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Sale 401: Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries (#401) 04/16/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 04/16/2009 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #87 Absalom, Absalom!

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$4,062.50

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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Description

Title:

Absalom, Absalom!

Author:

Faulkner, William

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Random House

Date Published:

1936

Description:

384 pp. Folding map in back. 8vo. Green cloth-backed decorative boards, top edge gilt, custom cloth slipcase. One of 300 hand-numbered copies on Holliston Rag paper by the Haddon Craftsmen. First Edition.

Signed by Faulkner on the limitation page. Petersen A17d.

Condition:

Spine and edges a bit darkened, ends rubbed (foot with tiny chipping), corners bumped, light shelf wear; evidence of bookplate removal with old glue showing on front pastedown, previous owner's embossed initials "E.G.B." on front free endpaper and title page; about very good.

Item#:

197232

Headline:

Absalom, Absalom! signed limited edition
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