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FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.
FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.
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FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.

8vo. Half-title; folding map at end. Original black cloth stamped in red and gold, top edge stained red; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (spine and extremities sunned, light chipping at extreme ends and flap corners). Provenance: Elizabeth Josephine La Pan (bookplate and ownership signature).

FIRST TRADE EDITION. The novel details the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, and the story is told almost entirely in flashbacks narrated by Quentin Compson (his Harvard roommate). Its groundbreaking technique, along with that of The Sound and the Fury, contributed to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Petersen A17c.
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FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.

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FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.: FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936. 8vo. Original cloth-backed patterned boards, top edges gilt, others uncut (spine lightly sunned, fore-corners rubbed).
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