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  • [Literature]. Faulkner, William (1897-1962). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Bill", to "Dear Ben [Wasson]",
    May. 20, 2026

    [Literature]. Faulkner, William (1897-1962). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Bill", to "Dear Ben [Wasson]",

    Est: €3,000 - €4,000

    [Literature]. Faulkner, William (1897-1962). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Bill", to "Dear Ben [Wasson]", undated (possibly November 1930), pen and ink, 1 leaf, recto only. - TIPPED ON the first blank of: Idem. These 13. Stories/ New York, Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931, 1st ed., (10),358p., orig. cl. - The letter folded and trifle yellowed. The backstrip of the book sl. sunned and the covers some (vague) foxing. = Kind and interesting letter to Faulkner's literary agent and friend Ben Wasson, concerning his life at the Shegog House, that Faulkner purchased on April 12, 1930. He tells Wasson that he spent the whole summer repairing the detoriated property from 1844 and talks about his country lifestyle. Faulkner also refers to Curtis Brown, a London-based literary agent who sold his story "Red Leaves" to the English magazine Saturday Evening Post (it was publ. on October 25, 1930). "(...) I have been so busy this summer repairing the house that I write only when I need money. I have not even found time to look through my mss. and pick out something to send you. I have some stuff, I know, that will do with a little re-writing (...). It has been a fine fall. I have 13 chickens, a cow, a housefull of firewood (...) and 5 gallons of whiskey (...)". These 13 in first edition, first issue (w. the incorrect page number "280" instead of "208" for the story "Hair" in the list of contents), one of 299 copies numb. and SIGNED by the author, untrimmed, silver painted top edge. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.

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  • [Literature]. Faulkner, William (1897-1962). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Bill", to "Dear Ben [Wasson]",
    May. 20, 2026

    [Literature]. Faulkner, William (1897-1962). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Bill", to "Dear Ben [Wasson]",

    Est: €2,000 - €3,000

    [Literature]. Faulkner, William (1897-1962). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Bill", to "Dear Ben [Wasson]", undated, pen and ink, 1 leaf, recto only. - Verso w. sm. spot w. remnant of formerly tipping in. Folded, but fine. = Interesting letter to Faulkner's literary agent and friend Ben Wasson, i.a. on the death of Wasson's dog and on the wherabouts of the manuscripts of "Snopes" (refering to the family name of the characters from Faulkner's novels The Hamlet, The Town and The Mansion). "(...) I don't want to nag you to death about the mss. but that copy is the only "Snopes" I have; also some of the short stories (...)". Faulkner asks Wasson urgently to get in touch with Crump (Owen Crump, the artist who shared his apartment with Faulkner in late 1928), who apparently still has manuscripts in his possession. "(...) So will you please try to get in touch with Crump and get there and - since you are planning to go abroad - and [?] to Hal Smith, with this letter; it will explain. I don't know where Crump is. He married a Brooklyn girl whom Jim Devine knows, and Lyle Saxon knows Jim. So if you had rather, will you give this letter to Lyle and get him to do it? I know this is ask a lot of a man with his own troubles, but I can't get up there before fall, and I'd hate to lose the mss. (...). P.S. Send me the ones I did leave with you. I can make good stories our of them, I believe".

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  • Faulkner, William (1897-1962). The Unvanquished. New York: Random House, 1938.
    May. 15, 2026

    Faulkner, William (1897-1962). The Unvanquished. New York: Random House, 1938.

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Faulkner, William (1897-1962). The Unvanquished. New York: Random House, 1938. 8vo. Wood-engraved drawings by Edward Shenton. Original burgundy cloth-backed decorated boards, top edge gilt (a touch of sunning to spine, extremities lightly toned). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 97 of 250 copies on Archer rag paper, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. The Unvanquished comprises seven short stories, five of which were originally published in The Saturday Evening Post. Petersen A19.1. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • Faulkner, William (1897-1962). Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House, 1951.
    May. 14, 2026

    Faulkner, William (1897-1962). Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House, 1951.

    Est: $600 - $800

    Faulkner, William (1897-1962). Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House, 1951. 8vo. Original half black cloth, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 664 of 750 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Requiem for a Nun is perhaps best-known for its inclusion of one of Faulkner's most famous lines: "The past is never dead. It's not even past." Petersen A32.1a. [With:] FAULKNER. Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House, 1951. Original two-tone cloth; dust jacket (spine lightly sunned). FIRST TRADE EDITION. Petersen A32.1b. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • Faulkner, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.
    May. 14, 2026

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

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    Faulkner, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936. Original green buckram-backed decorative paper boards, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt (light toning to extremities). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 216 of 300 copies on Holliston Rag paper, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. 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 A18.2a. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • Faulkner, William (1897-1962). Mosquitoes. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.
    May. 14, 2026

    Faulkner, William (1897-1962). Mosquitoes. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Faulkner, William (1897-1962). Mosquitoes. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. 8vo. Title printed in blue and black. Original blue cloth lettered in yellow, top edge stained yellow, blue decorative endpapers (a light touch of wear at spine ends and fore-corners); dust jacket (spine lightly faded, light rubbing to joints and folds, two small closed tears to rear panel); morocco-backed case and chemise. FIRST EDITION IN THE FIRST STATE DUST JACKET with the "mosquitoes" design of Faulkner's satirical second novel about the residents of a New Orleans artistic colony who embark on a four-day yachting cruise. Petersen A4.1a. A VERY BRIGHT COPY. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • William Faulkner (1897-1962) Go Down, Moses and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1942.
    Apr. 23, 2026

    William Faulkner (1897-1962) Go Down, Moses and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1942.

