The Hamlet
by William Faulkner
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
NF / VG. 1940 Random House, first edition / second printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows wear at spine & flap folds + light wear to the spine edges. Quite presentable though. First part of "Snopes Trilogy".
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
- 2nd Impression Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1072
- Title
- The Hamlet
- Author
- William Faulkner
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- VG
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- Edges
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