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FAULKNER, William. Intruder in the Dust. New York: Random House, 1948.
8o. Original black cloth, top edges stained blue; pictorial dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer; cloth slipcase. Provenance: MALCOLM COWLEY (1898-1989), American novelist, poet, literary critic, and journalist (presentation inscription); Jonathan Goodwin (his sale, Sotheby's New York, Part III, 12 April 1989, lot 641); Maurice F. Neville (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 16 November 2004, lot 301).
FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FAULKNER TO MALCOLM COWLEY on the title-page: "William Faulkner For Malcolm Cowley Bill Faulkner Sherman Con. 25 October. 1948."
Intruder in the Dust explores the South's racial problems through the genre of a murder mystery story. An aging black man who has long refused to adopt the black's traditionally servile attitude is wrongfully accused of murdering a white man. Originally conceived as a short story, the work grew into the size of a novel, and was made into a motion picture which previewed the following year.
Cowley reviewed the novel for The New Republic (18 October 1948), and this advance copy bears a few of his marginal pencil markings (although the publisher's slip has been lost since the Goodwin auction). During his visit to Cowley's home for a Life magazine profile of the author, Faulkner signed inscribed this and seven other books for Cowley (see also lot 56). A VERY FINE COPY. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone; Massey 72; Peterson A26.2.
8o. Original black cloth, top edges stained blue; pictorial dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer; cloth slipcase. Provenance: MALCOLM COWLEY (1898-1989), American novelist, poet, literary critic, and journalist (presentation inscription); Jonathan Goodwin (his sale, Sotheby's New York, Part III, 12 April 1989, lot 641); Maurice F. Neville (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 16 November 2004, lot 301).
FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FAULKNER TO MALCOLM COWLEY on the title-page: "William Faulkner For Malcolm Cowley Bill Faulkner Sherman Con. 25 October. 1948."
Intruder in the Dust explores the South's racial problems through the genre of a murder mystery story. An aging black man who has long refused to adopt the black's traditionally servile attitude is wrongfully accused of murdering a white man. Originally conceived as a short story, the work grew into the size of a novel, and was made into a motion picture which previewed the following year.
Cowley reviewed the novel for The New Republic (18 October 1948), and this advance copy bears a few of his marginal pencil markings (although the publisher's slip has been lost since the Goodwin auction). During his visit to Cowley's home for a Life magazine profile of the author, Faulkner signed inscribed this and seven other books for Cowley (see also lot 56). A VERY FINE COPY. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone; Massey 72; Peterson A26.2.