    Est: $600 - $800

    William Faulkner (1897-1962) Go Down, Moses and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1942. First trade edition, stated first printing, octavo; bound in publisher's Dutch blue cloth, spine stamped in pale green; with the publisher's illustrated dust jacket (price clipped, faint soling to rear panel, minor losses at edges; pale toning largely concentrated at margins; caps just pushed, minor discoloration to endpapers); 8 x 5 ¼ in.  Seven short stories make up Faulkner's Go Down, Moses, including his celebrated tale, "The Bear." They are all interconnected with one another, leading readers and publishers to reclassify this book as a novel. In later printings, "other stories" is removed altogether from the title. Petersen A21a.

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  • William Faulkner (1897-1962) Absalom, Absalom! Signed Limited Edition. New York: Random House, 1936.
    Apr. 23, 2026

    William Faulkner (1897-1962) Absalom, Absalom! Signed Limited Edition. New York: Random House, 1936.

    Est: $1,500 - $2,000

    William Faulkner (1897-1962) Absalom, Absalom! Signed Limited Edition. New York: Random House, 1936. First edition, limited issue, octavo; number 229 of 300 copies signed by Faulkner in black ink on the limitation, with the original folding map printed in red and black at rear; bound in green cloth-backed patterned boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine a touch sunned, some toning mostly at board edges, a bit bowed, usual discoloration to endpapers); 8 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. Petersen A17d.

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  • William Faulkner, USA (1896-1976), Homestead at Night, Oil on Canvas
    Nov. 29, 2025

    William Faulkner, USA (1896-1976), Homestead at Night, Oil on Canvas

    Est: $40 - $80

    William Faulkner USA (1896-1976) Homestead at Night Oil on Canvas Signed lower right

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  • William Faulkner, USA (1896-1976), Saloon and Merchandise, Oil on card
    Nov. 29, 2025

    William Faulkner, USA (1896-1976), Saloon and Merchandise, Oil on card

    Est: $40 - $80

    William Faulkner USA (1896-1976) Saloon and Merchandise Oil on card

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Snopes Trilogy (The Haml...
    Nov. 20, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Snopes Trilogy (The Haml...

    Est: $600 - $900

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Snopes Trilogy (The Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion). New York: Random House, 1940-[1959]. 8vos. Publisher’s bindings, unclipped dust jackets (some rubbing to bindings; jackets a bit toned, lightly edgeworn, a few marginal chips or tears, small ownership signature on ffep. of The Mansion). Near fine. FIRST TRADE EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTINGS OF THE COMPLETE SNOPES TRILOGY. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 8 x 5 x 2”.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Intruder in the Dust. New Yo...
    Nov. 20, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Intruder in the Dust. New Yo...

    Est: $200 - $300

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Intruder in the Dust. New York: Random House, [1948]. 8vo. 247, [3, blank] pp. Publisher’s full black cloth, front board and spine stamped in blue and yellow, publisher’s unclipped (“$3.00”) dust jacket (some rubbing, light bumping to binding, text a bit toned; jacket spine toned, some edgewear, a few small chips, marginal tears). Near fine. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 8 x 5 x 2”.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 27 FIRST EDITIONS IN FRENCH, comprising a virtually complete run of Faulkner's novels, including:
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 27 FIRST EDITIONS IN FRENCH, comprising a virtually complete run of Faulkner's novels, including:

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 27 FIRST EDITIONS IN FRENCH, comprising a virtually complete run of Faulkner's novels, including: Monnaie de Singe. B. Arthaud, 1948. No. 56 of 300. -- Moustiques. De Minuit, 1948. No. 118 of 200. -- Le Bruit et la Fureur. 1938. One of 70 copies. Tandis que j'agonise. 1934. One of 150. -- Sanctuaire. One of 150. 1933. -- Lumière d'août. 1935. No. 29 of 50 copies. -- Absalon! Absalon! 1953. No. 19 of 80 copies on fine vellum paper. -- And others, including 11 titles printed on fine vellum paper. Together, 27 works in 27 volumes, all small or large 8vo, most published in Paris by Gallimard (unless otherwise noted), all in original wrappers with glassines, ALL FIRST EDITIONS IN FRENCH, condition generally near fine. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 48 FIRST EDITIONS by and about Faulkner, including:
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 48 FIRST EDITIONS by and about Faulkner, including:

