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Set of 22 first editions bound in full leather

Author: Faulkner, William
With: Mosquitoes. [Petersen A4.b]. Boni & Liveright, 1927. * The Sound and the Fury. Original cloth spine tipped-in at rear, also 3 leaves from the original endpapers bound in and a trimmed portion of the rear jacket panel, laid in. Less than 2000 total copies were printed. [Petersen A6.b]. Expert repairs to upper title and 1st text leaf. Cape & Smith, 1929. * These 13 [Thirteen]. Most of the front jacket flap, laid in. [Petersen A9]. Cape & Smith, [1931]. * Light in August. 1st issue with "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on p.340, line 1. [Petersen A13.a]. Smith & Haas, [1932]. * Doctor Martino. [Petersen A15a]. Smith & Haas, 1934. * Pylon. Blue morocco. [Petersen A16.b]. Smith & Haas, 1935. * Absalom, Absalom! Folding map in back. [Petersen A17.c]. Random House, 1936. * The Unvanquished. Illus. by Edward Shenton. [Peterson A18.a]. Random House, [1938]. * The Wild Palms. [Petersen A19b-c]. Random House, [1939]. * The Hamlet. [Petersen A20.b]. Random House, 1940. * Go Down, Moses. True binding state unknown. [Petersen A21.e]. Random House, [1942]. * Intruder in the Dust. [Petersen A24.b]. Random House, [1948]. * Knight's Gambit. [Petersen A25.b]. Random House, [1949]. * The Collected Stories of… [Petersen A26.a.]. Random House, [1950]. * Requiem for a Nun. [Peterson A28.b]. Random House, [1951]. * A Fable. [Petersen A31a]. Random House, [1954]. * Big Woods. Illus. by Edward Shenton. [Peterson A33a]. Random House, [1955]. * The Town. 1st issue, page 327 lines 8 and 10 repeat. [Petersen A34.a]. Random House, [1957]. * The Mansion. [Petersen A36.b]. Random House, [1959]. * The Reivers. [Petersen A37.d]. Random House, [1962]. Together, 20 volumes. Uniformly bound (except one) in full green oasis morocco, spines ruled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt; Pylon is bound in full dark blue morocco, dec. gilt ruled covers, turn-ins, all edges gilt bound by Weitz-Coleman (New York in 1989). First Editions, first printings.
Place Published: New York
Date Published: 1927-62

Mostly just light wear to contents, occasional faint foxing (chiefly only at page edges); internally near fine, finely bound in matching green leather.

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