A Rose For Emily And Other Stories. by Faulkner, William

Swedish edition.

New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc, 1945. First edition thus, "Armed Services Edition," second issue (with the printer's error on the verso of the title page corrected). Oblong 12mo. 255, (1) pp. [printed double-column]. A collection of eight stories, one of which, "Barn Burning," had never been collected in a work solely by Faulkner. Peterson Collection A24.1; "Only printing." Three-color illustrated wrappers (rubbed, some wear to joints and spine ends, creased near joints from reading). World War II sailor's name on verso of front wrapper, poor quality paper browned, as usual, but a good copy. (1553).

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 825 in this important series, a paperback original for which there was no hardcover, stories selected and with an foreword by Saxe Cummins, one of the most difficult of the Faulkner "A" items, Petersen A22, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Title page with folds and a bit of loosening, else very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 825 in this important series, a paperback original for which there was no hardcover, stories selected and with an foreword by Saxe Cummins, one of the most difficult of the Faulkner "A" items, Petersen A22, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition , wrappers. Softcover.. This is the very rare first issue of this paperback original with an aerial view of the "main floor" of a home on the verso of the title page, this generally unknown issue point is the result of a printer's error as this aerial room map actually belongs to ASE No. 827 (The Indigo Necklace by Frances Crane), this is No. 825 in this important series, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, the Library of Congress includes only the usual, recorded state, while Carl Petersen may have had the scarcer first issue, it wasn't noted in the Serendipity catalogue of Petersen's personal Faulkner collection, see Petersen A22, this is one of the most difficult of all Faulkner "A" items, especially in this generally unrecorded first state. Reading crease, else very good plus.