Notes On A Horsethief; Decorations By Elizabeth Calvert

Greenville, Mississippi: The Levee Press, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth front cover decorated in silver. Near fine. 71 pages. 24 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 387 of 950 signed by Faulkner in blue ink. Clean, bright copy, owner inscription front free endpaper. A review from Cambridge University Press: "It is April, 1914. A famous imported racehorse, with a leg irreparably injured in a train wreck, is stolen by his English groom, and with the aid of a Negro preacher-stableman is nursed and cared for sufficiently for him to win races in out-of-the-way county seats and country fairs, always eluding the pursuing detectives, police, (truncated) insurance adjusters, and others interested in his apprehension. (Inventory #: 24525)