Sartoris
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt Brace, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, first printing, inscribed by Faulkner on the title page: "William Faulkner, Oxford, Miss. 26 January, 1931." A beautiful copy bound in full black morocco leather binding. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Synopsis
Sartoris is a novel, first published in 1929, by the American author William Faulkner. It portrays the decay of the Mississippi aristocracy following the social upheaval of the American Civil War. The 1929 edition is an abridged version of Faulker's original work. The full text was published in 1973 as Flags in the Dust. Faulkner's great-grandfather William Clark Falkner, himself a colonel in the American Civil War, served as the model for Colonel John Sartoris.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1910043
- Title
- Sartoris
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...