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William Faulkner. Sanctuary by William Faulkner (Modern Library). Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$2.26 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
Seller: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$3.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover in jacket. Some neat pencil in the margins of an occasional page, else decent shape, binding sound, text clean, light shelfwear to book and jacket.
Seller: Raritan River Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, NY, 1932.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Description: 380 pgs, 16mo. An early printing, with date of 1946 entered by a prior owner. Gray cloth binding, jacket is rather worn and lacks small pieces at spine ends. Jacket price 95¢, title #61, lists books to #239 on jacket verso. Jacket is creased down middle of the spine-strip but the front shows an outstanding cigarette-smoking character illus. Toned jacket edges, minor past tape repairs on inside of jacket, but this book is now in an archival mylar wrap. Very good condition in a worn dust jacket.
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$8.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 380 pp. 5 x 7 1/4. Gray blue cloth covered boards, stamjped in red and gold on front and spine. No dj. Bent corners, minor edgewear at head and foot.
Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. The Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$10.23 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1932. No Edition Remarks. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Heavier tanning and foxing to front and rear. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy fraying to cloth at spine ends and corners. Gilt lettering is dulled. Mild sunning to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$10.95 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Pella Books, Pella, IA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Description: B014811; 380 pp, Bumped small hardcover, very good contents, good covers, corners
Seller: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
FAULKNER William. Sanctuary. The Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$13.16 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: In-12 (185x120 mm) pleine toile bleue, titre doré sur pièce rouge. Sous jaquette illustrée (manque sur la jaquette). 380 pages.
Seller: Librairie FAUGUET, Marseille, France
Faulkner, William Pseud.) Falkner, Wiliam Cuthbert. Sanctuary. Modern Library, NY, 1932.
Price: US$13.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: new inntro by Faulkner; dj w/lite chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; blue Blumenthal binding w/gitt titles on red; Rockwell Kent end papers; 380 clean, unmarked pages; (#61 in series, list to 358 on dj reverse) Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William Pseud.) Falkner, Wiliam Cuthbert. Sanctuary. Modern Library, NY, 1932.
Price: US$13.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: new inntro by Faulkner; dj w/lite cwear, clipped price, in mylar; blue Blumenthal binding w/gitt titles on red; Rockwell Kent end papers; 380 clean, unmarked pages; (#61 in series, list to 388 on dj reverse) Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$14.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 380 pp. 4 3/8 x 6 5/8. Brown cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on front and spine. No dj. Cloth faded at spine. Binding a little cocked.
Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. The Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, NY, 1932.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Later Printing. Very good hardback in a darkened, rubbed, and price clipped jacket.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William.. Sanctuary. Modern Library Edition.. N.Y:Modern Library. 1932. Hardcover., 1932.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: New introduction by Faulkner on Sanctuary and trying to sell his other books v.g. d.j.frayed and torn. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. The Modern Library, New York, N.Y., 1932.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good hard cover. No dust jacket. 1982.
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Reprint, blue cloth with red title blocks, Toledano binding style 8, Kent endpapers, 388 titles listed on rear of dust jacket. Gilt on front board rubbing away, faint damp stain to bottom front edge and light bumps to bottom corners, internally clean and sound; price clipped dust jacket with light wear at extremities, now in protective mylar cover. Cover illustration by E. McKnight Kauffer.
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later. Very good in an about Very good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper spine darkened, covers soiled, rubs at spine ends. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William.. Sanctuary.. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Hardbound 12mo (7.25 inches tall) 380 pages + ads. Rockwell Kent endpapers. Description: This is book number 61 in the Modern Library series. Dust jacket art by E McKnight Kauffer. The author wrote a new introduction for the Modern Library edition. The most recent printed date is the Modern Library copyright date of 1932. Dating by ML guides this is from Fall 1959. The 388 titles listed on the verso of the dust jacket include Salinger, Nine Stories; and do not include Colette, Six Novels. Dust jacket style i; binding style 8. BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with red and gilt; the top edge tint is red; a Very Good book with a Very Good dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped. ISBN: B00085R0DW
Seller: The Bookworm, Oroville, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. SANCTUARY. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With a New Introduction [1932] by Faulkner. 12mo. Light blue cloth, with gilt lettering over red patches on spine and front cover. Red top stain. Patterened Kent end papers. 380 pages, with lists of Modern Library titles at end. Prior owner's name/address sticker (small) on blank preliminary page, across from title page. No marks to text. In dust-jacket (illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer). Dust-jacket has a small price sticker on front flap stating "As of April 15, 1947, the price of the Modern Library in U.S.A. is $1.25 a copy[.] Other markings void. The Modern Library, Inc." Dust-jacket has slight edge wear and spine ends are crimped. Modern Library 61.2. Lists 322 ML titles on back of dust-jacket. This edition published in the late 1940s with the striking E. McKnight Kauffer jacket.
