Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, Ny, 1935.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: Ny: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1935. First Printing. Hardcover. Sm 8vo., 315 pp. .

Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.

William Faulkner. Pylon First Edition. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, 1935.

Price: US$34.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1st ed. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Stamp on fep.Library stamps and markings. Cover lettered largely rubbed off.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

William Faulkner. Pylon. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG-/no dust jacket. Creme color cloth hard cover copy with black lettering on the spine. Moderate soiling to the boards and light cracking to the title page. Still quite sound. Second printing. 1935. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas. Nice solid copy.

Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$43.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Bound in the publisher's original brown cloth, spine stamped in black. Minimal wear to extremities. Lacks dust jacket.

Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

William Faulkner. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second Printing, March 1935 stated, Book: very good light tan cloth boards with black titles on spine, square and tight with sharp corners, very small previous owners initials on front end paper, spine a touch of sunning, a very solid copy of this Faulkner classic, No jacket.

Seller: Pacific Coast Books, ABAA,ILAB, Gleneden Beach, OR, U.S.A.

Faulkner William. Pylon :. New York Harrison Smith and Robert Haas.1935 Stated first ediiton, 1935.

Price: US$49.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: blue cloth hard cover.8vo.315 PP.Spine repaired .rubbing on spines edges.private contemporary Signature. a good used copy. No Jacket.

Seller: The Compulsive Collector, New York NY, NY, U.S.A.

william faulkner. pylon. harrison smith and robert haas, 1935.

Price: US$49.50 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: dj: fair in mylar. book: fair, some soiling to boards, toned paper, & gift inscription fep, 1st edition. hinges solid

Seller: Thylacine Books, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. Pylon [FIRST EDITION]. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. Blue cloth with black stripe. 315 pp. Lacks jacket. Minor scuffing to edges and front cover. Quite a bit of sunning to spine, which has a faded look. This is a stated first printing of Faulkner's classic novel.

Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert, New York, 1935.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 315 pp. Small octavo. [19 cm]. Blue paper over boards, with gilt title stamped on black cloth strip through the middle of front board, with some of the gilt worn away. Gilt title stamped on spine but has worn away. The edges of the covers are toned, and the spine is sunned yellow. Front free endpaper has cursive names written in pen. Some stains in and around textblock in the first twenty-five pages. Yellowing to edge of text block throughout. Corners slightly scuffed. When an erratic newspaperman becomes enbroiled in the life of New Valois, a fictional foil to New Orleans, violence and chaos follow.

Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. PYLON. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, 315 pages. In Good plus condition with Poor dust jacket. Black, tan, and blue spine with tan text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and is missing most of front cover, front flap detached from front cover, spine edges chipped off, tearing to spine and joints, corners chipped off, and tearing to edges of rear cover. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear and sunning to tail of spine. Textblock has foxing to most pages and along edges, front flap of dust jacket attached to front pastedown, and stamps on front pastedown. Stated first printing. Shelved Under Front Counter. 1370943. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. PYLON. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, NY, 1935.

Price: US$54.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, pp. 315.Blue cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Donor's presentation on flyleaf, cover faded, and worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy. The novel was the basis for the 1958 Douglas Sirk film The Tarnished Angels featuring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone.

Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas Inc., New York, 1935.

Price: US$55.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: A classic work by Faulkner. Heavy fading and rubbing along spine. Wear at extremities. Faded title on front. Some soil. Some foxing. Name penned on free end paper. Blue cloth over board. Inside pages very readable. Bound solidly. A great deal. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1935.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1935 Smith & Haas stated FIRST printing of an early Faulkner classic. This book is in Good condition and alcks the DJ. The blue boards ahve some dirt and scrtaches ont he front and rear and there is sunning of the spine. The black wraparound with gold/black lettering is still bright though the gilt is rubbed off the spine letters. There is very minor wear at the corners and spine ends. The interior has mild yellowing to the endpapaers and boards. However the spine is tight and the text very clean not yellowed and unmarked throughout. There is a previous owner signature on the ffep. A very affordable copy of a scarce first!

Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition. Spine lettering rubbed away, spine sunned, a good only copy without dustwrapper. Faulkner's tale of barnstorm aviation, a pursuit which took his brother Dean's life a few months after the book was published. The novel was the basis for the 1958 Douglas Sirk film *The Tarnished Angels* featuring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

William Faulkner. Pylon (2nd Printing). Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, 1935.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover. 2nd Printing. Bound in orange cloth with black lettering on the spine. Pylon is the story of a group of barnstormers whose lives are thoroughly unconventional. They live hand-to-mouth, always just a step or two ahead of destitution, and their interpersonal relationships are unorthodox and shocking by the standards of their society and times. They meet an overwrought and extremely emotional newspaperman in New Valois, who gets deeply involved with them, with tragic consequences. 315pp. Blue and black illustrated Dustjacket with white text.CONDITION: Light shelf wear. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are sound. Dustjacket has mild rubbing, and considerable edge wear. Full refund if not satisfied.

Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: States second printing March 1935. No price on jacket, and the rear flap and rear panel are blank. Yellow cloth. Foxing to page edges. A nice, tight and solid copy.

Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

William Faulkner. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, 1935.

Price: US$69.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: One of the few of William Faulkner's works to be set outside his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Pylon, first published in 1935, takes place at an air show in a thinly disguised New Orleans named New Valois. An unnamed reporter for a local newspaper tries to understand a very modern ménage a trois of flyers on the brainstorming circuit. These characters, Faulkner said, "were a fantastic and bizarre phenomenon on the face of the contemporary scene. . . . That is, there was really no place for them in the culture, in the economy, yet they were there, at that time, and everyone knew that they wouldn't last very long, which they didn't. . . . That they were outside the range of God, not only of respectability, of love, but of God too." In Pylon Faulkner set out to test their rootless modernity to see if there is any place in it for the old values of the human heart that are the central concerns of his best fiction. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1935 Smith & Haas stated FIRST printing of an early Faulkner classic. This book is in Good condition and alcks the DJ. The blue boards ahve some dirt and scrtaches ont he front and rear and there is sunning of the spine. The black wraparound with gold/black lettering is still bright though the gilt is rubbed off the spine letters. There is very minor wear at the corners and spine ends. The interior has mild yellowing to the endpapaers and boards. However the spine is tight and the text very clean not yellowed and unmarked throughout. There is a previous owner signature on the ffep. A very affordable copy of a scarce first! Book. Photos available by request. International customers will be charged actual shipping costs.

Seller: Bergen Book Studio, Hillsdale, NJ, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc., New York, 1935.

Price: US$72.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Light blue binding with black band and faded gilt on front, spine quite faded with shelf wear and scuffing, outer edges of front cover slightly scuffed and darkening. Pages only moderately toned, first few pages have slight crease. Spine cracked but very sturdy.

Seller: Oisamot Books, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.

William Faulkner. Pylon. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Printing Stated. A Clean and Square VG/NF Copy. Condition: Toning to endpapers, and slight fading to spine. DJ is incomplete, The DJ is missing the front panel and about half of the DJ's spine, but the complete front flap with $2.50 price has been preserved and stored inside the front cover (not pictured).

Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. PYLON. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, 315 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in blue and black cloth with blindstamp on spine and gilt text on front cover. Boards have rubbing to corners, soiling to both covers and spine, wear to gilt text on front cover, and fraying to spine edges. Textblock has light uneven age toning, foxing to edges, and stamp on front endpaper. Stated first printing. Shelved Under Front Counter. 1370927. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$82.50 + shipping