    Est: $500 - $700

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 48 FIRST EDITIONS by and about Faulkner, including: A Rose for Emily and Other Stories. [New York]: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., 1942. -- The Faulkner Reader. New York: Random House, 1954. -- Requiem for a Nun: A Play. New York: Random House, 1959. -- Essays, Speeches, and Public Letters. New York: Random House, 1965. -- Flags in the Dust. New York: Random House, 1973. -- Mayday. Notre Dame and London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1978. -- Helen: A Courtship and Mississippi Poems. [New Orleans]: Tulane University and Yoknapatawpha Press, 1981. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY EDITOR CARVEL COLLINS TO CARL PETERSON. -- Vision in Spring. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1984. -- Country Lawyer and Other Stories for the Screen. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 1987. -- Stallion Road: A Screenplay. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 1989. -- BLOTNER, Joseph. Faulkner: A Biography. New York: Random House, 1974. 2 volumes. -- BRODSKY, Louis Daniel and Robert W. HAMBIN. Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 1982-1985. 4 volumes. VOLUMES I-III PRESENTATION COPIES INSCRIBED TO MALCOLM COWLEY. -- BROOKS, Cleanth. William Faulkner: Toward Yoknapatawpha and Beyond. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1978. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO MALCOLM COWLEY. -- CAMPBELL, Harry Modean and Ruel E. FOSTER. William Faulkner: A Critical Appraisal. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1951. -- MASSEY, Linton R. (ed.). "Man Working", 1919-1962. Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1968. And 33 others. Together, 48 works in 51 volumes, mostly 8vo and 4to, all in original bindings and many with dust jackets, condition generally fine. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 13 LIMITED EDITIONS, comprising:
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 13 LIMITED EDITIONS, comprising:

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 13 LIMITED EDITIONS, comprising: This Earth. New York: Equinox Press, 1932. -- Tandis Que J'Agonise. Paris: Editions Jean Boiseau, 1946. Number 22 of 25 numbered copies. -- The Nobel Prize Speech. New York: The Spiral Press, 1951. One of 1,500 copies. [With]: Another copy. -- Mirrors of Chartres Street. Minneapolis: Faulkner Studies, 1953. Number 44 of 1,000 copies. -- Jealousy and Episode. Minneapolis: Faulkner Studies, 1955. Number 203 of 500 copies. -- Faulkner on Love: A Letter. Fargo: The Merrykit Press, 1974. Number 75 of 100 copies. -- Marionettes. Oxford, MS: Yoknapatawpha Press, 1975. Number 71 of 500 copies for sale. -- Mississippi Poems. Oxford, MS: Yoknapatawpha Press, 1979. Number 67 of 500 copies for sale. SIGNED BY LOUIS DANIEL BRODSKY AND JOSEPH BLOTNER. -- Father Abraham. [Madison]: Red Ozier Press, 1983. Number 189 of 210 copies. -- Elmer. Northport, AL: Published for the Mississippi Quarterly by the Seajay Press, 1983. Letter "L" of 26 lettered copies for private distribution. -- A Sorority Pledge. Northport, AL: The Seajay Press, 1983. Number 14 of 100 copies. PRESENTATION COPY TO CARL PETERSON. -- The Sound and the Fury. London: The Folio Society, 2012. 2 volumes. Number 1,425 of 1,480 copies for sale. Together, 13 works in 14 volumes, various 8vo, 4to, and folio sizes, all in bindings, condition generally fine. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 16 titles, MOST FIRST TRADE EDITIONS, comprising:
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 16 titles, MOST FIRST TRADE EDITIONS, comprising:

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 16 titles, MOST FIRST TRADE EDITIONS, comprising: Mosquitoes. NY: Liveright, [ca 1933]. Second edition, second printing dust jacket (priced $2.50, without the words "New Edition" on front flap, but with only "Liveright" on foot of spine). Petersen A4.3. -- Mosquitoes. Mosquitoes. NY: Liveright, [ca 1933]. Second edition, "New Edition" dust jacket. Petersen A4.3. -- A Green Bough. NY: Harrison Smith & Robart Haas, 1933. Petersen A15.1b. -- Doctor Martino. NY: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. Petersen A16.1.b. -- Pylon. NY: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935. Petersen A17.1c. -- The Unvanquished. NY: Random House, 1938. Petersen A19.2. -- The Wild Palms. NY: Random House, 1939. First binding. Petersen A20.2b. -- Intruder in the Dust. NY: Random House, 1948. Petersen A26.2. -- Knight's Gambit. NY: Random House, 1949. Petersen A27.2. -- Requiem for a Nun. NY: Random House, 1951. -- Mirrors of Chartres Street. MN: Faulkner Studios, 1954. Limited issue. First binding. -- Big Woods. NY: Random House, 1955. Petersen A44.1. -- The Town. NY: Random House, 1957. First binding. REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip laid in. Petersen A47.1b. -- The Mansion. NY: Random House, 1959. Petersen A52.2b. -- The Reivers. NY: Random House, 1962. Petersen A54.2b. -- The Wishing Tree. NY: Random House, 1964. Petersen A60.3. Together, 16 works in 16 volumes, all 8vo, all in original cloth and dust jackets, ALL BUT TWO ARE FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very good. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Reivers: A Reminiscence. New York: Random House, 1962.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Reivers: A Reminiscence. New York: Random House, 1962.

