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The Wild Palms.
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1939. Signed limited edition, number 14 of only 250 examples. In near fine condition, without the usual fading accustomed to this title. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Uncommon in this condition. In this feverishly beautiful novel William Faulkner interweaves two narratives, each wholly absorbing in its own right, each subtly illuminating the other. In New Orleans in 1937, a man and a woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illicit passion, fleeing her husband and the temptations of respectability. In Mississippi ten years earlier, a convict sets forth across a flooded river, risking his own chance at freedom to rescue a pregnant woman. From these separate stories Faulkner composes a symphony of deliverance and damnation, survival and self-sacrifice, a novel in which elemental danger is juxtaposed with fatal injuries of the spirit. The Wild Palms is grandly inventive, heart-stopping in its prose, and suffused on every page with the physical presence of the country that Faulkner made his own.
Synopsis
If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem is a novel by the American author William Faulkner published in 1939. The novel was originally published under the title The Wild Palms, which is the title of one of the two interwoven stories. This title was chosen by the publishers, Random House, over the objections of Faulkner's choice of a title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142141
- Title
- The Wild Palms.
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Wild Palms First Edition, William Faulkner Autograph, william faulkner signed first edition
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Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
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Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
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