Seller: Waugh Books, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Modern Library, 1932. early reprint. hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 12mo, blue flex cloth binding, DJ is lightly soiled and edgeworn, chip missing at top of DJ spine, DJ spine browned, spine #7, Kent endpapers, a novel with new Introduction by Faulkner, 491 pages" .
Seller: Stone Soup Books, Camden, ME, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William, Illustrated by:. Sanctuary. The Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book: some rubbing & edgewear; some duststaining on edges; yellowing; otherwise overall clean & tight. DJ present but has rubbing, edgewear, chips, creases, clsoed tears, staining; yellowing; duststaining & foxing, etc. 380 pages
Seller: The Book Junction, Shippensburg, PA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. Sanctuary. Grosset & Dunlap (Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Reprint. Extensive pen and pencil notations on pages and endpapers, spine cover detached at rear joint, spine ends and corners worn, cloth soiled, fair only lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William.. Sanctuary (ML 61). Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$24.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1932 Modern Library hardcover, torn dj, with some shelfwear/edgewear, GOOD Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. The Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$28.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1932. No edition remarks. 380 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine. Small label on front.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. SANCTUARY. The Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Modern Library, 1932, sm8vo, 380 pages. Jacket price clipped, 388 titles listed on verso of jacket. Some rolling to jacket else book and jacket very good, later printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
Seller: Cape Cod Booksellers, Yarmouth, MA, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. The Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Early reprint. Measuring approximately 7.25' x 5" with 380 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor sunning to both ends of spine and top edge of both boards. Minor staining and scuffing to all edges of textblock. Previous owner signature on the back of front endpaper. Interior pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket is in good minus condition. Moderate chipping and bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate scuffing and staining to entire jacket. 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. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (N8-65).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early printing. 16mo. vii, 380pp. Toledano style 7, red balloon cloth stamped in gilt. Owner's name on front fly, two pink spots on page vii, spine sunned and cocked with light edgewear, very good lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library; Random, New York, 1932.
Price: US$32.50 + shipping
Description: 12 mo; dark blue cloth covered boards with publisher's logo, title & author in gilt box on front board, repeated on spine; 380 pp + list of other Modern Library titles; illust. dj. scarce in this dj. Very Good in Good + DJ; dj has light chipping on top edge; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap. 0.0
Seller: Rosebud Books, golconda, IL, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. The Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The cover has brown cloth with goldtone letters and a vignette. 380 pages; 31 chapters; new Introduction by the author. The top end of the text block is brown; the other two ends have darkened. The pages are tanned. The gutters have spots of darker cloth, perhaps caused by the binder's glue. DJ: The publisher's title list on the reverse side has 210 titles. Six closed tears are 1/4 in. to 2 in. (on a fold). Seven chips are 1/16 in. to 3/8 in. All panels, except the flaps, have darkened and have small, rubbed spots. The back panel has foxing. Scans e-mailed upon request.
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The dust jacket is price-clipped and has one small closed tear.
Seller: Prime Booksellers, Agoura Hills, CA, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary (in original dust jacket). Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$42.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover in green linen cloth stamped in red and gilt. vii+380 pp. plus listing of Modern Library and Modern Library Giant titles at rear. Faulkner's "New Introduction By The Author" dated 1932. A tight, fine copy, small ownership signature top edge of front pastedown. In very good, .95-cent, second issue E. McKnight Kauffer design dust jacket with cigartett smoking man, 210 titles on verso of the jacket so, we believe, 1938. Originally published in 1931 (though according to Faulkner's introduction written three years before as ". acheap idea, because it was deliberately conceived to make money.") a shocking and disturbing novel of the abduction and rape of Temple Drake, a Mississippi college girl. Faulkner wrote a sequel, "Requiem For A Nun" in 1951. The novel was the basis for a pre-code film, "The Story of Temple Drake" (1933 starring Miriam Hopkins as Drake) and again in 1961, under the original title, starring Lee Remick as Drake.
