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FAULKNER, WILLIAM. 1897-1962. Absalom! Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936. image 1
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. 1897-1962. Absalom! Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936. image 2
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. 1897-1962. Absalom! Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936. image 3
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FAULKNER, WILLIAM. 1897-1962.
Absalom! Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.

5 December 2019, 10:00 EST
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FAULKNER, WILLIAM. 1897-1962.

Absalom! Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936. 8vo. Folding map of Yoknapatawpha County, after a drawing by Faulkner, at rear. Publisher's green-cloth backed patterned paper boards, top edges gilt, custom folding box, cloth lightly faded at spine, with rubbing at foot.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED ISSUE, number 160 of 300 copies, signed by Faulkner at the colophon. Perhaps best summed up by Faulkner himself, as he showed the manuscript to David Hempstead, "I think it's the best novel yet written by an American" (Blotner, Faulkner, p 364). Petersen A17d.

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