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The Sound and The Fury - With - As I Lay Dying

The Sound and The Fury - With - As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

William Faulkner once described The Sound and the Fury, his
fourth novel, as “a real son-of-a-bitch” and “the greatest I’ll ever write.”
Set in Jefferson, Mississippi, the novel — a classic example of Southern gothic
literature — traces the decaying values of the Southern society through the
downfall of the aristocratic Compson family. The Sound and the Fury is
structured into four distinct sections and perspectives: Benjamin
"Benjy" Compson, a mentally disabled 33-year-old man, narrates... Read more about this item
Light In August

Light In August

by William Faulkner

Light in August is a 1932 novel by the American author William Faulkner. Light in August is an exploration of racial conflict in the society of the Southern United States. Originally Faulkner planned to call the novel Dark House, which also became the working title for Absalom, Absalom! Supposedly, one summer evening while sitting on a porch, his wife remarked on the strange quality that light in the south has during the month of August.
As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

William Faulkner claimed to have written As I
Lay Dying, his fifth novel, in just six weeks — with very little revision —
while working at power plant in 1929. While this sounds impressive in and of
itself, also consider the fact that this novel has 15 different narrators
throughout its 59 chapters and has consistently been recognized as one of the
greatest works of the American literature.As I Lay Dying is the first book in which
Faulkner introduces Yoknapatawpha County, a fictional rendition of his... Read more about this item
The Hamlet

The Hamlet

by William Faulkner

William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. He published his first book, The Marble Faun (a collection of poems), in 1924, and his first novel, Soldier's Pay, in 1926. In 1949, having written such works as Absalom, Absalom!, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, and The Sound and the Fury, Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He also received the Pulitzer Prize for two other novels, A Fable (1954) and The Reivers (1962). From 1957 to 1958 he was... Read more about this item
Pylon

Pylon

by William Faulkner

William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. His family was rooted in local history: his great-grandfather, a Confederate colonel and state politician, was assassinated by a former partner in 1889, and his grandfather was a wealth lawyer who owned a railroad. When Faulkner was five his parents moved to Oxford, Mississippi, where he received a desultory education in local schools, dropping out of high school in 1915. Rejected for pilot training in the U.S. Army, he passed... Read more about this item
The Town

The Town

by William Faulkner

William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. His family was rooted in local history: his great-grandfather, a Confederate colonel and state politician, was assassinated by a former partner in 1889, and his grandfather was a wealth lawyer who owned a railroad. When Faulkner was five his parents moved to Oxford, Mississippi, where he received a desultory education in local schools, dropping out of high school in 1915. Rejected for pilot training in the U.S. Army, he passed... Read more about this item
Requiem For a Nun

Requiem For a Nun

by William Faulkner

Requiem for a Nun is a book written by William Faulkner in 1951. Like many of Faulkner's works, Requiem experiments with narrative technique—the book is part novel, part play. The protagonist is Temple Drake, a character introduced as a college student in Sanctuary, one of Faulkner's early novels. In Requiem Temple, now married with a child, must learn to deal with her violent, turbulent past as related in Sanctuary.
Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes

by William Faulkner

The Faulkner-Cowley File

The Faulkner-Cowley File

by Malcolm Cowley

Soldiers' Pay

Soldiers' Pay

by William Faulkner

Intruder In the Dust

Intruder In the Dust

by William Faulkner

William Faulkner Books & Ephemera

Faulkner At West Point

Faulkner At West Point

by Fant, Joseph L and Ashley, Robert

William Faulkner and His South

William Faulkner and His South

by Warren, Robert Penn

AS I LAY DYING

AS I LAY DYING

by Faulkner, William

New York: Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith, 1930. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition, second issue of Faulkner's best novel, with the original dust jacket in remarkably beautiful condition. One of the indisputably great novels of the twentieth century, AS I LAY DYING is a story of family horror and human tragedy Faulkner claimed to have written in just six weeks, without any real effort to speak of: "It just came all of a piece with no work on my part. I thought of all the natural catastrophes... Read more about this item
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£6,022.50
LIGHT IN AUGUST

LIGHT IN AUGUST

by Faulkner, William

(New York): Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932. First printing (stated). Near fine in very good jacket.. First edition of Faulkner's seventh novel, a naturalistic treatment of Southern racial paranoia and transgressive violence. Written at the height of his artistic maturity, LIGHT IN AUGUST has been recognized since its first publication as one of Faulkner's major works, less experimental in style than some of its predecessors but no structurally complex or thematically rich. Asked about the novel's... Read more about this item
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£1,766.60
Light in August

Light in August

by FAULKNER William

1932. First Edition . FAULKNER, William. Light in August. (New York): Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, (1932). Octavo, original beige cloth, original dust jacket. $8500.First edition, first issue of one of Faulkner's most powerful and ambitious novels, a splendid copy.Published a year after his controversial Sanctuary, Faulkner's tale of Joe Christmas and Lena Grove received almost universal acclaim. The New York Times called it ""an astonishing performance… Light in August... Read more about this item
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£6,825.50
THE TOWN

THE TOWN

by William Faulkner

New York: Random House. 1957. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light foxing on both end pages. .
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£160.56
The Hamlet