    Est: $600 - $800

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Reivers: A Reminiscence. New York: Random House, 1962. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth gilt, top edge stained red. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 300 of 500 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. The Reivers would be the last limited edition work by Faulkner to bear his signature as he would die on 6 July 1962, a mere four weeks after the trade edition was published. Petersen A54.2a. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A Fable. New York: Random House, 1954.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A Fable. New York: Random House, 1954.

    Est: $400 - $600

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A Fable. New York: Random House, 1954. 8vo. Original pictorial maroon cloth stamped in grey, spine lettered in white and silver; dust jacket; folding cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST TRADE EDITION. Faulkner won the Pulitzer Prize for this 1954 novel-length parable of mutiny and false armistice in World War I. Petersen A37.2b. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A Fable. New York: Random House, 1954.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A Fable. New York: Random House, 1954.

    Est: $600 - $800

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A Fable. New York: Random House, 1954. 8vo. Original white and blue decorated cloth, top edge stained blue; publisher's board slipcase with printed paper label (spotting and toning to extremes). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 712 of 1,000 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. A Fable was the first of Faulkner's novels to win the Pulitzer Prize. Though it was received with mixed reviews, Faulkner considered it his masterpiece, and it can be seen as a precursor to Joseph Heller's Catch-22. Petersen A37.2a. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House, 1951.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House, 1951.

    Est: $600 - $800

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House, 1951. 8vo. Original half black cloth, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine (spine lightly sunned, a few tiny spots of rubbing to upper cover). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 142 of 750 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Requiem for a Nun is perhaps best-known for its inclusion of one of Faulkner's most famous lines: "The past is never dead. It's not even past." Petersen A32.1a. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Notes on a Horse Thief. Greenville, MS: The Levee Press, 1950.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Notes on a Horse Thief. Greenville, MS: The Levee Press, 1950.

    Est: $400 - $600

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Notes on a Horse Thief. Greenville, MS: The Levee Press, 1950. 8vo. Decorations by Elizabeth Calvert. Original pictorial green cloth stamped in silver (slight rubbing to corners). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 825 of 975 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Notes on a Horse Thief is the only Faulkner work to be published in his home state of Mississippi. Petersen A30.1. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Go Down, Moses and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1942.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Go Down, Moses and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1942.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Go Down, Moses and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1942. 8vo. Original black cloth stamped in gold and red, top edges stained red (faint stains on upper cover); dust jacket (spine lightly toned, a few small closed tears near top edge of front panel, tiny chips to spine ends). FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN THE FIRST BINDING. INSCRIBED IN PENCIL BY FAULKNER, below his name on the title-page: "William Faulkner, Los Angeles, Calif, 6 March 1944." Throughout his career, Faulkner worked on several Hollywood screen adaptations, spending nearly seven years under contract with Warner Bros. and dividing his time between Oxford and California. On 14 February 1944, he returned to Hollywood after the holidays for what would be nearly a full year of work on the adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep. (See Petersen, On the Track of the Dixie Limited, 1979, pp.33-39). Go Down, Moses, a collection of seven related pieces of short fiction, is sometimes considered a novel. It spans more than a century in the history of the McCaslin family, viewing their hardships and triumphs by examining their daily lives. It is considered by some to be Faulkner's most spiritual book, as shown in the connection to nature and the land in "The Old People," "The Bear," and "Delta Autumn." Peterson A23.2b. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Go Down Moses. New York: Random House, 1942.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Go Down Moses. New York: Random House, 1942.

    Est: $10,000 - $15,000

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Go Down Moses. New York: Random House, 1942. 8vo. Original half salmon red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt (small spot of rubbing near spine end). Provenance: Carl Petersen (his collection, offered at Serendipity Books, 1991, catalogue 48, p.199). THE CARL PETERSEN/PRINTER'S FILE COPY, stamped "The Haddon Craftsmen Inc. Job No. 51740." The job number is filled in by hand. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 100 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER, this copy unnumbered. This is the smallest limitation of any of Faulkner's limited, signed editions and is among his scarcest books. Thomas Verich, curator of the Faulkner Collection at the University of Mississippi, locates fewer than 50 copies in his 1991 census (see Mississippi Quarterly 44.3 (Summer 1991), pp.337-345). This copy is listed in the census as one of the three unnumbered, out-of-series copies ("Copy owned by Peter Howard and Jeffery Marx (Carl Petersen's copy)"). Petersen A23.2a (this copy). This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). [Snopes Trilogy]. The Hamlet. 1940. -- The Town. 1957. -- The Mansion. 1959. New York: Random House.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). [Snopes Trilogy]. The Hamlet. 1940. -- The Town. 1957. -- The Mansion. 1959. New York: Random House.

