FAULKNER WILLIAM Sanctuary

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FAULKNER, WILLIAM. Sanctuary. 8vo, publisher's 1/4 red-lettered grey cloth over magenta boards, patterned endpapers, slight lean, narrow toning to spine tips; dust jacket, extensive tape and tissue repairs to verso, several chips with loss of letters most pronounced at spine panel tips, scattered soiling and toning, penciled ownership signature on rear panel; booklabel on front pastedown. 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; Petersen A8b.