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Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 8vo. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards with gray cloth spine. 5th printing. 380pp. Slight spine cock. Covers rubbed & just worn through at corners. Front end-paper splitting a bit at fold. Interior good.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Break in interior spines, tear to top and bottom exterior spine. Black rectangle bottom spine. Text very good, 380 pages. Ink stamp on ffep below signiture.
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is a hardback, the interior is clean with no marks or tears, the red cover is good and the gray spine is very soiled, but red lettering is very visible. It is published in 1931 and the second edition is stated February 1931 on back of title p. the spine is tight. Book is very readable.Handsome red striped end papers are clean and handsome.
Seller: Jane Atwood, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. JONATHAN CAPE HARRISON SMITH, NEW YORK, 1931.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION 1931 SECOND PRINTING 1931 Reading copy only. Front cover is detached. Bookplate on fep. Ex library usual library markings. Markings on some pages. Red gilt on spine. Rubbed cover. DATE PUBLISHED: 1931 EDITION: FIRST ED 380
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, Third printing. Original paper-covered boards over cloth spine, printed titles on spine. The paper boards are usually worn at the corners; these corners show only the slightest of wear. Overall near fine with library bookplate on front pastedown. A nice alternative to the expensive first edition. All editions are quite scarce.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$83.00 + shipping
Description: Rare. Sixth printing, July 1931. Deeply colored maroon boards and endpapers. Covers show some wear/soiling, corners are worn. Page text is clean and clear, minimal browning at edges. Binding is strong and tight althoug spine cloth is noticeably frayed and faded, with some visible separation. Vintage deco-style bookplate marked "Edward Kilroe".
Seller: Canio's Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. SANCTUARY. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 380 pages. In Very Good minus dust jacket. Quarter bound in gray cloth with red paper boards and red text on spine. Boards mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has sticker on front endpaper and slight spotting on fore edge. Head edge of textblock dyed black. Shelved Under Front Counter. 1370919. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape and Harrison S, NY, 1931.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. 380pp. Spine cocked some, P O name, some rubbing to boards.
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, red striped boards with beige cloth spine. Second printing. A good, sound copy with rubbing and wear to boards, darkening and discoloration to spine, light toning and foxing, spine slightly tilted.
Seller: Caroliniana, Aiken, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, first issue. Original magenta paper-covered boards over gray cloth spine. First issue with the decorated magenta patterned endpapers, top edges stained dark gray or light black. "First Published 1931" on copyright page. Hinges starting, rub on inside front pastedown, partial erasure of title on half-title, writing "whited out" on rear of front free endpaper. Edges and corners a bit worn.Text OK. An excellent title for rebinding.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith. 1931. New York. 380 pages. First edition, 5th printing. Binding and hinges are strong. Pages are tight. Endpapers are clean. Rich black topstain. Burgundy paper boards quarter bound with grey cloth binding with burgundy titles. A couple of tiny fray hairs at backstrip crown. Some paper-loss at tips on edges from shelf-rubbing. VG-
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, New York, 1931.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine slightly cocked with soiling; edges of pages lightly soiled; pages clean and unmarked.
Seller: Charles Bartman, Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, NY, 1931.
Price: US$174.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First U.K. Edition (stated "First Published), with patterned endpapers. Clean and tightly bound with light edge and shelf wear and age-toning to spine, remains Very Good. The contents remain bright and near fine. No dust jacket.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931., 1931.
Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First printing; copyright page states: "First published , 1931." Hardcover. Good condition (no dust jacket). Magenta boards with gray cloth spine lettered in magenta. Edges of binding and corners rubbed. Rear hinge of spine spilt from top down about two-thirds of length, with weakening of the hinge. Magenta and white art deco design endpapers, with former owner's generic bookplate on front inner board. Gradually diminishing light dampstain to first 80 or so pages; otherwise, internally clean and tight. An overall good copy of a scarce Faulkner first.
