, others uncut (spine lightly sunned, fore-corners rubbed).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 133 of 300 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. The novel details the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, and the story is told almost entirely in flashbacks narrated by Quentin Compson (his Harvard roommate). Its groundbreaking technique, along with that of The Sound and the Fury, contributed to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Petersen A18.2a.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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