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Absalom, Absalom! (Modern Library #271.1)
by FAULKNER, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1962-63]. Hardcover. William Faulkner's landmark 1936 work is an important part of the literature of the American South. This Modern Library reprint edition includes chronology, genealogy and map at rear of volume. Includes an introduction by Harvey Breit. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on maroon spine & cover blocks / faded red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1962 (though 1951 date appears in book). ML #271.1. --- Something has been spilled on the outside of the book, leaving a spot of soiling to textblock top edge and a few spots of soiling on covers. Interior of volume with erased inked notation to title page, otherwise clean, tightly-bound and unmarked. Note: A loosened front hinge has been repaired on this item. ; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xii, 7-378, (8), (8, ads) 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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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87351
- Title
- Absalom, Absalom! (Modern Library #271.1)
- Author
- FAULKNER, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1962-63]
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Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Cloth
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- Good+
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- Reprint
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Hinge
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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