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. Modern Library Book, 1932.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: #61 of Modern Library. Book is Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket which has been price clipped. 379 pages. Now in Mylar. Selling quality books for 35 years.
Seller: Sleuth Books, FABA, Palm Coast, FL, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. The Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Story about the rape and abduction of a well-bred Mississippi college girl, Temple Drake, during the Prohibition era. Faulkner's fifth novel, with his contoversial introduction on the Modern Library reprint edition (1932): "To me it is a cheap idea, because it was deliberately conceived to make money. . and - as regards public judgment ------ ". Dust jacket by E. Mcknight Kauffet. This copy lists up to 282 titles inside the dust jacket and has $1.25 price.
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER WILLIAM.. Sanctuary.. The modern library,, New York,, 1932.
Price: US$60.29 + shipping
Description: Cm. 17,5, pp. viio, 380 (10). Leg. edit. in tela con sovracoperta illustrata. Ben conservato.
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Benacense, riva del garda, Italy
William Faulkner. Sanctuary Special Collection. The Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$62.49 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: First Edition thus, as good as new. Sanctuary Special Collection by William Faulkner. Published by The Modern Library in 1932. Hardcover. What makes this title so special is its limited availability. - Publishers Weekly. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
Faulkner William. Sanctuary. The Modern Library, New York, 1932., 1932.
Price: US$66.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Modern Library, New York, 1932. Special first edition with dust jacket. New introduction by Faulker. The book established the author's reputation, but was considered controversial given its theme of rape. 380pp., 12.5 x 18 cm. Shipping weight 300 gr.
Seller: finestfinds.ch, Geneva, Switzerland
FAULKNER, William.. Sanctuary. New York, Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "First Modern Library Edition" (so stated). Small 8vo. New two-page introduction by Faulkner. Original gilt stamped limp brown cloth, patterned endpapaers (spine lightly faded). Fine. No dust jacket. From the library of noted Hollywood director George Cukor, with his Paul Landacre Bookplate on the front pastedown.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Modern Library 61, stated 1932 though possibly later edition, in blue cloth with title and ML logo stamped in red and gilt on cover and spine. Some moisture warping on back pages/cover, and fading on back cover, with bleeding of blue dye onto interior dust jacket. PO's name written modestly on title page. Price-clipped DJ also has inch-long tear/nick at bottom cover and rubbings along upper tip/edge. Otherwise very good.
Seller: Richard Drive Books & Collectibles, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William.. Sanctuary.. The Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Toledano 61.2* About Fine in dull green balloon cloth (binding type 7), in a Very Good or better original dustwrapper ("d," no later than 1932), not price-clipped, with mild wear to points and slight toning of spine panel. 380pp. Very early reprint in same year as first. Q16258
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. Sanctuary. Modern Library New York, 1932.
Price: US$115.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Might be a first thus but I'm not certain. The only date is 1932. Clean and tight in an unclipped protected jacket. A super introduction to this astonishing and sometimes difficult writer. Illuminating introduction by the author in this edition. Language: eng
Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
William Faulkner. SANCTUARY. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$126.45 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Small open tears on spine crown.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. SANCTUARY Modern Library No 61. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$129.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Tape marks on spine crown/heel. Soiling.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. SANCTUARY Modern Library No 61. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$129.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped, price remains.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
William Faulkner. SANCTUARY Modern Library No. 61. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$139.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Modern Library edition stated with the original jacket. Front flap of jacket is detached, otherwise a very good jacket.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4 3/8 X 6 5/8 Inches. 380 PP + 7 PP Catalog. Original "flexible" modern library binding. Early ML edition with original price of 95 cents and 268 books listed on rear panel. Hint of wear to DJ edges. A very attractive copy.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RARE MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET Sanctuary by William Faulkner. New York: The Modern Library, 1932. This copy is from 1938. Here is a very attractive copy of a rare Modern Library title in a great pictorial dust jacket. Bound in brown balloon cloth (spine #7) with Kent end papers. The book is NEAR FINE. Solid binding, minor spotting on boards, bright gilt on cover and spine, bright matching topstain. Contents are clean and bright with owner's stamp on ffe - no other marks. NICE! The beautiful pictorial dust jacket is NEAR FINE- - chipping on top and bottom spine and slight age toning otherwise clean and bright! 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. The back of the dust jacket mentions 257 titles matching a 1937 printing. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, New York, 1932.