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition. Clean text, shaken binding. Edge and corner wear down to the boards. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, USA, 1931.
Price: US$318.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sanctuary by William Faulkner First Edition First Impression Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931. New York. No inscriptions, no foxing to contents or edges. Patterned endpapers without any splitting or cracking to hinges. A bright near VG copy. "Sanctuary" is a novel written by William Faulkner, published in 1931. It is a dark and controversial work that explores themes of violence, corruption, and moral decay in the American South during the early 20th century. The story revolves around the character of Temple Drake, a young woman who becomes entangled in a series of disturbing events after she is kidnapped by a gang of criminals. "Sanctuary" is known for its gritty and often disturbing portrayal of the human condition, and it is considered one of Faulkner's more challenging and controversial works. It has been the subject of much literary analysis and discussion due to its complex narrative and themes.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
FAULKNER, William. Sanctuary [FIRST EDITION]. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Grey quarter cloth with burgundy paper-covered boards. Grey stained top edge. 380 pp. Lacks the scarce dust jacket. Cock to spine. Significant sunning to spine, with a tiny closed tear at spine footer. Small dent in top edge of front board, and paper is worn along bottom board edges. Rear hinge overopened. This is a first printing of Faulkner's classic novel.
Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Very Good, with light staining to base of spine and bottom of rear board, light wear at crown and corners, previous owner details to front paste down, with a bit of bleeding on endpapers and lightly to bottom edge of page block, foxing to edge of page block. A nice copy, lacking the scarce dust jacket.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VERY GOOD rear board rubbed with 1/4" abrasion, some sunning to spine, shelf wear, a clean tight copy.
Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: VG+ in mylar cover. No dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Bound In red paper-covered boards with a Gray cloth spine, black topstain. First published In 1931, it was a commercial and critical breakthrough for Faulkner. The book has light soiling to the spine and edgewear to the tips. Internally clean boards and pages throughout. Slight spine lean
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First printing, in facsimile dust jacket. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Name of former owner on the front free endpaper. Pages tanned and clean with some slight foxing on the edges.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. SANCTUARY. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 380 pages. In Good plus condition with Fair dust jacket. Blue and black spine with tan text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has part of spine missing from tail edge, chipping to corners and head edge of spine, mild edge wear and shelf wear, and splitting and wear to joints. Boards have moderate rubbing to corners and edges. Text block has rubbing to tail edge and owner's inscription for verso of front endpaper. Head edge of text block dyed black. Shelved in Case 13. 1370918. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Edition, First Printing, Later State Dust Jacket.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. SANCTUARY [second printing]. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith: NY, 1931.
Price: US$690.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7.5 x 5", cloth backed boards, 380pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped, spine cocked, pp a bit loose, in a darkened, edge-worn/chipped, toned, price-clipped dustjacket with an old tape repair on reverse. "Second Printing February, 1931."
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$720.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarter bound in gray cloth over magenta paper, with magenta ink-stamping on the spine. Spine is tanned and shows moderate wear but no fraying. The top edge is stained a dark color. First published 1931 on copyright page. First state binding. Dust jacket is a facsimilie of the first state jacket and is as new in mylar protector. Signature of former owner dated 2/15/31 in Dartmouth in blue ink on verso of front free endpaper. Very light spine lean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, 380pp. Sixth printing, issued just five months of the first. A fine, fresh, unread copy in the publisher's crimson patterned boards with grey cloth spine. Rich black (or extremely deep blue?) topstain. Dust jacket with very shallow chipping at spine ends, and somewhat darkened on the spine panel, else really much nicer than usually found; very good or better. Though a later printing, a handsome copy of this early novel by Faulkner, with dark and unpleasant themes. Faulkner personally derided it as a "pot-boiler," but many readers and scholars consider it to be one of his best early novels.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. SANCTUARY. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, (1931)., 1931.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, SIXTH printing (July, 1931). A near fine, tight copy in quarter grey cloth over magenta patterned paper boards, black colored top page edge coloring; in a very good plus original designed dust jacket with modest spine edge chipping, minor nicking to the shelf extremities, and age-toning to the rear panel. The front flap retains the original price of $2.50. Easily erased contemporary penciled name and date to the front endpaper (we prefer to leave it), and the dust jacket is in a later state with reviews to the front flap. William Faulkner, a Nobel Prize winner, also won two Pulitzer Prizes. Sanctuary was Faulkner's commercial and critical breakthrough that established his literary reputation. Film adaptations include The Story of Temple Drake (1933) and Sanctuary (1961). A nice copy! Listed in Cyril Connolly's 100 Key Books of the Modern Movement.
