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Signet Classic CY412 ($1.25), 2nd Printing. MMPB, 384 numbered pages, pictorial wraps (evocative WW1 drawings). Condition: Fine. Crisp copy, clean pages, tight binding. A Fable is a 1954 novel written by the American author William Faulkner. He spent more than a decade and tremendous effort on it, and aspired for it to be "the best work of my life and maybe of my time". It won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Historically, it can be seen as a precursor to Joseph Heller's Catch-22. (Courtesy Wikipedia).

Anchor A464 ($2.45), First Edition 1968. MMPB, 581 numbered pages, red, maroon and blue blocked illustration by Keith Godard on front wrap, summary on rear. Condition: Near Fine. Crisp copy, clean pages, tight binding. hight edgewear, faint turning crease on cover, appears unread. "Combining a revealing selection of letters. speeches, Supreme Court decisions, and other documents with long chapter introductions that could stand alone as a history of American political thought, the volume offers fresh perspectives on many of the issues and movements of the American past."