8vo. Original black cloth, lettered in red, top edge stained red (a few pale stains, spine ends slightly sunned; in unrestored printed dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins (some losses to edges, spine panel slightly faded).

FIRST EDITION. In his third novel, Faulkner writes about the northern Mississippi location and characters he knew best. He created fictional Yoknapatawpha County which he populated with characters drawn from his own life and family history. Petersen A5.1.