“THE PEAK OF FAULKNER’S FICTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT”: FINE SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF ABSALOM, ABSALOM! ONE OF ONLY 300 COPIES SIGNED BY FAULKNER

FAULKNER, William. Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936. Octavo, original half green cloth, patterned paper boards, top edge gilt, uncut. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $7500.

Signed limited first edition of “the greatest American novel since the turn of the century,” number 170 of only 300 copies signed by Faulkner—with folding map of Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha County, handsomely housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

"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). No dust jacket or slipcase issued with this edition. Petersen A18.2a.

Interior fine, very mild toning to board edges and spine. A near-fine copy.