    Est: $400 - $600

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). [Snopes Trilogy]. The Hamlet. 1940. -- The Town. 1957. -- The Mansion. 1959. New York: Random House. Together, 3 volumes in 3 works, 8vo. Original cloth; dust jackets (The Hamlet with a very light touch of rubbing to extremities). FIRST TRADE EDITIONS, IN FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKETS. The Snopes trilogy was begun in 1940 with The Hamlet and concluded nineteen years later with The Mansion, with all three works taking place in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. Petersen A22.1b, A47.1b, A52.1. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). [The Snopes trilogy]. The Hamlet. 1940. -- The Town. 1957. -- The Mansion. 1959. New York: Random House.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). [The Snopes trilogy]. The Hamlet. 1940. -- The Town. 1957. -- The Mansion. 1959. New York: Random House.

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). [The Snopes trilogy]. The Hamlet. 1940. -- The Town. 1957. -- The Mansion. 1959. New York: Random House. Together, 3 volumes, 8vo. First volume in original half blue-green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; original glassine; modern folding case. Other volumes in original cloth gilt; The Mansion in original acetate. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE SET of the Snopes Trilogy, ALL SIGNED BY FAULKNER. The Hamlet is number 68 of 250 copies. The Town is number 54 of 450 copies. The Mansion is number 324 of 500 copies. Petersen A22.1a; 47.1a; 52.2a. A FINE SET. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Turn About. Ottawa: W.L. Massiah, 1939.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Turn About. Ottawa: W.L. Massiah, 1939.

    Est: $6,000 - $8,000

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Turn About. Ottawa: W.L. Massiah, 1939. 8vo. Original purple felt wrappers stamped in gold (extremities slightly faded, light edgewear); folding case. Provenance: W.L. Massiah, publisher; given to his daughter Mary Milne (née Massiah); Patrick McGahern Books (LOA describing the chain of provenance, see below; also with an autograph note with the contact information for the two Massiah descendants). THE PUBLISHER'S COPY OF THE FIRST SEPARATE PUBLICATION: "BY FAR THE RAREST OF FALKNER'S PUBLISHED BOOKS." Turn About was first published in the 5 March 1932 issue of The Saturday Evening Post and was subsequently published, with some variation, in the annual collection of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1932 and in Doctor Martino (1934). This separate publication "came into existence as a result of the Second World War. Hitler ordered the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939; England and France entered the war on September 3. On September 10 the Dominion of Canada was at war with the German Reich. Poland fell before the end of the month and the western front settled into the stagnation of the Phony War. In this unhappy period Canadian businessman W.L. Massiah, inspired by the qualities of courage portrayed by Faulkner's characters, published Turn About in pamphlet form as a holiday greeting. There is some uncertainty concerning the publication arrangements. In 1939 Random House was Faulkner's publisher; Massiah instead thanks Smith and Haas for permission to reprint 'through their agents MacMillan and Co., of Canada Limited.' The text he prints is not the Doctor Martino version published by Smith and Haas but the 'mustache' text of The Saturday Evening Post. It thus seems likely the printer used Post tear sheets for his setting copy" (Carl Petersen, On the Track of the Dixie Limited: Further Notes of a Faulkner Collector, La Grange, IL, 1979, p.29). This copy descends directly from the estate of M.L. Massiah, and was located by Ottawa, Ontario book dealer Patrick McGahern: "M.L. Massiah had three descendants. One son who had returned to retire in Ottawa, who never had a copy of the book. Another son retired to Victoria had one copy along with his fathers papers and journals...I purchased that copy maybe three years ago...[He] told me there was another copy belonging to a sister living in Halifax, N.S. THAT COPY WAS THEIR FATHER'S PERSONAL COPY and when they were children he would sit them at the kitchen table and talk back and forth reading aloud from this copy of Turn About. I had the definite impression they were less than thrilled by this. I contacted this lady in Nova Scotia and she reiterated the stories about this copy being her father's personal copy...That copy...is the present copy." EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE: only two copies have appeared at auction in at least fifty years, according to American Book Prices Current. Petersen did not have it at the time of his first book (1975); he first recorded it in his On the Track of the Dixie Limited in 1979, and it is included in the Serendipity catalogue of 1991. Not in the Brodsky, Massey, University of Mississippi or University of Texas collections. Petersen A21.2. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Wild Palms. New York: Random House, 1939.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Wild Palms. New York: Random House, 1939.

    Est: $400 - $600

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Wild Palms. New York: Random House, 1939. 8vo. Title printed in green and black. Original tan cloth stamped in gold and green (spine a touched sunned); dust jacket. Provenance: Arthur R. Luedders (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. Faulkner's Random House publishers selected the title over Faulkner's objections. Subsequent editions have been printed with the title If I Forget Thee Jerusalem. Petersen A20.2b. A VERY FINE COPY. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Wild Palms. New York: Random House, 1939.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Wild Palms. New York: Random House, 1939.