Price: US$299.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Modern Library #61,1932. Modern Library FIRST EDITION. Introduction by the author. Pictorial dust jacket, design by Burch. DJ spine chipped and sun-faded. DJ lists 225 titles and price of 95¢. Flexible balloon cloth cover (in brown) and lettering (in gold) intact. Unmarked pages. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good in a Very Good DJ.
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. Sanctuary. The Modern Library, 1932.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FAULKNER, William The Modern Library Book No. 61 [380] pp. 1932 7.25" x 5.25" Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer '40
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. Modern Library, NY, 1932.
Price: US$374.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Red flexible cloth titled in gilt. First Modern Library edition stated. Bookplate to inside cover. Hint of rubbing/creasing to covers and slight dampstaining to block edge. Sound square copy. The DJ in mylar is lightly chipped to edge, toned to spine. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HBDJ, 1932, 1st MODERN LIBRARY STATED, VG+ /GOOD DJ with Chips wear & MENDED TEARS Extremities, purple & white DJ of Man Drinking Water Out of Stream, 200 Titles on back of DJ with Prezipcode Coupon, Bound in blue balloon cloth running gold gilt streamer man with matching topstain. so I will add that there are five ML Giants listed on the inside jacket (up to G5 Plutarch.) This is also consistent with this being the correct Spring, 1932 jacket. Toledano binding #7. The book is Good. Binding solid, but boards are slightly warped. Topstain bright, with minor scuffing. Pages edges evenly tanned. Spine gilt bright. 1/4 closed tear to bottom of rear endpaper and final page. Jacket is GOOD, with several large tears and attendant creasing . A previous price (1.50) is written in colored pencil on title page, leaving its impress on the next page. Spine slightly tanned and faded, with moderate chipping at top and bottom. Both flapfolds worn, with tears , 'Sanctuary' is Faulkner's attempt to write a novel that would make money by inventing the "most horrific tale I could imagine" and then putting it on paper over the course of three weeks.
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: VERY RARE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET Sanctuary by William Faulkner. New York: The Modern Library, 1932 first modern library edition not stated by dust jacket is correct for a first edition. Here is a very attractive copy of a rare Modern Library title in a great pictorial dust jacket. Bound in green balloon cloth (spine #7) with Kent end papers. The book is NEAR FINE. Solid binding, some age toning, bright gilt on cover and spine, bright matching topstain. Contents are clean and bright with NO owner's signature or other marks. GORGEOUS! The beautiful pictorial dust jacket is NEAR FINE - chipping on top rear panel and age toning otherwise clean and bright! 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. The back of the dust jacket mentions 200 titles matching a 1932 printing and FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. VERY HARD TO FIND FIRST? MODERN LIBRARY EDITION IN DUST JACKET. **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: VERY RARE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET Sanctuary by William Faulkner. New York: The Modern Library, 1932 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION STATED. Here is a very attractive FIRST PRINTING of a rare Modern Library title in a great pictorial dust jacket. Bound in blue balloon cloth (spine #7) with Kent end papers. The book is NEAR FINE. Solid binding, very slight spine fading, bright gilt on cover and spine, bright matching topstain. Contents are clean and bright with owner's signature on title page. GORGEOUS! The beautiful pictorial dust jacket is NEAR FINE - a few chips on top and slightly faded spine otherwise clean and bright! 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. The back of the dust jacket mentions 200 titles matching a 1932 printing and FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. VERY HARD TO FIND FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION IN DUST JACKET. **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.