The Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion The Snopes Trilogy [Complete Set of First Printings]
Please see description & photographs below for detailed condition.. A MASTERWORK OF AMERICAN MODERNISM - THE FINAL CHAPTER OF FAULKNER'S SOUTH
This complete set represents the monumental three-decade evolution of Faulkner's Snopes family chronicles, tracing the ascent and moral decay of Flem Snopes in Yoknapatawpha County.
Collected here in their correct first states, these volumes constitute one of the most sustained achievements in 20th-century American fiction. The set begins with the 1940 first trade edition of 'The Hamlet' and concludes with the 1959 first printing of 'The Mansion', offering a cohesive portrait of the mythic town of Jefferson.
KEY FEATURES
+++ The Hamlet: First trade edition (1940). Black cloth with gold lettering; top edge stained red. First issue jacket without reviews on the rear panel.
+++ The Town: First edition, first printing (1957). Stated first state with line 8 repeated on line 10 of page 327. First state jacket priced at $3.95 with 5/57 code on front flap.
+++ The Mansion: First edition, first printing (1959). Blue cloth with yellow topstain. First state jacket with 10/59 code on front flap.
+++ Condition Details: 'The Hamlet' is near fine in a like, price-clipped jacket with a small chip at the spine tip. 'The Town' is near fine in a very good jacket. 'The Mansion' is very good in a very good, price-clipped jacket.
+++ Visuals: 'The Hamlet' features a color pictorial title page; all volumes retain original publisher's pictorial jackets now in protective mylar.
+++ Imprint: All volumes New York: Random House.
+++ Specs: All volumes approximately 8 inches tall. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --
William Faulkner, recipient of the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature, is a titan of Modernism whose work redefined the American South. His creation of Yoknapatawpha County provided a microcosm through which to examine themes of class, race, and the crushing weight of history.
The Snopes Trilogy is unique in American letters as a work conceived in 1925 and meticulously executed over nineteen years of publication. It documents the transition of the South from a land of agrarian tradition to one of mercantile opportunism. As noted in 'Commentary Magazine' (Feb 1960), the trilogy is a summation of a lifetime's work, providing the final chapter to Faulkner's mythic Jefferson.
SUBJECTS: Mississippi History, Southern Literature, Snopes Family, Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha County, Nobel Prize Authors. Modern Firsts, Fiction.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Petersen A20a; Brodsky 1313, 1328, 1458; McBride.
This complete set represents the monumental three-decade evolution of Faulkner's Snopes family chronicles, tracing the ascent and moral decay of Flem Snopes in Yoknapatawpha County.
Collected here in their correct first states, these volumes constitute one of the most sustained achievements in 20th-century American fiction. The set begins with the 1940 first trade edition of 'The Hamlet' and concludes with the 1959 first printing of 'The Mansion', offering a cohesive portrait of the mythic town of Jefferson.
KEY FEATURES
+++ The Hamlet: First trade edition (1940). Black cloth with gold lettering; top edge stained red. First issue jacket without reviews on the rear panel.
+++ The Town: First edition, first printing (1957). Stated first state with line 8 repeated on line 10 of page 327. First state jacket priced at $3.95 with 5/57 code on front flap.
+++ The Mansion: First edition, first printing (1959). Blue cloth with yellow topstain. First state jacket with 10/59 code on front flap.
+++ Condition Details: 'The Hamlet' is near fine in a like, price-clipped jacket with a small chip at the spine tip. 'The Town' is near fine in a very good jacket. 'The Mansion' is very good in a very good, price-clipped jacket.
+++ Visuals: 'The Hamlet' features a color pictorial title page; all volumes retain original publisher's pictorial jackets now in protective mylar.
+++ Imprint: All volumes New York: Random House.
+++ Specs: All volumes approximately 8 inches tall. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --
William Faulkner, recipient of the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature, is a titan of Modernism whose work redefined the American South. His creation of Yoknapatawpha County provided a microcosm through which to examine themes of class, race, and the crushing weight of history.
The Snopes Trilogy is unique in American letters as a work conceived in 1925 and meticulously executed over nineteen years of publication. It documents the transition of the South from a land of agrarian tradition to one of mercantile opportunism. As noted in 'Commentary Magazine' (Feb 1960), the trilogy is a summation of a lifetime's work, providing the final chapter to Faulkner's mythic Jefferson.
SUBJECTS: Mississippi History, Southern Literature, Snopes Family, Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha County, Nobel Prize Authors. Modern Firsts, Fiction.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Petersen A20a; Brodsky 1313, 1328, 1458; McBride.
Details
Title
The Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion The Snopes Trilogy [Complete Set of First Printings]
Author
Faulkner, William (1897-1962)
Condition
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