First printing of Faulkner's magnum opus
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. Petersen A6.1; Meriwether (1962).
Condition and Description: Octavo, publisher's original art deco boards with matching endpapers, spine lettered in black, 401 pp. The boards are tanned, especially around the edges, and rubbed, with the spine titles visibly abraded. Tips rubbed through. The book is structurally sound, with no separation of the endpapers. Free of any writing, underlining, or prior owner's markings.
“...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 Furyis 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: 105 - 387 - 129
First printing of Faulkner's magnum opus
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. Petersen A6.1; Meriwether (1962).
Condition and Description: Octavo, publisher's original art deco boards with matching endpapers, spine lettered in black, 401 pp. The boards are tanned, especially around the edges, and rubbed, with the spine titles visibly abraded. Tips rubbed through. The book is structurally sound, with no separation of the endpapers. Free of any writing, underlining, or prior owner's markings.
“...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 Furyis 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: 105 - 387 - 129
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