[12] pp. Illustrated title page. (4to) 26.5x19 cm (10½x7½") original brown boards. No. 12 of 15 copies. First Edition.

This privately-printed book reproduces a two-page autograph letter from Faulkner to Hubert Starr, undated but probably from late June or early July of 1918. It was then that Faulkner had enlisted in the RAF and was working on an English accent and manners to ensure his acceptance by the British flyers. In the letter he writes: “… I killed a nigger yesterday morning and I had to go down to the court house and have his name taken from the draft register… Life here is a beastly bore. Whole world has gone to pot…” and he concludes with a drawing (reproduced on the cover and title-page) of himself in military garb with the note: “Me when I become a Flight Commander.” There is a prefatory note to the text signed in type “B.W.J.,” identifying characters mentioned in the letter and placing it in the context of Faulkner’s life.