ABSALOM, ABSALOM!
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. Limited Edition, full leather binding with elaborate gilt decoration on covers and spine. All edge gilt, ribbon in place, silk end papers (slight color faded at edge of papers) and nicely printed with clean, bright interior. Previous owner's (publisher printed) bookplate on flyleaf. A lovely edition. ; The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature; 8vo; 367 pages .
Synopsis
William Cuthbert Faulkner was born in 1897 and raised in Oxford, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. One of the towering figures of American literature, he is the author of The Sound and the Fury , Absalom, Absalom! , and As I Lay Dying , among many other remarkable books. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950 and France’s Legion of Honor in 1951. He died in 1962.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carlson Turner Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46569
- Title
- ABSALOM, ABSALOM!
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Illustrator
- Walter Rane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1978
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Portland, Maine
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