    Est: $600 - $800

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Wild Palms. New York: Random House, 1939. 8vo. Original half red cloth, tan wood-grain boards (light sunning to spine, some toning to cover edges, spotting to endpapers). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 188 of 250 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Faulkner's Random House publishers selected the title over Faulkner's objections, with subsequent editions printed under the title If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem. Petersen A20.2a. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Unvanquished. New York: Random House, 1938.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Unvanquished. New York: Random House, 1938.

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Unvanquished. New York: Random House, 1938. 8vo. Wood-engraved drawings by Edward Shenton. Original burgundy cloth-backed decorated boards, top edge gilt (spine lightly sunned, fore-corners lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 30 of 250 copies on Archer rag paper, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. The Unvanquished comprises seven short stories, five of which were originally published in The Saturday Evening Post. Petersen A19.1. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.
    Nov. 13, 2025

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

    Est: $600 - $800

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936. 8vo. Folding map at end printed in red and black. Original black cloth stamped in red and gold, top edge stained red; dust jacket (spine a touch sunned, light wear near head with a very minor touch of restoration). 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 A18.2b. A VERY BRIGHT COPY. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.
    Nov. 13, 2025

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

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936. 8vo. Red and black folding map at rear. Original cloth-backed patterned boards, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (some toning to extremities). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 123 of 300 copies on Holliston Rag paper, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. 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 A18.2a. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Pylon. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Pylon. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Pylon. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935. 8vo. Original two-tone cloth lettered in gilt, top edge stained black (light rubbing to gilt on spine, some spotting to textblock fore-edge); dust jacket (light chipping and rubbing to extremities, spine toned). Provenance: Lawrence Edmunds (recipient of inscription), presumably the Hollywood bookseller who founded Larry Edmunds Bookshop in 1938, and was noted for having famous literary patrons frequent his store, such as William Faulkner; sold, Waverly Auctions, 8 December 1988, lot 258. FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY FAULKNER to Lawrence Edmunds on the front free endpaper: "To Lawrence Edmunds, William Faulkner, 12 Dec 1935." Inscribed copies of Pylon are SCARCE, with only four copies appearing at auction in the last thirty years according to American Book Prices Current (2010, inscribed to Myrtle Ramey; 2001, inscribed to Henry P. Enwin; 1988, this copy; and 1977, inscribed to Malcolm Cowley [Goodwin copy]). Petersen A17.1c. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Doctor Martino and Other Stories. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1934.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Doctor Martino and Other Stories. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1934.

    Est: $600 - $800

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Doctor Martino and Other Stories. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1934. 8vo. Original two-toned cloth, top edge stained black (spine light sunned, a touch of wear near head); cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 102 of 360 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Among the fourteen stories in this collection are two, "Leg" and "Black Music," which had not previously appeared in print. Others include "Fox Hunt," "Wash," and "Honor." Petersen A16.1a. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A Green Bough. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A Green Bough. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933.

    Est: $600 - $800

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A Green Bough. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933. 8vo. Wood-engraved frontispiece on india paper tipped in facing title-page and wood-engraved vignette on colophon by Lynd Ward. Original beige linen lettered in black, two green-tinted pictorial wood-engraved cover labels by Ward (spine lightly sunned). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 63 of 360 copies on Milano paper, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. The author’s second collection of verse. Petersen A15.1a. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Light in August. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Light in August. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932.

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Light in August. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932. 8vo. Original coarse-grained beige cloth, stamped in orange on the front cover and in blue and orange on the spine, top edge stained orange [first binding] (spine faintly creased, few small faint spots of discoloration on spine and upper cover); dust jacket (spine lightly sunned). FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING. The novel revolves around three main characters: Lena Grove, Gail Hightower, and Joe Christmas. "As Faulkner weaves together the stories of these three characters, he explores the devastating effects of racism and religious fanaticism" (Napierkowski, "Light in August: Introduction," 1998). Petersen A13.1a. A BRIGHT COPY. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Miss Zilphia Gant. [Dallas: J.M. Colville for] The Book Club of Texas, 1932.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Miss Zilphia Gant. [Dallas: J.M. Colville for] The Book Club of Texas, 1932.

    Est: $400 - $600

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Miss Zilphia Gant. [Dallas: J.M. Colville for] The Book Club of Texas, 1932. 8vo. Original brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt (very light sunning to spine). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 147 of 300 copies. Written in 1928, this is the only format in which "Miss Zilphia Gant" appeared until its inclusion in the Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner in 1979. Petersen A12.1. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Salmagundi by William Faulkner and a Poem by Ernest M. Hemingway. Milwaukee: The Casanova Press, 1932.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Salmagundi by William Faulkner and a Poem by Ernest M. Hemingway. Milwaukee: The Casanova Press, 1932.

