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First Edition of William Faulkner’s Final Novel The Reivers; From the Library of fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy
FAULKNER, WILLIAM [CORMAC MCCARTHY].
The Reivers: A Reminiscence.
New York: Random House 1962.
First edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Cormac McCarthy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. McCarthy has been widely praised as not only a disciple of Faulkner, but his literary heir. Both authors’ biblically influenced prose formed the basis of a large body of tragically intertwined, powerful narratives filled with a nostalgic yearning for an earlier, ancestral, rural America. In many ways, McCarthy picked up where Faulkner left off, further exploring and elaborating on a number of core themes including the concept of sin (including its consequences, transference, and ritualistic attempts to purify it), justification of (often savage and sacrificial) violence, and disillusionment with the moralist ideology of modern civilization. McCarthy’s writing style, particularly in his earlier work, owed much to Faulkner – in its dense prose, use of dialect, vivid imagery and descriptions of the American landscape, and fluid ambiguity of time and place. Published only three years after William Faulkner’s death and edited by Albert Erskine, who worked with Faulkner at Random House, McCarthy’s debut novel, The Orchard Keeper was awarded the 1966 William Faulkner Foundation Award and contains perhaps his most overt use of Faulknerian literary devices and mannerisms. Faulkner’s influence on McCarthy’s themes and style are also apparent to a notable degree in his fourth novel, Suttree (reminiscent of The Sound and the Fury) as well as his popular novels All the Pretty Horses, Blood Meridian, The Crossing, and The Road, where his descriptions of southern Appalachia evoke Faulkner’s fictional Mississippi county of Yoknapatawpha. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional association.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 145642
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FIRST EDITION OF FAULKNER’S MASTERPIECE AND ONE OF THE GREATEST NOVELS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THE SOUND AND THE FURY
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
The Sound and the Fury.
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1929.
First edition of Faulkner’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, black and white patterned paper boards. In near fine condition. Petersen A6.2a. Brucolli & Clark I:121. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 145928
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"The past is never dead. It's not even past": First Edition of Requiem for a Nun; Inscribed by William Faulkner to Editor John Bott and with an original drawing
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
Requiem for a Nun.
London: Chatto & Windus 1953.
First British edition of the sequel to Faulkner’s Sanctuary. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication on the title page and with an original drawing by Faulkner on the front free endpaper, “For John Bott William Faulkner New York 3 Mar 1953.” The recipient, John Bott was the City Editor of the New York Post who wore leg braces his whole life due to polio. Bott’s friend had just brought him the book from London. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Hogarth. A unique example with a wonderful association and with a rare original drawing from the Nobel Prize-winning writer.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 144084
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First British Edition of The Wild Palms; Signed by William Faulkner
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
The Wild Palms.
London: Chatto & Windus 1939.
First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s grandly inventive, heart-stopping classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “William Faulkner New York 3 March 1953.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed with no other inscribed British edition ever appearing at auction.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 144096
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First Edition of William Faulkner's Sartoris
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
Sartoris.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company 1929.
First edition of Faulkner’s work set in Yoknapatawpha County, and introduces many of the characters that appear in his later fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. A very nice example.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 95802
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First Edition of William Faulkner's These Thirteen
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
These Thirteen (13).
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931.
First edition of Faulkner’s first collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, blue topstain. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 60040
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First edition of William Faulkner's The Town; from the library of Cormac McCarthy with his ownership signature
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. [CORMAC MCCARTHY].
The Town: A Novel of the Snopes Family.
New York: Random House 1957.
First edition, first printing of the second novel in Faulkner’s celebrated Snopes trilogy with line 8 on page 327 repeated as line 10. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Cormac McCarthy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. McCarthy has been widely praised as not only a disciple of Faulkner, but his literary heir. Both authors’ biblically influenced prose formed the basis of a large body of tragically intertwined, powerful narratives filled with a nostalgic yearning for an earlier, ancestral, rural America. In many ways, McCarthy picked up where Faulkner left off, further exploring and elaborating on a number of core themes including the concept of sin (including its consequences, transference, and ritualistic attempts to purify it), justification of (often savage and sacrificial) violence, and disillusionment with the moralist ideology of modern civilization. McCarthy’s writing style, particularly in his earlier work, owed much to Faulkner – in its dense prose, use of dialect, vivid imagery and descriptions of the American landscape, and fluid ambiguity of time and place. Published only three years after William Faulkner’s death and edited by Albert Erskine, who worked with Faulkner at Random House, McCarthy’s debut novel, The Orchard Keeper was awarded the 1966 William Faulkner Foundation Award and contains perhaps his most overt use of Faulknerian literary devices and mannerisms. Faulkner’s influence on McCarthy’s themes and style are also apparent to a notable degree in his fourth novel, Suttree (reminiscent of The Sound and the Fury) as well as his popular novels All the Pretty Horses, Blood Meridian, The Crossing, and The Road, where his descriptions of southern Appalachia evoke Faulkner’s fictional Mississippi county of Yoknapatawpha. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the “5/57” date on lower front flap. Jacket design by Push Pin Studios. Author photograph by Phyllis Cerf. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. An exceptional association linking two of the greatest American novelists.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 143641
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First Edition of Faulkner's Pylon; in the rare original dust jacket
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
Pylon.
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Hass, Inc 1935.
First edition of Faulkner’s explosive novel about a group of Southern barnstormers. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96589
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"Poets are almost always wrong about facts. That's because they are not really interested in facts: only in truth": First Edition of William Faulkner's The Town; Signed by Him in the year of publication
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
The Town.
New York: Random House 1957.
First edition, first state with the 5/57 at the bottom of the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “11 Nov 57 Best wishes William Faulkner.” With the publisher’s advance review copy slip dated May 1, 1957 laid in and a copy of the jacket photograph of Faulkner by Phyllis Cerf laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with only light rubbing to the crown of the spine, bookplate. Jacket design by Push Pin Studios. Rare and desirable signed in the year of publication.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 125095
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Signed Limited Edition of William Faulkner's The Wild Palms
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
The Wild Palms.
New York: Random House 1939.
Signed limited edition, number 14 of only 250 examples. In near fine condition, without the usual fading accustomed to this title. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 142141