first edition Softcover
1938 · Paris
by FAULKNER, William
Paris: Gallimard, 1938. Softcover. First French edition. Translated by Maurice E. Coindreau. Original pale blue printed wrappers in French-folded tissue dustwrapper. Spine very slightly tanned, else fine. One of 20 *hors commerce* copies, this copy Inscribed by the translator to Mlle. Gabrielle Yras. Faulkner's early and staunch appreciation by, and influence upon, French intellectuals prior to his "rediscovery" in America, is well documented.
(Inventory #: 63673)