first edition
1931 · New York
by Faulkner, William
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. A lovely, Near Fine copy of the book with a previous owner's bookplate on the front paste-down and some minor dampstaining to the rear end leaves, otherwise a bright, crisp copy. In a Very Good+ to Near Fine dust jacket with the spine panel a bit toned and two clean tears on the rear panel, without loss (the larger about an inch long and a corresponding crease across the panel). Completely unrepaired and unrestored, and presenting very well. This copy with grey pattern on the magenta end-papers, and price of $2.50 on the bottom of the front flap.
Faulkner's controversial prohibition era novel was a commercial and critical success; and along with his novels The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, Sanctuary led to his Nobel Prize for literature in 1949. "The theme of Sanctuary is the discovery of reality with the concomitant discovery of evil...instead of victory and moral vindication, [the characters] receive a stunning kind of defeat...the traditional society has given place to a modern world in which amoral power is almost nakedly present" (Brooks). A stirring exploration of the modern world and the fall of men. Near Fine in Very Good + dust jacket. (Inventory #: 6103)
Faulkner's controversial prohibition era novel was a commercial and critical success; and along with his novels The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, Sanctuary led to his Nobel Prize for literature in 1949. "The theme of Sanctuary is the discovery of reality with the concomitant discovery of evil...instead of victory and moral vindication, [the characters] receive a stunning kind of defeat...the traditional society has given place to a modern world in which amoral power is almost nakedly present" (Brooks). A stirring exploration of the modern world and the fall of men. Near Fine in Very Good + dust jacket. (Inventory #: 6103)