Description
The signed limited edition of A Fable by William Faulkner.
Octavo, [12], 437pp, [1]. Publisher’s blue cloth, title printed on spine, crosses stamped on cover in blue and white. Stated “first printing” on copyright page. Top edge dyed blue. Clean pages, no extraneous marks, a fine example. Includes the original glassine jacket, a few closed tears, chipping along bottom edge. In the publisher’s slipcase, title printed on label, light toning to upper edge, a solid, near fine example.
Signed on the limitation page by the author, this being number 731 of 1000 copies.
William Faulkner (1897-1962) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, recognized for A Fable in 1955 and The Reivers in 1963. The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Light in August were recognized by The Modern Library on their 1998 list of 100 Best English-language Novels of the 20th Century. Faulkner primarily set his stories in the American South, many of which took place in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. Faulkner considered A Fable to be his masterpiece, describing it as “…the best work of my life and maybe of my time.”
