FAULKNER, William. The Mansion. New York: Random House, 1959.
FAULKNER, William. The Mansion. New York: Random House, 1959.

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FAULKNER, William. The Mansion. New York: Random House, 1959.

8o. Original blue cloth; pictorial dust jacket (some slight edgewear); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Else Jonsson (presentation inscription; sold Christie's New York, 16 December 2004, lot 538).

"WITH TENDERNESS AND LOVE"

FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FAULKNER TO ELSE JONSSON on the front free endpaper: "For Else, with tenderness and love Bill." ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED on the title: "William Faulkner Charlottesville, Virginia 1 Dec 1959." Laid-in is a fragment of an envelope, addressed in Faulkner's hand on a Random House mailing label, to Else Jonsson. See lot 82 for the copy of Go Down, Moses inscribed to Else Jonsson. Peterson A52.2b.

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