First printing of Faulkner's magnum opus, in the first state of the dust jacket
Publisher and Year: New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929
Edition: First edition, first printing ("First Published 1929" with no statement of reprint), one of just 1,789 copies. First-state dust jacket, with Humanity Uprooted priced $3.00 on the rear panel (incremented to $3.50 in the second state). (Petersen A6.1; Meriwether, 1962).
Condition and Description: Octavo, publisher's original art deco boards with matching endpapers, spine lettered in black, 401 pp. Modest toning to the boards; light foxing to the spine; wear to the edges (mainly to the bottom edge). Rear board with a localized patch of discoloration, consistent with printer's ink set-off during production of the book. Bookstore stamp to the front free endpaper ("The Book Shop / 136 Park Place / Johnstown, - PA"), with light offsetting to the pastedown. Clean pages otherwise, with no writing, underlining, or prior owner markings. The dust jacket shows rubbing to the surface; significant fading to the spine (as usual); toning to a strip of the fore-edge and bottom edge of the front panel; closed tears to the edges (sealed on the blindside with tape); and light creasing and a little loss to the tips and extremities. An attractive example of one of the most influential novels, and one of the most iconic dust jackets, of the twentieth century.
"...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment [...]" Ranked #6 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century, The Sound and the Fury is widely considered Faulkner's finest work and a defining achievement in American modernism. Its formal experimentation and psychological depth secured its inclusion in TIME Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels and The Guardian's list of the 100 best novels written in English, cementing its reputation as one of the most influential novels ever published.
Inventory ID: 478 - 713 - 932
First printing of Faulkner's magnum opus, in the first state of the dust jacket
Publisher and Year: New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929
Edition: First edition, first printing ("First Published 1929" with no statement of reprint), one of just 1,789 copies. First-state dust jacket, with Humanity Uprooted priced $3.00 on the rear panel (incremented to $3.50 in the second state). (Petersen A6.1; Meriwether, 1962).
Condition and Description: Octavo, publisher's original art deco boards with matching endpapers, spine lettered in black, 401 pp. Modest toning to the boards; light foxing to the spine; wear to the edges (mainly to the bottom edge). Rear board with a localized patch of discoloration, consistent with printer's ink set-off during production of the book. Bookstore stamp to the front free endpaper ("The Book Shop / 136 Park Place / Johnstown, - PA"), with light offsetting to the pastedown. Clean pages otherwise, with no writing, underlining, or prior owner markings. The dust jacket shows rubbing to the surface; significant fading to the spine (as usual); toning to a strip of the fore-edge and bottom edge of the front panel; closed tears to the edges (sealed on the blindside with tape); and light creasing and a little loss to the tips and extremities. An attractive example of one of the most influential novels, and one of the most iconic dust jackets, of the twentieth century.
"...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment [...]" Ranked #6 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century, The Sound and the Fury is widely considered Faulkner's finest work and a defining achievement in American modernism. Its formal experimentation and psychological depth secured its inclusion in TIME Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels and The Guardian's list of the 100 best novels written in English, cementing its reputation as one of the most influential novels ever published.
Inventory ID: 478 - 713 - 932
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