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A FABLE
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine jacket and very good slipcase.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
(New York): Random House, 1954. First printing (stated). Fine in near fine jacket and very good slipcase.. Signed limited first edition of Faulkner's Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning novel. Set in the trenches of the First World War, the grandly conceived FABLE was Faulkner's most overtly political novel and the product of a decade's labor. Marketed by its publisher as the controversial crowning achievement of a career studded with honors and bespangled with praises, A FABLE was also perfectly crafted to give Ernest Hemingway fits with its religious symbolism: whatever his own many faults, Hemingway wrote, at least "I did not write A Fable by William Faulkner." Faulkner, meanwhile, considered it his masterpiece. A handsome copy, in the unusually well preserved original glassine jacket. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original blue cloth stamped with blue and silver crosses. Dark blue topstain. Grey endpapers. In original glassine jacket. Original publisher's slipcase with printed blue and white label. Edition of 1000 signed copies printed on rag paper, this copy no. 713. Signed by Faulkner at colophon. Light edgewear and minor chipping to jacket. Moderate toning to slipcase. Overall, sound.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50707
- Title
- A FABLE
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine jacket and very good slipcase.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing (stated)
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- (New York)
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- WWI,20th century,1950s,US American,Pulitzer
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. TPM is a member firm of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and upholds their Code of Ethics.
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- Fine
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- Chipping
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- Jacket
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