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"If there be grief, then let it be by rain, and this but silver grief for grieving's sake": First edition of This Earth: A Poem by William Faulkner
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
This Earth: A Poem by William Faulkner.
New York: Equinox 1932.
First edition of this short poem by William Faulkner. Octavo, original paper wrappers. Illustrated with drawings by Albert Heckman. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 90422
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William Faulkner's Officer of the Légion d'Honneur
[FAULKNER, WILLIAM].
Officer of the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur Diploma Awarded to William Faulkner.
: Republique Francaise 1949.
Partially printed diploma awarded to William Faulkner as an Officer of the Légion d’Honneur, conferred on him be the French government five months after he accepted the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. One page, partially printed and completed in a calligraphic hand, the diploma is signed by three French officials with an embossed seal. In near fine condition. Matted. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 18.5 inches. From the collection of William Faulkner.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 139733
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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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“War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war": First Edition of William Faulkner's A Fable
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
A Fable.
New York: Random House 1954.
First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Riki Levinson.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 70016
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"She gazed downward upon the dark, ceaseless water. It was never still, never the same, and on it moonlight was broken into little fleeting silver wings": First edition of William Faulkner's Mosquitoes
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
Mosquitoes.
New York: Boni & Liveright, Inc 1927.
First edition of Faulkner’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip to the front flap. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. A very nice example of this early Faulkner work.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 91795
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First edition of William Faulkner's Sanctuary; in the rare original dust jacket
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
Sanctuary.
New York: Johnathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931.
First edition of the novel that established Faulkner’s literary reputation. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. A very sharp example.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 91796
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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 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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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 good dust jacket with loss to the spine. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 100021
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"Your outside is just what you live in, sleep in, and has little connection with who you are and even less with what you do": First Edition of William Faulkners Final Novel The Reivers
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
The Reivers: A Reminiscence.
New York: Random House 1962.
First edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. A nice example.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 100321