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Requiem for a Nun
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good +
- Seller
-
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1951. First edition, signed and limited. Hardcover. Very good +. SIGNED. 286pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with marbled paper over boards, and a gilt stamped title with decorative embellishments on the spine. The cloth is just a touch sunned at the corners, and there is minor bruising at the head of the spine. In the acetate jacket, with rubbing to the surface, and several small closed and open tears in the edges. Brodsky and Hamblin #809. The sequel to "Sanctuary," and a book which is part novel, part play. This edition is limited to seven hundred and fifty numbered copies. This copy is number 445. Signed by William Faulkner on the limitation page. William Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.
Synopsis
Requiem for a Nun is a book written by William Faulkner in 1951. Like many of Faulkner's works, Requiem experiments with narrative technique—the book is part novel, part play. The protagonist is Temple Drake, a character introduced as a college student in Sanctuary, one of Faulkner's early novels. In Requiem Temple, now married with a child, must learn to deal with her violent, turbulent past as related in Sanctuary.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58199
- Title
- Requiem for a Nun
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, signed and limited
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- William Faulkner; hardcover; First edition; Nobel Prize; play; getman3; palmsprings2022
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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