Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, 1953.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In blue cloth with fading/tanning (and small spot) to spine and adjacent edges of boards. Some spotting to top page ends and a few to fore edge. Previous owner's bookplate stamp to front pastedown along with very small bookstore sticker. Author bio from rear flap tipped onto page opposing half-title. A couple numbers in pen to rear pastedown. Solid binding. No jacket. 1st Printing
Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.46 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Published by Chatto and Windus in March 1953, here is the first edition (2nd impression) hardback printing of William Faulkner's REQUIEM FOR A NUN. Blue cloth binding, gilt lettering, 251 pages, the book is in good condition with some light tanning to the cloth edges, some light end paper browning and the name of a previous owner (the revered Oxford scholar Tony Cockshut) written in pencil to the front free end paper. Tony has also made a few light pencil markings to the borders.
Seller: The Spoken Word, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus Ltd, 1953.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Name of the previous owner, dated 1957. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. The boards are in good condition. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Faulkner William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$19.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has a tear with slight loss at the top of the spine and one other closed edge tear. 251 pages.
Seller: Blacket Books, PBFA, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, 1953, 1953.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st U.K. edition (foxing on text block edges and verso of dj, as typical of this title, otherwise NF/NF)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William.. REQUIEM FOR A NUN.. Chatto and Windus, 1953.
Price: US$22.61 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. Chatto and Windus. Hard Cover. Book- Good, gilt titles on spine, blue boards, spine discoloured. 7.5x5. 250pp. Ex-libris.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun [1st UK ed]. Chatto & Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$23.13 + shipping
Description: 1st UK edition, 8vo, pp. 251, previous owner's signature (WA author Peter Cowan), minor offsetting endpapers, few foxing spots eps., top edge lightly foxed, original cloth bds., faint foxing spots top edge otherwise good, in very good dust jacket, not price-clipped, protected. Experimental novel by Faulkner in which the major scenes are conveyed within the framework of a play.
Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, 1953, 1953.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st U.K. edition Very good plus/very good plus (price-clipped; some faint offsetting on endpapers; boards are clean; book is tight; foxing on outer and lower edges)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. Requiem for a Nun. chatto & windus london 1953, 1953.
Price: US$37.10 + shipping
Description: first edition 247pp,lt.blue paper covered boards, VG+ (spine sl.suned, minorsunning to upper extrem.of boards, owner's name on ffep,v.sl.foxing to ep's/half-title/title/contents) in VG d/w (sl.browning to rear and flaps, corners rounded, spine sl.sunned with some wear to extrem.)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. REQUIEM FOR A NUN. CHATTO WINDUS, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1953.
Price: US$39.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Previous owner's name in the book. Three small chips to the D.J.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$44.59 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: VG+ in VG+ d/w (unprice-clipped, one tiny 1/8" clean tear rear). Pale blue cloth boards. 5"x8". 251pp. Jacket illustration by Paul Hogarth. Jpeg on request.
Seller: Osterley Bookshop, Isleworth, United Kingdom
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.. REQUIEM FOR A NUN.. Chatto and Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Front top corner bumped. Spine sunned. Dust jacket is chipped at spine extremities and shows some soiling. Internally very clean. Peterson A28f. 251pp. Size: Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus London 1953, 1953.
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 251pp., Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy in sl. chipped unclipped dust jacket. SCAN AVAILABLE
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto and Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition. 12mo (19), pp. 251. Light blue cloth boards with gilt spine titling. Yellow and black illustrated jacket. Foxing to endpapers, bumping to corners. Jacket shows moderate edge wear and chipping, soiling and rubbing to back.
Seller: Elk River Books (ABAA/ILAB), Livingston, MT, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$70.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Minor wear and natural ageing, browning panels on the endpapers, no inscriptions. The original dust jacket is not price-clipped, protected by a clear, removable cover. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics.
Seller: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, 1953.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy in very good- dust jacket with slight soiling, rubbing and browning to jacket (chiefly to edges); slight buckling to front endpapers (at spine edge of front attached endpaper); slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. 251, [2] pages. Reset British issue of the 3-act play (originally published in the US in 1951). Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Limited.B/w Decoration (title page); Decorative Endpapers (gray/white).
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus 1953, London, 1953.
Price: US$76.44 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK Edition. 253 pp. Blue hardback in colour illustrated jacket, price clipped. Spots to rear jacket panel and minor chipping to top edge. Slight fading and marks to board edges; spots to fore-edge and first few pages, inscription on sticker to ffep., but generally internally clean. The sequel to Faulkner's previous novel Sanctuary following Temple Drake; like many of the author's works, it is experimental in its form, being part novel, part play. Small 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, 1953.
