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A Fable
by FAULKNER, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 437 pp. Very good in the original navy blue cloth boards that have only minor wear towards the bottom of the spine, with a good grey slipcase that has tanning, some soiling, and shelfwear along the edges, top, and spine. The top stain is bright, while the vertical and bottom edges show signs of mild foxing and toning. The prior owner, author David Madden, affixed black-and-white portraits of Faulkner to both the inside front and back boards. Madden also pasted a bookplate to the front free endpaper. Otherwise, the interior pages are clean and free of foxing and the spine and hinges remain firm. Signed in blue ink on the flyleaf and hand-numberd 748 of the intial 1000 copies of the first edition that were signed and numbered by Faulkner.
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
- Bagatelle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5799
- Title
- A Fable
- Author
- FAULKNER, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
Bagatelle Books, IOBA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bagatelle Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2019
Asheville, North Carolina
About Bagatelle Books, IOBA
We are a brick-and-mortar independent bookstore in West Asheville, North Carolina.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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