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Faulkner William. Sanctuary. Chatto and Windus, 1931.

Price: US$38.48 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: All books outside UK sent airmail. Paypal accepted. A novel. Original red cloth, slightly faded at spine, gilt titling and slightly marked. Slightly spotted to prelims.

Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Chatto And Windus, London, 1931.

Price: US$56.54 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: maroon publisher's cloth binding; lettering in gilt on spine; gilt is bright; hinges tight; spine is square; 316 pp followed by 4 pp of publisher's ads; previous owner's signature and address on f.f.e.p.; very good copy; Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.

Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada

Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Chatto & Windus, London, 1931.

Price: US$64.14 + shipping

Description: Hardback, red cloth binding. 316pp. 1st UK edition 1931. Spine faded and frayed to ends. Foxing to edges. Private ownership. (q41)

Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom

Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Chatto and Windus, London, United Kingdom, 1931.

Price: US$440.96 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true UK first edition, first printing (first impression) with cloth stamped in Gold to the Spine & four pages of adds to the rear. The date "1931" to the title page to indicate a true first print and no mention of a reprint to the copyright page. Clean pages with light tanning no tears or writing. The boards are clean with no bumping a bit darker to the lower edge. The jacket which is exceptionally uncommon has loss to the corners lower and upper spine. There is a clean closed tear running the length of the spine. Not price clipped with first state price present ( 7s 6d. net) and reviews of his first two books 'Soldiers' Pay' and 'Sound of fury' only to the rear panel.

Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland

William Faulkner. The Sound and the Fury. Chatto and Windus, 1931.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: "THE SOUND AND THE FURY" by William Faulkner. 1931 1st UK edition, presumed 2nd state (with 1931 stated on the title page, though lacking the four pages of advertisements at the back); Chatto and Windus; London. The book comes with a facsimile dust jacket and a protective jacket sleeve. "The Sound and the Fury" was the second of Faulkner's novels to appear in England. From the dust jacket: "In form experimental, in parts seemingly chaotic, his new book is difficult but no less brilliant than its predecessor (Soldier's Pay), and shows to better advantage the versatility of Mr. Faulkner's gifts as a writer. Of its imaginative force there can be no question." Condition: Some very light soiling to the right edge of the front cover, and to the top and left-hand edges of the back cover. There is a bit of mottling to the cloth along the left edge of the front cover. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Light staining at the top edge and long edge of the text block. Foxing to the pages at the front from the end papers to the copyright page, and to the last few pages at the back.the pages in-between are clean with no issues found. Oxford UK bookshop label affixed to the front pastedown. The front end paper has a thin, light stain along the top edge, and a small light stain at the right edge. The rear end paper and pastedown have a thin, light stain along the top edge Overall the book is in Good+ condition. The facsimile dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with no issues found. (The jacket comes with a clear, protective sleeve - not shown.)

Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.