    Est: $400 - $600

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Salmagundi by William Faulkner and a Poem by Ernest M. Hemingway. Milwaukee: The Casanova Press, 1932. Tall 8vo. Portrait frontispiece of Faulkner, tipped in. Original textured stiff-paper wrappers printed in red and black, uncut; publisher's slipcase (light wear and uneven sunning to extremities); folding cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 410 of 525 copies. Second binding, as usual, with pages centered uniformly, top to bottom. In addition to Hemingway's four-line poem entitled "Ultimately," which is printed on the lower cover, Salmagundi contains five poems and three prose pieces by Faulkner. Hemingway's poem had previously appeared alongside Faulkner's "Portrait" in the June 1922 issue of the New Orleans Double Dealer. Petersen A11.1b. AN EXTRAORDINARILY FINE COPY. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Idyll in the Desert. New York: Random House, 1931.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Idyll in the Desert. New York: Random House, 1931.

    Est: $600 - $800

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Idyll in the Desert. New York: Random House, 1931. 8vo. Title printed in brown and black. Original marbled paper boards, printed cover label (spine lightly sunned with a touch of rubbing at spine ends). Provenance: ownership signature partly erased from front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 77 of 400 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Idyll in the Desert was Faulkner's first Random House book and was the only publication of this story until it was included in Uncollected Stories in 1979. Petersen A10.1. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). These 13. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). These 13. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.

    Est: $400 - $600

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). These 13. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. 8vo. Original grey cloth-backed blue cloth, spine lettered in red, top edge stained black, endpapers with printed blue design on grey paper (slight lean to spine, light sunning to extremities); dust jacket (single horizontal crease to both upper and lower panels, light edgewear and toning). FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with the index reference (misprint on contents leaf) for "Hair" appearing on p.280, rather than p.208. "It is likely that the limited issue precedes the trade issue." These 13, a collection of stories, was dedicated to Faulkner's first daughter Alabama who died nine days after her birth on 11 January 1931. It contains the first appearance of his story "A Rose for Emily." Petersen A9.2a. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). These 13. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). These 13. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). These 13. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. 8vo. Original brown cloth-backed linen, spine lettered in silver, top edge silver, others uncut (light to sunning to spine, light spotting to upper cover near top edge); folding cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. Provenance: Jean Hersholt (1886-1956), Danish-American actor (signed bookplate). Hersholt performed in a total of 140 films, including “Flesh,” a 1932 film co-written by an uncredited William Faulkner. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 39 of 299 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. “It is likely that the limited issue precedes the trade issue” (Petersen). These 13 is a collection of stories, dedicated to his first daughter, Alabama, who had died nine days after her birth on 11 January 1931. It contains the first appearance of his story “A Rose for Emily.” Petersen A9.1. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1931.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1931.

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1931. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards, grey and magenta decorated endpapers [first state], top edge stained black (spine leaned and with some spotting); dust jacket (spine and flap extremities toned, splitting to rear joint, a touch of restoration at spine ends and fore-corners). FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING. "Sanctuary was written in haste when Faulkner was tired of never selling; like the stories in These 13, it is Faulkner for the non-Faulknerites, determined to shock... The novel was a popular success though attacked by Wyndham Lewis in his 'Men Without Art' and I offer it here for not liking Faulkner better" (Connolly, The Modern Movement, 69). Peterson A8.2. [With:] Contempo. Vol.1, No. 17. Chapel Hill, N.C., 1 February 1932. Large folio. 2 issues, one printed on green paper and the other printed on white paper. Contains an advertisement for a free copy of Faulkner's Sanctuary with a yearly subscription to Contempo. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). As I Lay Dying. New York: Jonathan Cape, 1930.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). As I Lay Dying. New York: Jonathan Cape, 1930.

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). As I Lay Dying. New York: Jonathan Cape, 1930. 8vo. Original beige cloth, lettered in dark brown, top edge stained red (spine leaned with a touch of wear at extreme ends); dust jacket (spine lightly toned, gentle soiling to extremities, tiny splits or chips at fore-corners and spine ends, two tiny holes on rear panel near spine not affecting letters). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the "1" on p.11 misaligned. The stamping on the front and spine is properly positioned. Petersen notes that the irregularities of the binding stamping and differing shades of the top edge stain do not exactly coincide with the dropped "1" issue point. Set in Yoknapatawpha County, Faulkner's fifth novel employs a stream-of-consciousness style to tell the story of the death and funeral of Addie Bundren through 15 different narrators across 59 chapters. Petersen A7.1c. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Sound and the Fury. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Sound and the Fury. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929.