The Hamlet

by William Faulkner

Chatto & Windus, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. No edition remarks. 366 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over blue cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with faint tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Notable tape staining to pastedowns and rear endpaper. Heavy scuffing to front endpaper. Boards are assumed in good condition as are covered with taped on jacket. Book... Read more about this item
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£15.20
Requiem for a Nun

Requiem for a Nun

by Faulkner, William

Random House, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Copy #16 of 750 numbered copies Signed By Author. Near fine in original black cloth over marbled boards (slight wear). Original clear plastic jacket present (plastic has large chips and tears).
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£682.55
Light in August

Light in August

by William Faulkner

Random House Publishing Group, 2002. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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£5.60
Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes

by Faulkner, William

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine copy of the book in a Near Fine dust jacket. One small tear at the crown repaired on the verso with tape. Spine a bit toned, otherwise a fresh example. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Faulkner's second novel, Mosquitoes provides "a fascinating glimpse of the author as a young artist...introducing us to a colorful band of passengers on a boating excursion from New Orleans. This engaging, high-spirited tale -- which Faulkner... Read more about this item
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£4,416.50
Requiem for a Nun

Requiem for a Nun

by FAULKNER, William

New York: Random House, 1951. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Just about fine in price-clipped near fine dustwrapper with some light sunning and rubbing on the spine.
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£80.30
The Hamlet

The Hamlet

by FAULKNER, William

New York: Random House, 1964. Hardcover. Fine. Third edition. Fine, lacking the dust jacket.
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£24.09
The Town

The Town

by FAULKNER, William

New York: Random House, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, second issue binding with white endpapers, variant with deep orange cloth, top edges green and error on page 327. Contemporary owner name on front fly with light offsetting on endpapers, lightly faded topstain with slight spotting, very good in a very good, second issue dust jacket (lacking "5/57" date on lower front flap), with small chips and tears, toning, and light soiling on the rear panel.
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£36.14
Requiem for a Nun

Requiem for a Nun

by FAULKNER, William

New York: Random House, 1951. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. A near fine, bright copy in very good dust jacket with usual slight fading on spine and a couple of small, faint brown stains.
Item Price
£120.45
As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

Penguin; Chatto & Windus, 1963. Paperback. Good. 1963. No edition remarks. 208 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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£8.21
As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

by Faulkner, William

New York: Collector's Reprints Inc, 1987. Facsimile. Cloth. Very good. Tan cloth, with brown lettering on front and spine, spine is a little creased. Facsimile of First Edition.Slip case in fine condition. 254 pp.
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£35.85
The Town

The Town

by Faulkner, William

London: Chatto & Windus, 1967. Reprint Edition. Full blue cloth binding. Water spotting to upper page edges. Name inked on front pastedown. 319pp. Good only jacket is rubbed and worn and toned.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall.
Item Price
£11.24£8.99
The Hamlet

The Hamlet

by Faulkner, William

Random House, 1940. First edition, first printing. Small bookseller's label to lower front free endpaper, slight rubbing, still fine in near fine, unchipped dust jacket with some toning to rear panel and the slightest of darkening to spine panel, in mylar cover. A handsome copy..
Item Price
£1,204.50
PYLON

PYLON

by Faulkner, William

New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, 1935. First printing (stated). Very good plus.. Signed limited first edition of this novel set among the trick pilots and wing-walkers of a fictionalized New Orleans. PYLON formed the basis for a 1957 Rock Hudson film, directed by Douglas Sirk and praised by Faulkner as the best screen adaptation of any of his works. No Hollywood production, however, could replicate the effect of the novel, whose cascading phrases - "rushing in a light curbchannelled... Read more about this item
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£1,003.75
The Hamlet

The Hamlet

by Faulkner, William

New York: Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1940. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good signed limited edition, in the run of 250 copies. There is a previous owner's name on the front pastedown and a blindstamp on the second blank endpaper. There is also a name and address on the rear endpaper. There is some shelf wear to cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 421 pages; Signed by Author .
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£2,404.98
THE TOWN

THE TOWN

by Faulkner, William

New York: Random House, 1957. First edition, 1/450 copies signed by the author. 8vo. 371 pp. The second volume in Faulkner's Snopes trilogy. Very good. Original tan cloth, publisher's acetate dust jacket (two small closed tears at top of spine). (#4320).
Item Price
£1,606.00
As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

Paperback. Very Good.
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£3.03
As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

One of the greatest novels of the 20th Century.
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£5.62
Requiem for a Nun

Requiem for a Nun

by Faulkner, William

New York: Random House, 1951. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. The dustjacket is slightly faded on spine. There is a half inch tear on the foldover between the top of the spine and the rear panel. Overall, a bright, collectible copy. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..
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£120.45
The Town

The Town

by William Faulkner

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1961. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.20
The Faulkner-Cowley File: Letters and Memories 1944-1962

The Faulkner-Cowley File: Letters and Memories 1944-1962

by Malcolm Cowley

Viking Press, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. Second Printing. 184 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth to spine and paper to boards. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Sticker and pencil inscription to front endpaper. Notable water staining to lower edge of front hinge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate water stains to spine. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and... Read more about this item
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£20.21