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The Hamlet
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed limited edition of The Hamlet, the first book in the Snopes Trilogy, by William Faulkner.. Octavo, [10], 421pp. Light green patterned board, green cloth spine with title stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Slight lean to text block, faint toning to front endpapers, a near fine example. Publisher's original acetate jacket, chipping on back panel, very good. Signed by the author on tipped-in limitation page, number 51 of 250 copies. William Faulkner (1897-1962) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, recognized for A Fable in 1955 and The Reivers in 1963. The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Light in August were recognized by The Modern Library on their 1998 list of 100 Best English-language Novels of the 20th Century. Faulkner primarily set his stories in the American South, many of which took place in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
Synopsis
William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. He published his first book, The Marble Faun (a collection of poems), in 1924, and his first novel, Soldier's Pay, in 1926. In 1949, having written such works as Absalom, Absalom!, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, and The Sound and the Fury, Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He also received the Pulitzer Prize for two other novels, A Fable (1954) and The Reivers (1962). From 1957 to 1958 he was Writer-in-Residence at the University of Virginia. He died on July 6, 1962, in Byhalia, Mississippi.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13232
- Title
- The Hamlet
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Illustrator
- Signed limited edition of The Hamlet, the first book in the Snopes Trilogy, by William Faulkner.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
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