William Faulkner: New Orleans Sketches by FAULKNER, William (stories); COLLINS, Carvel (editor) - 1968

New York: Random House, 1968. New Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); navu blue cloth, with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt, yellow, and orange on spine and front cover; pink topstain; dustjacket; xxxiv,139,[3]pp. Subtle fading to topstain, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.95), with a hint of sunning to spine and rear panel edges; very Near Fine, and entirely without wear. Sharp copy of this collection of 16 early sketches Faulkner wrote for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and several others written for The Double Dealer, first collected and edited by Ichiro Nishizaki and published in Tokyo in 1955. An entirely new edition of the collection originally published by Rutgers University Press in 1958, with an additional piece by Faulkner ("Sherwood Anderson") included as an appendix. PETERSON A48.3.