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A Fable
by FAULKNER, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. Cloth. Good+. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Rubbed, bruising and wear to extremities, marks to upper board. Toned, Andrew Sarnowski's 1961 inscription to himself in red biro on ffep, noting: "A present to myself again... broke again: it was good while it lasted!". Good+ Faulkner's WWI novel, which took more than a decade and a tremendous effort to write, was the first title to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. The author had had high aspirations for it, describing it as "the best work of my life and maybe of my time".
Synopsis
A Fable is a novel written in 1954 by the American author William Faulkner, which won him both the Pulitzer prize and the National Book Award in 1955. Despite these recognitions, however, the novel received mixed critical reviews and a reputation as one of Faulkner's lesser works . The author, on the other hand, spent over a decade and tremendous effort on A Fable, and considered it his masterpiece when it was completed. Historically, it can be seen as a precursor to Catch 22.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2652
- Title
- A Fable
- Author
- FAULKNER, William
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
Based in West Yorkshire, Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We hold a small general stock, with a focus on unusual, interesting and beautiful books, as well as significant books in the history of ideas. Find us online at: quairbooks.co.uk; email us on: quairbooks@gmail.com and Twitter: @quairbooks.
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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