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Faulkner William. SANCTUARY. New York Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931, 1931.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original gray cloth over red boards, lettered in red on the spine, decorated endleaves. 380 pp. A handsome, sound and pleasing copy, well preserved. FIRST EDITION OF WILLIAM FAULKNER'S CONTROVERSIAL NOVEL ABOUT RAPE. 'Faulkner wrote this novel about the rape and abduction of an upper-class Mississippi college girl, Temple Drake, during the Prohibition era. The novel was Faulkner's commercial and critical breakthrough and established his literary reputation, but was controversial given its themes. It is said Faulkner claimed it was a "potboiler", written purely for profit, but this has been debated by scholars and Faulkner's own friends. The novel provided the basis for the films The Story of Temple Drake (1933) and Sanctuary (1961). It also inspired the novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish as well as the film of the same title and The Grissom Gang, which derived from No Orchids for Miss Blandish. The story of the novel can also be found in the 2007 film Cargo 200. Faulkner later wrote Requiem for a Nun (1951) as a sequel to Sanctuary.' wiki
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape and Harrison S, 1931.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First edition, first printing, in scarce dust jacket. Unclipped DJ is professionally restored with slight rubbing to the rear panel, light tanning, some discoloration due to the restoration. Names of former owners on the front free endpaper and on the half-title page. Pages tanned and clean, binding tight. A copy in fine condition.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition (First Issue and First Issue dustjacket). A Hubin listed mystery, Faulkner's Sanctuary was also made into a 1960 Fox Film starring Lee Remich and Bradford Dillman. A novel some critics say Faulkner wrote to shock the American people by frank use of murder, rape and lynching. Almost Near Fine, some mild darkening to spine, in Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping, half dollar sized chip at top front panel, inch sized piece of old scotch tape at upper front panel.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. THESE THIRTEEN. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, first issue of the first collection of Faulkner short stories, including classics like "A Rose for Emily," "Victory," and "That Evening Sun." This collection of short stories was published in the same year as SANCTUARY, the controversial novel that truly brought William Faulkner to the literary world's attention; he is billed on the dust jacket as "Author of SANCTUARY." Known for his visceral depictions of the decline of the South after the Civil War, many of the stories in this volume are tied to Faulkner's novels in theme, geographical location, and characters. This connection is explicit in "That Evening Sun," which features the children of the Compson family, describing events that took place before their tragic downfall in THE SOUND AND THE FURY. An attractive copy of a title that augments Faulkner's longer works. 7.75'' x 5''. Original blue and grey cloth with red spine lettering. Original unclipped ($2.50) pictorial dust jacket, designed by Arthur Hawkins Jr. Black topstain, fore-edge machine deckle. Blue and white geometrically-patterned endpapers. 