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Sound and the Fury. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929. 8vo. Original cloth-backed black and grey patterned boards, top edge stained blue; dust jacket featuring an adaptation of Kathe Kollwitz's "Woman and Death" (light restoration near panel edges with some recoloring and areas in facsimile); morocco-backed folding case. FIRST EDITION OF FAULKNER'S FIRST GREAT NOVEL, IN THE FIRST STATE DUST JACKET with Maurice Hindus's Humanity Uprooted priced at $3.00 on rear panel. Set in fictional Yoknapatawpha County, The Sound and the Fury follows the Compson family as they struggle with the downfall of their family's reputation. Though not immediately commercially successful, The Sound and the Fury became Faulkner's most popular work and also his favorite because "its composition had caused him the greatest agony." Petersen A6.2a. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sartoris. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sartoris. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sartoris. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. 8vo. Original black cloth, lettered in red, top edge stained red (light fraying near head of spine); dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins (price-clipped as in most copies, some restoration to spine ends and flap folds, 1 1/2-in. area at foot of spine in facsimile). Provenance: The Holiday Bookshop (booksellers' ticket). FIRST EDITION. In his third novel, Faulkner writes about the northern Mississippi location and characters he knew best. He created fictional Yoknapatawpha County which he populated with characters drawn from his own life and family history. Petersen A5.1. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Mosquitoes. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Mosquitoes. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Mosquitoes. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. 8vo. Title printed in blue and black. Original blue cloth lettered in yellow, top edge stained yellow, blue decorative endpapers (a light touch of wear at spine ends); dust jacket (spine lightly faded, tiny marred spot on spine slightly touching first letter in title, small scorch mark to front lower fore-corner). Provenance: John Jay Carney (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN THE FIRST STATE DUST JACKET with the "mosquitoes" design of Faulkner's satirical second novel about the residents of a New Orleans artistic colony who embark on a four-day yachting cruise. Petersen A4.1a. A VERY BRIGHT, NEAR FINE COPY. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sherwood Anderson & Other Famous Creoles. A Gallery of Contemporary New Orleans. New Orleans: Pelican Bookshop, 1926.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sherwood Anderson & Other Famous Creoles. A Gallery of Contemporary New Orleans. New Orleans: Pelican Bookshop, 1926.

    Est: $600 - $800

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sherwood Anderson & Other Famous Creoles. A Gallery of Contemporary New Orleans. New Orleans: Pelican Bookshop, 1926. 8vo. 40 plates after drawings by William Spratling. Original green paper boards, red printed cover label (rebacked to style). Provenance: Serendipity Books (autograph note from Peter Howard, stating that Carl Petersen did not have this combination of binding); dated gift label on front pastedown. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 247 of 250 copies. FIRST ISSUE, without the pasted over second colophon slip. Although the limitation statement records only 250 copies, Petersen notes that 400 were actually produced. Of these, the first 50 were hand-tinted by Spratling followed by 200 uncolored copies numbered through 250. The remaining 150, issued as a second state, bear an added label pasted over the printed limitation. "This book of caricatures by William Spratling is included as a Faulkner book because he 'arranged' it; and the text, save for the captions, consists entirely of his Anderson-parody introduction" (Petersen). ibid A3.1a. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Soldier's Pay. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Soldier's Pay. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.

    Est: $400 - $600

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Soldier's Pay. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. 8vo. Title-page printed in red and black. (Small marginal stain to first few text leaves.) Original blue cloth, lettered in yellow, top edge stained yellow, blue decorative endpapers (spine darkened, light rubbing to spine ends and fore-corners). Provenance: Grace Macnamara (ownership signature on half-title). FIRST EDITION OF FAULKNER'S FIRST NOVEL, published through his association with Sherwood Anderson, who intervened with his publisher Boni & Liveright on Faulkner's behalf. Petersen A2.1. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Marble Faun. Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1924.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Marble Faun. Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1924.

    Est: $6,000 - $8,000

    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Marble Faun. Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1924. 8vo. Half-title. Original mottled green paper covered boards, pictorial printed paper title label to upper cover, printed title label to spine (a very light touch of toning to spine). FIRST EDITION OF FAULKNER'S RARE FIRST BOOK. The Marble Faun is a collection of verse in a pastoral cycle, of which Phil Stone prophetically said in his preface, "these are primarily the poems of youth and a simple heart. It is seldom that much can be truthfully said for a first book beyond that it shows promise. And I think these poems show promise.". Four Seas agreed to issue this collection of poems in 1923, provided he paid for the manufacturing costs (their standard arrangement). They offered him a royalty arrangement, but Faulkner declined to proceed, at the time not having enough money to carry the costs. Within six months, though, he'd received the encouragement and financial support of Phil Stone, and the twenty-seven-year-old Faulkner contracted for the printing of 500 copies of The Marble Faun. The book sold poorly and was quickly remaindered. No records survive detailing the number of copies Four Seas actually sold before disposing of the stock on the remainder market, but an early estimate suggested 100 copies. William Boozer, in William Faulkner's First Book: The Marble Faun (Memphis, 1975), specifically located 56 copies. He considered the existence of other floating copies for a total of nearly 70, and has since found more, but his total is still short of the 100 copies initially assumed. This copy is in a variant state, with both front and back endpapers of heavier stock than the paper of the text pages (no priority established). Petersen A1.1. This lot is located in Chicago.

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