Description: Second Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); variant bound in mint green cloth (Petersen notes nine binding colors), with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-315,[1]pp. Light wear and sunning to spine and board edges, foxing and dust-soil to text edges and endpapers, with lower corners gently bumped (though still sharp), and previous owners ink name to front endpaper; Very Good. Dustjacket is unpriced (as issued), worn, spine-sunned, heavily dust-soiled, with several shallow losses, nicks, tears, and creases, and dampstaining and discoloration to spine, rear panel, and front flap fold; Good. "A New Orleans reporter gets involved with four flyers during an aviation meet" (HANNA 1163). PETERSEN A17.2f.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. PYLON. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, New York, 1935.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo., 315 pages; VG-/none; bound in blue cloth with a black horizontal stripe, faded and dull gilt lettering on spine; mylar covering surrounding boards; rear endpaper torn out; mild rubbing to boards; stated first printing on copyright page; NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1289840. FP New Rockville Stock.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition. Stated first printing. Lacking dust jacket. Cover shows minor wear, fading, soiling. Light foxing on the edges, pages are clean.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Stated "First Printing." Very good book with light foxing to a few pages, mainly at the beginning and end, offsetting to front endpaper due to bookplate of former owner on front pastedown, narrow band of tanning to gutters of pastedown, mild wear to board and spine extremities. Pages are bright and there are no markings. Dust jacket has 5" closed tear stating at bottom of front fold, jagged 3" surface tear and small area of abrasion to front, 3" closed tear down middle of spine of dj, tanning to flap edges, 2 creases to bottom corner of front flap, stain to back of dj, and minor wear along edges.

Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Wear to dj. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. First Trade Edition. Faulkner's aviation novel and the basis for the 1958 film The Tarnished Angels. Petersen A16b.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Second Printing in second issue dustjacket with blank rear panel. Maurer dustjacket art. Mardi Gras set novel "in the lives of a strange set of people connected with the airplane contests which are being held in celebration of the opening of a new airport." Very Good, mildly cracked at title page, some foxing to page edges, small stamp at front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, some foxing, shallow edge chips.

Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Hass, Inc, New York, 1935.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Hass, Inc, 1935. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition (stated "First Printing, February 1935"). Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering over black band. Clean text; 315 pages, blue topstain. Spine is rubbed at margins and darkened; mild bumping and a bookplate covering a signature on the front paste-down. Lacking a dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas Inc, New York, 1935.

Price: US$102.21 + shipping

Description: 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 315pp. With rubbed and chipped dust jacket. VG: in very good condition. Edge-block slightly foxed

Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$108.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Light Blue cloth with dark blue lettering on spine. Textblock tight and square. Ex-library so it has some library stamps but none on outside page edges nor is there card pocket at rear. The most obnoxious of library stamps is on fep with 3 stampings. Former jacket flaps glued to front and rear pastedown. As it was 2nd printing it differs sfrom first printing in ways you'll be able to see as the book is now protected and enhanced by a beautiful facsimilie jacket of the first printing protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. PYLON. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$135.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, 315 pages. In Good plus condition with Good minus dust jacket. Black, blue and white spine with white and black text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has corners and spine edges chipped off, wear to joints, moderate edgewear and shealfwear, and toning to rear cover. Boards have mild rubbing to corners and bending to spine edges. Textblock has light uneven age toning, smudging on front endpaper, and brown stain on rear endpaper. Stated first printing. Shelved Case 13. 1370925. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$145.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description:

Seller: Pleasant Street Books, woodstock, VT, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition. Stated first printing. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector, shows minor wear, tear, chipping at the corners, light tanning. Cover is slightly faded. Light foxing on the edges, pages are lightly tanned and clean.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, New York, 1935.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First printing. Good, blue cloth boards with black title strip that wraps front, spine and back covers, title on spine is almost unreadable, several of the letters in the author's name on front title are rubbed blind, spine a little darkened, offsetting of glue at both hinges. Jacket is chipped at spine ends and corner tips, darkened on spine and back.

Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. PYLON. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-315 [316: blank], original two-part blue and black cloth, front and spine panels printed in gold, top edge stained black. First edition. Filmed as "The Tarnished Angels" in 1958. Petersen A16b. Gold lettering mostly perished from spine panel, mild tanning to endpapers along gutter margins, a very copy in poor dust jacket (priced $2.50 on the front flap) with wear and chipping, some tanning, and damp stains to spine panel. (#160347)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas. New York. 1935. 315 pages. 1st edition, 2nd printing. DJ contains same artwork as the 1st printing however the rear of DJ is different than the 1st as the 2nd printing DJ has a blank back. Light toning to gutters. Small bump along panel edge. Only minor wear at corner tips. DJ shows heavy wear and handling with open chips along edges and some soiling. DJ flap while in place is severed at fold. Hardly noticeable in mylar wrapper.

Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$160.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 315p, first edition/ First Issue, spine of DW detached, 3' piece missing from the reverse, book in VG+ condition, dust wrapper poor though functional (ask for photo)

Seller: Juniper Point Books, Round Lake, NY, U.S.A.

William Faulkner. PYLON. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$192.44 + shipping

Description: Good in a Good dust jacket. Foxing to page edges and to first and last several pages. Stated Second Printing, March 1935. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: The second printing, published in March of 1935 by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas. Bound in publisher's red cloth. A particularly lovely copy, and a fine example of the book. The dust jacket is very nearly fine with just a trace of rubbing to the edges. Uncommonly handsome.

Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, WILLIAM. PYLON. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, NEW YORK, 1935.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Exterior blue boards are moderately worn but hidden under a flawless, bright facsimile dust jacket showing 3 planes doing stunts in the sky. With previous owner's signature, otherwise contents generally clean and binding crisp. Basis for the film "The Tarnished Angels" starring Rock Hudon & Robert Stack. Stated first.

Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.

William Faulkner. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$215.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Harrison, Smith Robert Haas, New York 1935. First Edition / First Printing. Stated First Printing, no additional printings. Blue cloth boards. Dust jacket front flap pasted in at the front endpaper. Book Condition: Very Good+, shelf wear, light spots. The dust jacket is not present.

Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas. New York. 1935. 315 pages. Stated First Printing. Binding and hinges are sound. Pages are tight. Book is sturdy and strong. Internally nice; exterior has some aesthetic flaws: rubbing to blue cloth. Darkened spine. Titles rubbed. Loss of cloth at tips. Second printing DJ with blank back; and no printed price. First printing DJ flap pasted to the front pastedown; alongside previous owner's name stamp. VG- in VG dj.

Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Smith & Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: WILLIAM FAULKNER. Pylon, New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1935.Octavo, first edition, pp. 315, blue cloth boards with a black band all around, gilt lettering in the band, top edge tinted black. An airport novel.Condition of this book:Underside of jacket has been tape-repaired at the spine. Jacket is price-clipped, chipped at spine ends, and darkened. Book is good with discoloring to the spine cloth and browning endpages. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1930s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53822.

Seller: Rarities etc., Warwick, NY, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison, Smith Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The First Printing in the First jacket. The spine of the Book is somewhat faded and spotted and has the typical glue darkening to the paste down end papers. Otherwise, the Book is clean and bright. In a somewhat dusty, mildly edge worn jacket that has separated into two pieces and been rejoined on the rear, blank side of the jacket with rice paper. An attractive example of the jacket in Mylar.

Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition in First Issue dustjacket with printed rear panel and flap. Maurer dustjacket art. Mardi Gras set novel 'in the lives of a strange set of people connected with the airplane contests which are being held in celebration of the opening of a new airport.' Near Fine in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, some shallow loss at spine ends, edges with modest shelf wear.

Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A second printing in light blue cloth. A very clean and attractive early copy. The jacket has a blank and worn rear panel.

Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison, Smith & Robert Haas, NY, 1935.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book VERY GOOD spine faded with loss of most of gilt (as usual), mild wear to head of spine, offsetting to EPs; dj FIRST STATE, NEAR VERY GOOD pine sunned, 6 1/4" tear along crease where front panel meets spine, head of spine has shallow chipping not affecting lettering, toe of spine has edge wear.

Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. PYLON. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$290.00 + shipping

Description: PYLON, Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1935, first edition, upper fore edge corner tips bumped, else a vg copy in a good to very good pictorial dust-wrapper with some chipping, mostly to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Books into film.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William.. Pylon.. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: 315 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Spine slightly sunned; very minor use at corners; a tight, sound copy in a jacket with a tanned and creased backstrip and shallow chipping at extremities.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

William Faulkner. PYLON. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$384.89 + shipping

Description: Very Good in boards. Some foxing to page edges and sparsely to first several pages. Stated Second Printing, March 1935. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: First edition. Owner initials on the front fly, staining to the rear board, a fair only copy in a near fine second issue dustwrapper with a little rubbing. Faulkner's tale of barnstorm aviation, a pursuit which took his brother Dean's life a few months after the book was published. Basis for the 1958 Douglas Sirk film *The Tarnished Angels* featuring Robert Stack, Rock Hudson, and Dorothy Malone.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith, New York, 1935.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: Small 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Harrison Smith, 1935. First Edition. The binding is rubbed & faded on the spine; the dust wrapper is tanned & rubbed at the edges, but is a first issue, with the price on the front flap, and ads on the back flap and rear panel.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Faulkner William. PYLON. New York Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1935, 1935.

Price: US$401.50 + shipping

Description: First edition. 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth with a black strip across the covers and spine lettered in gilt and in the dustjacket. 315 pp. The dustjacket with some rubbing at the edges and with a closed tear along the front hinge. The book shows some wear to the spine and edges. Overall a near very good copy in the scarce dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. "Pylon is a novel at once sympathetic and explosive, that will hold the reader spellbound, another facet of the talent that wrote some of the most remarkable books of modern times."

Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith- Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$425.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: An interesting story based on airplane racing, and barnstorming in the golden age of aviation. The book has been graced with a previos owners name. It only has minimal wear showing with clean pages and tight binding. The dust jacket has one small closed tear and chipping to the top of the spine. The airplane scenes are still bright, and it looks great in brodart. This is a difficult book to find, and very collectible.

Seller: Rose Publications, Glendale, AZ, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935, 1935.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st edition (first printing stated) Very good plus/very good (the book itself is clean inside and out; the gold of the title and author's name on the front board is somewhat rubbed; the unclipped dj has had some extensive interior taping, and on the back panel, a couple of shadows of the taping show through; there is also a small triangular chip at the top edge of the dj 's back panel, next to the spine; overall, the dj is far better than what is usually found, and the front panel is in especially nice shape)

Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: DJ in archival cover stated second printing March 1935.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, New York, 1935.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. 315 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Faulkner's novel about an airplane contest in New Orleans during Mardis Gras. Black cloth; very good with some loss to gilt lettering. In very good dust jacket with faded spine and edgewear

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, New York, 1935.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. [7], 8-315, [1] pp. Blue cloth boards, black band with gold lettering wrapping around the boards; black topstain. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. An illustration of an aeroplane on the title page. Ahearn APG 018c. A nice copy of one of Faulkner's important works. A faint discoloration on each pastedown, a small nick to one leaf's top edge, a 1936 name on the free front endpaper; jacket is toned with traces of rubbing.

Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. 315 pages. Original pictorial wrappers made from the dust jacket. Provenance: Alvin Grauer (signature on front free endpaper). First edition, the scarce publisher's advance in wrappers of the trade issue. Petersen A16; Massey 173. Slight wear at extremities with a few small losses, remnants of an adhesion on the rear wrapper, slightly soiled

Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Pylon. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$649.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing (February, 1935, on copyright page), in First Issue dust jacket (with correct titles listed on rear panel), filmed in 1957 as The Tarnished Angels. 8vo: 315,[1]pp, with title-page vignette. Publisher's cobalt-blue V-cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gold within horizontal black band, top edge stained black; pictorial dust jacket, priced $2.50. Near Fine or better (flaking to spine lettering), in bright, Near Fine or better jacket (spine head rubbed and nicked, slight loss to front flap fold). Provenance: from the collection (now housed at the University of Central Florida Libraries) of bibliophiles Walter and Dorothy Donnelly, with their label on front paste down. Petersen A17.1a. Man Working 174. Fargnoli, pp. 211-16. Agnew, p. 10. Hanna 1163. In the early 1930s, made temporarily affluent by publication of Sanctuary and by Hollywood, Faulkner took up flying, bought a Waco cabin aircraft, and flew it, in February 1934, to the dedication of Shushan Airport in New Orleans. The trip supplied "much of the material for Pylon, the novel about racing and barnstorming pilots that he published in 1935. Having given the Waco to his youngest brother, Dean, and encouraged him to become a professional pilot, Faulkner was both grief- and guilt-stricken when Dean crashed and died in the plane later in 1935 . . . " (Encyclopedia Britannica) According to The Literary Encyclopedia, Pylon "has many failings, but did offer Faulkner a chance to try out some of the techniques he perfected in Absalom, Absalom!, which is widely considered his greatest achievement." In fact, Faulkner claims to have written Pylon to get away from writing Absalom (Fargnoli, p. 213). The Tarnished Angels, about an airplane contest in New Orleans during Mardis Gras, starred Robert Stack, Rock Hudson, and Dorothy Malone, and while Pylon may be a minor novel, of all the films made out of Faulkner's books, Tarnished Angels is the best. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. Pylon.. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Description: 315 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. With small blind-embossed name stamp in the upper corner of the title page; ink ownership signature on front free endpaper; usual effacement to gold on spine; otherwise a very good copy in a variant dust jacket which is about 1/4" taller than the book. The jacket is chipped at the top of the spine and front panel, and has some browning and light edge wear.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing. An attractive dustjacket that is vibrant in color with some wear to the spine and edges. This original First State dustjacket has the price present on the front flap with discoloration to the back panel. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight, with light wear to the panels. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a collectable copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. First issue dust jacket with advertisement on the rear. Stated First Printing, February, 1935. Slight toning to dust jacket, small closed tear top rear, small chips head and heal of spine and extremities, restoration tape head and heal of dust jacket, toning to spine, front and rear panels of book, toning at junction of front paste down and front free end paper and on rear paste down, bright top stain.

Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.

William Faulkner. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$1100.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: "This special edition is limited to 310 copies of which 300 are for sale each copy number & signed by the author this is copy number 60"; flat signed by author; facsimile of page 48 of the first draft in longhand of this work; 315 p., clean and unmarked elsewhere; pages unopened; all that remains of the slipcase is the spine panel and another fragment but there is little edgewear to silver boards with sunned green cloth spine and corners. Silver gilt lettering on spine still clear. Green image of airplane stamped on front board, Table of Contents: Dedication of an Airport; An Evening in New Valois; Night in the Vieux Carre; Tomorrow; And Tomorrow; Lovesong of J.A. Prufrock; The Scavengers.

Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. PYLON. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, New York, 1935.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Signed limited first edition of this novel set among the trick pilots and wing-walkers of a fictionalized New Orleans. PYLON formed the basis for a 1957 Rock Hudson film, directed by Douglas Sirk and praised by Faulkner as the best screen adaptation of any of his works. No Hollywood production, however, could replicate the effect of the novel, whose cascading phrases - "rushing in a light curbchannelled spindrift of tortured and draggled serpentine and trodden confetti pending the dawn's whitewings - spent tinseldung of Momus' Nilebarge clatterfalque" - give to the reader something of the effect of falling out of a plane. 7.5'' x 5''. Original three-quarter blue cloth with silver metallic boards, stamped in blue with the image of an airplane. Top edge silver. Lacking original slipcase. Tipped-in fold-out fascimile of manuscript page 58. 315, [1] pages. Edition of 310 numbered and signed copies of which 300 were for sale, this copy no. 99. Signed by Faulkner at colophon. Light soil and edgewear, corners bumped, some faint scratches to boards. Spine sunned.

Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon (Signed limited edition). Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, New York, 1935.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Octavo. Original blue cloth over silver boards with blue airplane stamped on the front board, silver top-stain. Number 133 of 310 signed limited copies, with the signed limitation page in the rear. A Near Fine copy of the book with the spine faded, minor rubbing to silver boards and a previous owner's stamp on the half-title, otherwise appearing clean and unread. Lacking the publisher's cardboard slipcase. "While most critics consider Pylon to be Faulkner's most flawed novel ("unnecessary horror and violence," "unintelligible descriptive passages," an "inconceivable climax"), Faulkner himself is reported to consider it the best of his works to be adapted to screen" (University of Michigan). It was an admitted departure for the author, as it was one of his few works to be set outside the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, instead unfolding in a thinly disguised New Orleans (here called New Valois). There, a nameless reporter covers the story of a group of flyers on the circuit. "In Pylon Faulkner sets out to test their rootless modernity to see if there is any place in it for the old values of the human heart that are the central concerns of his best fiction" (Random House). Near Fine.

Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc. New York, 1935.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST PRINTING" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears with light wear to the edges. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with some wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William.. Pylon.. New York Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$1512.50 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing, trade issue; 8vo; publisher's blue cloth, titles to upper board gilt on a black ground and to spine gilt, blue top stain. With the dust jacket. Spine severely faded as often, a very good copy in the tanned and rubbed, slightly chipped dust jacket. A novel of the airways.

Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$1600.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Limited Edition of 310 copies, of which this is no. 119. Signed by Faulkner on the limitations page. Housed in its original slipcase. Very Good. Blue cloth of spine with the typical toning. A couple small spots of flaking to silver foil cover. The facsimile manuscript page at frontis with a lengthy crease very near the free edge. Contents otherwise quite nice. Binding is square and firm. Very possibly an unread copy, as many pages are as yet uncut. Slipcase is Good, well-worn, but still complete and functional. Very faintly visible near the tail of the slipcase spine is the number "119", matching the copy number of the book.

Seller: Brazos Bend Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

FAULKNER William. Pylon. , 1935.

Price: US$1601.08 + shipping

Description: First edition, trade issue. 8vo. Original blue cloth, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, dust jacket. New York, Harrison Smith & Robert Haas. A very good copy, in the tanned and rubbed, slightly nicked dust jacket, spine panel faded as often.

Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom

Faulkner, William. Pylon.. Harrison Smith and Robert Hass, Inc, New York, 1935.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Faulkner's explosive novel about a group of Southern barnstormers. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. A novel at once sympathetic and explosive, Faulkner's Pylon is inhabited by characters still strange to the world today - a reckless and indomitable group of barnstormers performing in an unconventional flying circus. Set in a fictionalized version of New Orleans, the novel became the basis for the sensational 1957 film 'The Tarnished Angels' starring Rock Hudson, Robert Slack, and Dorothy Malone.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of 310 copies. A wonderful copy SIGNED by William Faulkner on the limitation page. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, New York, 1935.

Price: US$2200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Octavo, 315pp, [3]. Blue cloth spine, title stamped in silver on spine. Bright silver foil boards. Top edge silver. Solid text block, internally fine. Fold-out frontispiece of facsimile manuscript. Shelf wear, sunning to spine, light rubbing to tips. In the publisher's cardboard slipcase, title on labels affixed to spine and front panel, wear to seams, partially reinforced, delicate condition. Signed by the author on tipped-in limitation page, number 220 of 310 copies. William Faulkner (1897-1962) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, recognized for A Fable in 1955 and The Reivers in 1963. The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Light in August were recognized by The Modern Library on their 1998 list of 100 Best English-language Novels of the 20th Century. Faulkner primarily set his stories in the American South, many of which took place in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.

Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$2200.00 + shipping

Description: Limited Issue, one of 310 numbered copies signed by the author. Octavo (19.5cm); silver foil boards back in light blue cloth, with title stamped in gilt on spine and pictorial device stamped in blue on front board; top edge gilt; 315,[3]pp. Bookplate to front pastedown, spine cloth faded and lightly soiled, minor offsetting to gutters, and a tiny patch of foil skinned at right edge of rear panel; Very Good+ in a like example of the scarce, original slipcase; toned, worn with minor splitting along edges, but perfectly sound, with the original title labels intact.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William.. Pylon.. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$2250.00 + shipping

Description: 315 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards (lacking the publisher's slipcase). First edition; No. 200 of 310 copies signed by the author. Spine faded; ink inscription to front free endpaper; very slight rubbing to boards; a nice copy.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. PYLON. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc., New Orleans, 1935.