358 pages. First issue, with error on contents page ("280" for "208"). Jacket spine sunned with a small stain at the crown. Mild shelf, edge-wear overall. Touches of soil here and there. Else clean and sound. Very good plus in very good jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Original publisher's gray cloth-backed red paper-covered boards, spine lettered in red, and red and white patterned endpapers; original dust jacket with modern geometric designs to the front panel and spine in black, blue and white, lettered in black and white. Near fine book, with light toning to spine, a very gentle lean to spine, and bookseller's label rear pastedown; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine and extremities, shallow chipping to spine ends, a couple of small chips to top edge of front panel (lettering unaffected), a few small closed tears to edges, and some light chipping to corners. Overall, a pleasing copy. Sanctuary is a Southern Gothic novel set in Jefferson, the seat of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County in Mississippi, based on Faulkner's childhood experiences in Oxford. His most sensational novel, it tells the story of Temple Drake, a young Mississippi woman who becomes the victim of the criminal assistant of a notorious Tennessee moonshiner. After being raped and kidnapped, Drake is smuggled to a Memphis brothel, where she becomes hardened by her harsh new environment. Several townspeople seek justice for Temple by attempting to have her assailant arrested and vindicating the moonshiner who has been falsely accused. Although readers and critics were alarmed by its dark plotline, Sanctuary's eloquent prose and compelling story made the novel Faulkner's first commercial breakthrough. As the dust jacket lauds, "the novel is hideously and terrifically- and therefore beautifully- great." Faulkner would later return to Temple Drake's story in his 1951 text Requiem for a Nun.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fourth printing (published two months after the first). Text block bound in mesh and unprinted red paper wrappers, housed in (likely fourth printing) good dust jacket with several small chips, some loss along the top of the front panel effecting several letters, and modest toning on the spine. Likely used as an in-house copy for review copy or a publisher's file copy. Filmed in 1933 as *The Story of Temple Drake* with Miriam Hopkins in the title role. Both the book and film were controversial and the latter was banned for several years. We've never seen another copy in this format. A pleasing and possibly unique artifact of one of Faulkner's most famous and successful novels. *Connolly 100*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. THESE THIRTEEN. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed limited edition of the first collection of Faulkner short stories, including classics like "A Rose for Emily," "Victory," and "That Evening Sun." This collection of short stories was published in the same year as SANCTUARY, the controversial novel that truly brought William Faulkner to the literary world's attention; he is billed on the dust jacket as "Author of SANCTUARY." Known for his visceral depictions of the decline of the South after the Civil War, many of the stories in this volume are tied to Faulkner's novels in theme, geographical location, and characters. This connection is explicit in "That Evening Sun," which features the children of the Compson family, describing events that took place before their tragic downfall in THE SOUND AND THE FURY. An attractive copy of one of Faulkner's smallest signed limitations. 7.75'' x 5''. Original publisher's quarter brown over beige cloth. Top edge gilt silver, fore-edge machine deckle. Grey endpapers. 358 pages. First issue, with error on contents page ("280" for "208"). One of 299 copies signed by Faulkner, this #86. Some mild spotting and toning to extremities. Else a clean and sound example.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, NY, 1931.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NYC: Cape & Smith, 1931, First edition, NF/VG.
