A Fable

New York: Random House, 1954. First printing. Hardcover. Good- to very good- condition. Octavo. [8] 437pp. Original burgundy cloth with black design on cover, apricot and silver lettering with publisher's device on spine; in original dustjacket with apricot lettering and publisher's device on spine. Textured blue-gray endpapers. Price of $4.75 on front flap. Title page with double cross in black and gray.

"The crowning achievement of William Faulkner's distinguished and honored career, A Fable has been nine years in the writing, from the time it was conceived in December of 1944 until it was completed in November 1954. The scene of A Fable is France, the time 1918. World War I is flaming; there is a mutiny in the trenches. The story-the fable from which the book take its title-is of people, soldiers and civilians, familiar in our own lives and experience and in the ageless tragedy and triumph of the crucifixion and resurrection." (Publisher)

Dustjacket with light creasing and chipping along edges, light scratching on back cover, and sunned along edges. Binding with light wear along edges. Very light staining on front free endpaper with previous owner's name inked to front free endpaper. Inside back cover with light staining and cracked at gutter. Block lightly age-toned.