signed first edition
1954 · New York
by Faulkner, William
New York: Random House, 1954. First edition. Near Fine. First printing, one of 1,000 copies signed and numbered by William Faulkner. Publisher's blue cloth. Top edge dark blue. Some toning to endpapers at gutter and a bit of foxing to edges of closed text block. With the publisher's slipcase (somewhat toned and dustsoiled) but lacking the glassine. A bright, Near Fine copy of the book in the Good+ slipcase.
William Faulkner’s 1954 novel, which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, A Fable took Faulkner over ten years to write. Set in World War I – and inspired closely by the life of Jesus – the novel follows Corporal Stephan, (truncated)
William Faulkner’s 1954 novel, which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, A Fable took Faulkner over ten years to write. Set in World War I – and inspired closely by the life of Jesus – the novel follows Corporal Stephan, (truncated)