Intruder in the Dust
by William Faulkner
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Boynton Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
William Faulkner. First edition, stated first printing. Dust Jacket: Very Good+ An unclipped jacket with original $3.00 price on inside flap. Beautifully designed jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer. In Mylar protective wrapper. Hardcover: Near Fine. New York: Random House, 1948. No writing or markings in the book, 247 pp.
This was Faulkner's seventeenth novel and first since The Hamlet (1940). The author won the Nobel Prize in 1949 but didn't receive it until 1950.
Intruder in the Dust, explores the South's racial problems through the medium of a murder mystery. It was originally planned as a short story. But the work grew to the size of a novel and was not completed until April 1948.
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- Bookseller
- Burning Tree Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BTB00314
- Title
- Intruder in the Dust
- Author
- William Faulkner
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 247
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- First edition, William Faulkner, intruder in the dust, rare book, collectible book,
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