Price: US$76.44 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1953 Chatto & Windus Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression, Very good+ clean tight binding in very good unclipped dustjacket. Wonderful 50's jacket design as shown.
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus London 1953, 1953.
Price: US$94.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 251pp., Nice copy of the first British edition of Faulkner's experimental novel in an unclipped dust jacket
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$95.55 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A straight copy with no bumps or inscriptions; has the spring of a little-used copy, possibly unread. Natural, light browning panels on the endpapers. The dust jacket has very minor wear only with natural ageing, not price-clipped and protected by a clear, removable cover. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics.
Seller: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. REQUIEM FOR A NUN. Random House, 1953.
Price: US$98.60 + shipping
Description: REQUIEM FOR A NUN, Chatto & Windus, 1953, first English edition, small black stain to the top of the fore edge, else a tight vg+ copy in like pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. Requiem for a Nun.. London: Chatto & Windus:, First edition,, 1953.
Price: US$114.66 + shipping
Description: 8vo, orig. cloth gilt. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper, designed by Paul Hogarth. An unusually nice copy.
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
William Faulkner. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$121.03 + shipping
Description: A nice first UK edition of William Faulkner's novel set in Yoknapatawpha County, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first UK edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'Requiem for a Nun' is the sequel to William Faulkner's novel 'Sanctuary', following the characters Temple Drake, and Gavin Stevens. The novel is set in Yoknapatawpha County and Jackson, Mississippi. Written by the noted American author William Faulkner, who is well known for his novels 'As I Lay Dying', and 'The Sound and the Fury'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. A very small amount of discolouration to the boards and spine. Very light spots to the fore edge. Dustwrapper with some edgewear, and light marks to the wraps. A few light spots to the reverse of the dustwrapper, with four small spots of tape to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just a couple of very light spots to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
FAULKNER William. Requiem for a Nun [Requiem pour une nonne]. Chatto & Windus, 1953.
Price: US$151.54 + shipping
Description: - Chatto & Windus, London 1953, 13x19cm, reliure de l'éditeur. - Edition originale britannique. Reliure de l'éditeur en pleine toile bleue, dos lisse, exemplaire complet de sa jaquette conçue par Paul Hogarth qui comporte de petites déchirures marginales en tête du dos. Légères ombres marginales sur les gardes. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, France
FAULKNER, William.. Requiem for a Nun.. Chatto & Sindus, London, 1953.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 251 pp. 8vo, publisher's boards in dust jacket. First UK edition. Some oxidation of gold on spine, else a fine copy in an unchipped jacket with some slight darkening to the spine. A very attractive copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Chatto & Windus, 1953. This is a Near Fine copy of the First English edition. Light blue cloth binding with titling on the spine in gilt. Clean text; 251 pages. One corner lightly bumped; a touch of fade along the margins; typical English spotting to the top page ends. The dustwrapper is unclipped; shows very light edgewear. A very respectable copy, in an archival plastic protector. . First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. Requiem for a Nun. Chatto & Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First English edition. Fine in price-clipped else fine dust jacket with a small crease on the front flap. A play, with long narrative sections, which continues the story of Temple Drake introduced two decades earlier in *Sanctuary*. Faulkner's first book after winning the Nobel Prize. A bright and fresh copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. REQUIEM FOR A NUN. Chatto & Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 251. A VG tight copy in slightly chipped dj. A play.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William.. Requiem for a Nun.. Chatto & Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 251 pp. 8vo, publisher's blue-green cloth in dust jacket. First UK edition. A very good copy with some foxing to preliminary pages and fore-edge, and a few light spots to binding; in a bright, unchipped jacket with some light foxing to back panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$438.27 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in dark green full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attactive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun.. Chatto & Windus, London, 1953.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Description: First British edition of the sequel to Faulkner's Sanctuary. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication on the title page and with an original drawing by Faulkner on the front free endpaper, "For John Bott William Faulkner New York 3 Mar 1953." The recipient, John Bott was the City Editor of the New York Post who wore leg braces his whole life due to polio. Bott's friend had just brought him the book from London. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Hogarth. A unique example with a wonderful association and with a rare original drawing from the Nobel Prize-winning writer. The sequel to Faulkner's early novel Sanctuary, Requiem for a Nun follows the previously introduced characters of Temple Drake, her friend (later husband) Gowan Stevens, and Gowan's uncle Gavin Stevens. The events in Requiem are set in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County and Jackson, Mississippi, in November 1937 and March 1938, eight years after the events of Sanctuary. In Requiem, Temple, now married with a child, must learn to deal with her violent, turbulent past as related in Sanctuary.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.