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William.. Sanctuary.. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: 380 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. First edition; first printing; first binding. Tiny bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown; else a fresh, unworn copy in an attractive jacket with some of the usual browning to the white panel of the backstrip. There are a few small chips at extremities, not affecting the lettering.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case. Original price still on front flap. Small store sticker to rear paste-down.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap. The ORIGINAL sophisticated dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1931.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good first edition in a very good unrestored dust jacket with a small chip on the front panel and at the bottom of the spine. First Published 1931 stated on the copyright page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Original publisher's gray cloth-backed red paper-covered boards, spine lettered in red; original dust jacket with modern geometric designs to the front panel and spine in black, blue and white, lettered in black and white. About fine in an excellent unclipped dust jacket with very slight wear and a couple nicks to the spine ends, spine with a slight touch of toning. A near fine example, housed in a custom quarter leather box. Sanctuary is a Southern Gothic novel set in Jefferson, the seat of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County in Mississippi, based on Faulkner's childhood experiences in Oxford. His most sensational novel, it tells the story of Temple Drake, a young Mississippi woman who becomes the victim of the criminal assistant of a notorious Tennessee moonshiner. After being raped and kidnapped, Drake is smuggled to a Memphis brothel, where she becomes hardened by her harsh new environment, and several townspeople seek justice for Temple by attempting to have her assailant arrested and vindicating the moonshiner who has been falsely accused. Although readers and critics were alarmed by its dark plotline, Sanctuary's eloquent prose and compelling plotline made the novel Faulkner's first commercial breakthrough. As the dust jacket lauds, "the novel is hideously and terrifically- and therefore beautifully- great." Faulkner would later return to Temple Drake's story in his 1951 text Requiem for a Nun.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. SANCTUARY. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$7338.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light chipping at spine crown/heel. Light rubbing along panel edges. 1/4 inch open tear at top of front flap fold. First Edition Stated.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A lovely, Near Fine copy of the book with a previous owner's bookplate on the front paste-down and some minor dampstaining to the rear end leaves, otherwise a bright, crisp copy. In a Very Good+ to Near Fine dust jacket with the spine panel a bit toned and two clean tears on the rear panel, without loss (the larger about an inch long and a corresponding crease across the panel). Completely unrepaired and unrestored, and presenting very well. This copy with grey pattern on the magenta end-papers, and price of $2.50 on the bottom of the front flap. Faulkner's controversial prohibition era novel was a commercial and critical success; and along with his novels The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, Sanctuary led to his Nobel Prize for literature in 1949. "The theme of Sanctuary is the discovery of reality with the concomitant discovery of evil.instead of victory and moral vindication, [the characters] receive a stunning kind of defeat.the traditional society has given place to a modern world in which amoral power is almost nakedly present" (Brooks). A stirring exploration of the modern world and the fall of men. Near Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This First Issue dustjacket is rich in color and has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap with minor repair. The book is bound in the publisher's ORIGINAL cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with some rubbing to the front endpaper. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$8999.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarterbound gray cloth with magenta, charcoal topstain. "First published 1931" on copyright page. Slightest hint of a spine lean. Tight, unmarked, sharp-cornered. Original unclipped ($2.50) jacket in mylar has slight wear to spine ends and some faint spots to back panel, where it says "A Check List for the Discriminating Reader. " The book is housed in a fine custom clamshell. ; 380 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$9000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a nice, near fine dustwrapper with tiny nicks at the crown, very slight age-toning on the white portions of the spine, and the front flap fold strengthened professionally with Japanese tissue on the inside. Filmed in 1933 as *The Story of Temple Drake* with Miriam Hopkins in the title role. Both the book and film were controversial and the latter was banned for several years. A fresh and attractive copy. *Connolly 100*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
Price: US$9499.99 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Stated First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($2.50 price intact on left flap, $3.00 price intact on back flap). Published by Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. Octavo. Light blue quarter cloth over red boards with magenta patterned endpapers. Book is like new; tight binding. Clean and crisp with no writing. Binding tight and pages crisp. Spines straight and corners sharp. Has a small contemporary bookplate on inside pastedown. Dust jacket is very good with some very light edgewear/tiny nicks. Very slight fading to spine. The left flap has separated from the rest of the jacket; it is a clean separation and can be repaired if desired. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector and displays lovely. Very scarce copy of this classic early Faulkner novel. 380 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published, 1931" printed on the copyright page. A superb copy. This First Issue dustjacket is rich in color and has the First Issue point "A Check List for the Discriminating Reader" printed on the top back panel of the dustjacket. The book is in fantastic shape and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy with the original dustjacket.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. Sanctuary. New York Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith 1931, 1931.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Fine copy in a bright attractive dust jacket which has some tiny internal mends to the edges by an expert paper conservationist.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$13500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by William Faulkner on a laid in signature. A beautiful sophisticated dustjacket that is rich in color with NO chips or tears. This ORIGINAL First Printing dustjacket has the price present on the front flap with a summary of the book. Later dustjackets have blurbs on the front flap. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, 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 superb copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.