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FAULKNER, William. Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.
8o. Original cloth-backed patterned boards, top edges gilt, others uncut; cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 107 of 300 copies SIGNED by Faulkner. Absalom, Absalom! details the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, a white man born into poverty in Western Virginia who comes to Mississippi with the complementary aims of becoming rich and a powerful family patriarch. The story is told entirely in flashbacks narrated mostly by Quentin Compson and his roommate at Harvard University, Shreve. Its groundbreaking technique, along with that of The Sound and the Fury, contributed to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Massey 1; Petersen A18.2a. A VERY FINE COPY.
8o. Original cloth-backed patterned boards, top edges gilt, others uncut; cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 107 of 300 copies SIGNED by Faulkner. Absalom, Absalom! details the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, a white man born into poverty in Western Virginia who comes to Mississippi with the complementary aims of becoming rich and a powerful family patriarch. The story is told entirely in flashbacks narrated mostly by Quentin Compson and his roommate at Harvard University, Shreve. Its groundbreaking technique, along with that of The Sound and the Fury, contributed to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Massey 1; Petersen A18.2a. A VERY FINE COPY.