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FAULKNER, William. Pylon. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.
8o. Folding facsimile frontispiece. Original half blue cloth, silver paper covered boards, decorated in blue, spine lettered in silver, top edges silver, other uncut (spine slightly sunned); ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S BOARD SLIPCASE, with cover and spine labels (some minor age-toning and rubbing); cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 276 of 310 copies SIGNED by Faulkner. Pylon is the story of a group of barnstormers whose lives are thoroughly unconventional. They live hand-to-mouth, always just a step or two ahead of destitution, and their interpersonal relationships are unorthodox and shocking by the standards of their society and times. They meet an overwrought and extremely emotional newspaperman in New Valois (the fictional city based on New Orleans), who gets deeply involved with them, with tragic consequences. The novel provided the basis for the 1958 film The Tarnished Angels, directed by Douglas Sirk. Massey 172; Petersen A17.1b.
8o. Folding facsimile frontispiece. Original half blue cloth, silver paper covered boards, decorated in blue, spine lettered in silver, top edges silver, other uncut (spine slightly sunned); ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S BOARD SLIPCASE, with cover and spine labels (some minor age-toning and rubbing); cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 276 of 310 copies SIGNED by Faulkner. Pylon is the story of a group of barnstormers whose lives are thoroughly unconventional. They live hand-to-mouth, always just a step or two ahead of destitution, and their interpersonal relationships are unorthodox and shocking by the standards of their society and times. They meet an overwrought and extremely emotional newspaperman in New Valois (the fictional city based on New Orleans), who gets deeply involved with them, with tragic consequences. The novel provided the basis for the 1958 film The Tarnished Angels, directed by Douglas Sirk. Massey 172; Petersen A17.1b.