Price: US$2850.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (19.5cm); blue and black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; [7],8-315,[1]pp. Some rubbing to a few letters on spine, trivial wear to spine ends, with a hint of foxing to text edges and endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with a hint of sunning to spine, light wear to crown, and a touch of dustiness to rear panel; Near Fine. Faulkner's eighth novel, set in a fictionalized New Orleans during the Great Depression, and centered around the unconventional lives of a group of barnstorming pilots. Basis for Douglas Sirk's 1938 film Tarnished Angels, starring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone. Petersen A16b.

Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$2999.99 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: One of 310 copies (this being no. 302) signed by author to colophon page. Quarterbound blue cloth with silver paper-covered boards with airplane design. Spine toned, top edge gilt (faded) , mild shelfwear to boards else near fine, sound, square unmarked copy. Includes publisher's fragile slipcase in pieces. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Limited Issue number 160 of 310 numbered copies signed by the author on colophon page. In original glassine and good slip case. Silver foil boards chip back in light blue cloth, with title stamped in gilt on spine and pictorial device stamped in blue on front board; top edge gilt; 315 pages.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first printing. Limited to 310 individually numbered copies signed by Faulkner. Original publisher's three-quarter blue cloth-backed silver foil-covered boards, with illustration of a plane to the front cover, spine lettered in silver, silver top edge; original publisher's paper-covered slipcase with title label to front board and spine. About fine with some slight fading to the spine; in the extremely fragile slipcase with some wear along the edges and completely free of any of the usual repairs or restoration. An excellent example, scarce in this condition. Housed in a custom quarter leather box. Pylon tells the story of a trio of airplane barnstormers (stunt pilots) who live on the outskirts of society. An unnamed reporter, intrigued and enamored by the trio's unique lifestyle, becomes emotionally invested in the trio, which ultimately leads to tragedy. Following the financial success of his novel Sanctuary (1931) and writing for Hollywood, Faulkner took up flying in the early 1930s, which gave him much of the raw material for Pylon. It is one of the few books written by Faulkner that is not set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha Country in Mississippi, instead set in New Valois, an area very similar to New Orleans. The book was adapted into the classic movie Tarnished Angels (1957), directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson.

Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

William Faulkner. PYLON. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$3066.80 + shipping

Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner inscription. First Printing stated. Price of 2.50 intact on the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

Faulkner, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.

Price: US$4000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. A magnificent copy SIGNED by William Faulkner. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a superb copy of this limited edition of 310 copies SIGNED by the author with a custom acetate cover to protect the book. We buy SIGNED Faulkner First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

FAULKNER, William. Pylon. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.

Price: US$30000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second printing (a month after the first). Near fine lacking the dust jacket. Faulkner's novel of barnstorming aviation, a pursuit which took his brother Dean's life a few months after the book was published. This copy Signed by Faulkner on the title page: "William Faulkner. Sherman, Conn. 25 Oct 1945." The ink has smeared a bit but is easily readable. Although not inscribed, this was Malcolm Cowley's copy signed by Faulkner at Cowley's home in Sherman, Connecticut, where he and other important American authors were frequent visitors. Cowley was a poet and literary critic, and chronicler of the so-called "Lost Generation" of American expatriates in Paris. While probably best known for his book of poetry *Blue Juniata*, his most important work was his editing of the Viking Portable Library, where his selections and criticisms fostered the popularization of those American authors whose reputations and fortunes had suffered between the Wars. William Faulkner and F. Scott Fitzgerald, both of whom had to some degree disappeared from the landscape of the American literary conversation, enjoyed critical resurgences as the result of the Portable editions. Cowley's 1944 Portable Hemingway sold so well that he was able to convince Viking to publish a Portable Faulkner in 1946. William Faulkner was, at the time, slipping into literary obscurity. By the 1930s, he was working as a Hollywood screenwriter and in danger of seeing his works go out of print. Cowley argued for a dramatic revaluation of Faulkner's position in American letters, enlisting him as an honorary member of the Lost Generation. Robert Penn Warren called *The Portable Faulkner* the "great watershed" moment for Faulkner's reputation, and many scholars view Cowley's essay as having resuscitated Faulkner's career. Faulkner won a Nobel Prize in 1949. He later said, "I owe Malcolm Cowley the kind of debt no man could ever repay." A significant association copy.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.