The Wishing Tree.

"On the night before your birthday, if you get into bed left foot first and turn the pillow over before you go to sleep, anything might happen": First edition of William Faulkner's The Wishing Tree

The Wishing Tree.

FAULKNER, William. Illustrated by Don Bolognese.

Item Number: 104832

New York: Random House, 1964.

First edition of this children’s book written by Faulkner for Victoria Franklin, daughter of his sweetheart Estelle Oldham, whom he later married. Octavo, original cloth. The Publisher’s Note states that until the appearance of this edition only a single copy of the book existed typed and bound on varicolored paper and typed and bound by the author. This edition follows that unique copy. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.

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