ONE OF ONLY 300 COPIES SIGNED BY FAULKNER

FAULKNER, William. Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936. Octavo, original half green cloth gilt, patterned paper boards, top edge gilt, uncut. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $6000.

Signed limited first edition, number 172 of only 300 copies signed by Faulkner—“the greatest American novel since the turn of the century”—with folding map of Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha County.

"Absalom is the peak of Faulkner's fictional achievement. It is unquestionably the greatest American novel since the turn of the century… Its sole competitors among contemporary American novels are Dreiser's American Tragedy and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, neither of which approaches Faulkner's innovative daring" (Karl, 582). As issued without dust jacket or slipcase. Petersen A18.2a. Hamblin & Brodsky 186.

Very lightest edge-wear, tiny bit of dampstaining to upper edge of front board. A scarce about-fine signed copy.