FAULKNER WILLIAM Sanctuary

Sale 2319 - Lot 105

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

FAULKNER, WILLIAM. Sanctuary. 8vo, 1/4 red stamped grey cloth over magenta boards, patterned endpapers, top edges stained black, slight lean, spine slightly darkened, trace of rubbing to lower corners; dust jacket, few small chips to spine panel ends and corners not affecting lettering, two small nicks at top of front panel, one just touching one letter; preserved in custom drop-back case. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, (1931)

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first edition, first issue. Faulkner's sixth novel, and his first to be adapted into a film (retitled The Story of Temple Drake), though Faulkner himself did not have a hand in any aspect of the production. Fargnoli and Golay, p. 201; Peterson A8b; Connolly, The Modern Movement 69.