Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
William Faulkner. Soldiers' Pay. Chatto & Windus, 1930.
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First UK Edition lacking DJ, ex Boots lending library with ghost 'badge' to front and remnants of card to rear eps, covers soiled & rubbed, light foxing in places, weakening of hinges but generally clean & tight, one small insect bore hole but no impact on text.a good reading copy
Seller: Westmoor Books, Leyburn, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. SOLDIERS' PAY. Chatto and Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$18.75 + shipping
Description: Octavo, xi, 326 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's grayish green cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards show moderate wear including mildly sunned spine, faint stains, and bumped corners. Slight cocking to the spine. Text block has top edge colored green with moderate age toning to the fore and tail edges. Cracking to the hinges. Light foxing interiorly. First UK edition, first printing. Few pages of advertisements to the rear. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1375790. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Soldier's Pay. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$25.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition/2nd printing published by Chatto & Windus, London 1930 VG clean condition. No marks or inscriptions. Bookseller's small sticker to base of front pastedown. Spotting to page edges. Mild toning. Very clean and bright cloth covers.
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. Soldier's Pay. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$35.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition/2nd printing published by Chatto & Windus, London 1930 VG clean condition. No marks or inscriptions. Bookseller's small sticker to base of front pastedown. Spotting to page edges. Mild toning. Very clean and bright cloth covers.
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. Soldiers' Pay. Chatto and Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine, dark top stain and deckled edges. Includes a Preface by Richard Hughes, 326 pages. The exception to the condition is faded spine, a spot on the ffep and fore-edge, wear to the extremities and previous owners stamped name "D. Rajagopal" on the front pastedown. Note: The p/o was a the editor, and close friend to J. Krishnamurti. No DJ.
Seller: BookEnds Bookstore & Curiosities, Ojai, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Soldier's Pay. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$67.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition/2nd printing published by Chatto & Windus, London 1930 VG clean condition. No marks or inscriptions. Bookseller's small sticker to base of front pastedown. Spotting to page edges. Mild toning. Very clean and bright cloth covers.
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
FAULKNER, William.. Soldiers' Pay.. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 326 pp. 8vo, publisher's gold cloth stamped in red (lacking dust jacket). First UK edition, second impression, September, 1930, in the second binding. A very good copy with some very light soiling to binding.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Soldiers' Pay. Chatto and Windus. First English edition., London, 1930.
Price: US$83.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Preface by Richard Hughes; Faulkner reaches England. Original cloth. Darkened on the spine. Very good. No dustwrapper. Petersen A2.14
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
William Faulkner. Soldier's Pay. Chatto and Windus, London, United Kingdom 1930, 1930.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Fair
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 "1930" to the title page to indicate a true first print, slight stain to lower outer pages, otherwise quite good
Seller: EMGBooks, Derbyshire, GB, United Kingdom
Faulkner, William. Soldier's Pay. Chatto and Windus, London, United Kingdom, 1930.
Price: US$110.21 + 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 "1930" to the title page to indicate a true first print and no mention of a reprint to the copyright page. Clean pages and a tight binding, a small tidy gift inscription to the front end page. The boards are clean and sharp with no bumping.
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First British Edition. Original green cloth, some very minor staining to bottom of spine onto bottom of front cover. Over all very good plus. Address in pencil on front free endpaper.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. SOLDIER'S PAY. Chatto & Windus, 1930.
Price: US$203.00 + shipping
Description: SOLDIER'S PAY, Chatto & Windus, 1930, first English edition, spine lightened, 2 small spots on front cover, else a tight vg+ copy. The authors first novel. 1/2,000 copies.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.47 + shipping
Description: Second impression of the first English edition. There were 1250 copies of which 1100 had a cancel title, this copy does not have a cancel (so 1 of 150 not cancelled). Name, a bit of soiling and some rubbing to the spine ends, two small pin holes in upper spine gutter but still a much better than very good but not quite near fine copy. Peterson A2.15
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Fine condition, with only slight fading to spine, gilt bright. One of 2000 copies printed. Fine copies are difficult to find. No markings or blemishes. Scarce thus.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1249.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Impression (no further printings noted), one of only 2000 copies of the author's first title published in the United Kingdom, with preface by Richard Hughes (who wrote "A High Wind in Jamaica" and, incidentally, helped launch Faulkner in England). 8vo: xii,326,[6, including four pages of publisher's advertisements]pp. Publisher's coarsely woven aquamarine cloth, spine lettered in gold, top edge stained aquamarine, bottom edge uncut; cream-colored dust dust jacket printed in red and black, priced 7s/6d. Dennis Wheatley's copy, with his bookplate on front paste-down. Top edge spotted, others lightly browned, otherwise about Fine, square and tight, in better than Near Fine jacket, the spine dust-soiled and a bit darkened, edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Petersen A2.14. Man Working 310. Hanna 1166. Coan, p. 123. Cooperman, p. 160. In 1925, Faulkner moved to New Orleans where he joined a literary circle centered on Sherwood Anderson and was introduced to the modernist innovations of T. S. Eliot and James Joyce. His interest in experimental writing was piqued, and he began a novel, his first, Soldier's Pay, portraying the tragic homecoming of a wounded war hero. Though set in Georgia, it was, nonetheless, a kind of rehearsal for the later Mississippi novels, full of despair and "mythic motifs of impotence and futile love." (The Literary Encyclopedia) Wheatley's stylish thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling writers from the 1930s through the 1960s. His Gregory Sallust series was a key inspirations for Ian Fleming's James Bond stories. Note: With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Soldiers' Pay. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A clean example of the First UK Edition in a somewhat dusty, mildly edgeworn jacket with a single transparent tape reinforcement to the reverse blank side of the jacket. Looks pretty good under Mylar! Scarce! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William; Hughes, Richard. SOLDIERS' PAY. Chatto and Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First UK edition of Faulkner's first published novel, a post-WWI story of a wounded aviator's return to his Georgia home. A commercial failure but a distinct critical success, SOLDIERS' PAY was praised by contemporary critics in both England and America for its examination of the marks left by war on men in in a postwar landscape. "It is a tragic, fascinating, and beautiful story; told by a man who is a novelist to his finger-tips," Hughes wrote in his preface, declaring Faulkner "the most interesting novelist in America." 7.5'' x 5''. Original green cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Dark green topstain. In original unclipped (7s. 6d.) dust jacket. 326, [6] pages. Light bumping to boards. Pencil owner name to front fly leaf and a few faint pencil check marks to page margins. Mild wear and toning to jacket, shallow chipping to spine ends. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William.. Soldiers' Pay.. London, Chatto and Windus, 1930., 1930.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English edition. 8vo. 2 1/2 page preface by Richard Hughes. Original green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge stained green. Dust jacket decorated in red with vertical and horizontal striped design (unclipped; minor wear at the corners; tiny ship at the upper spine; 1/2" tear on the lower rear flap fold), else fine, fresh. 326 pages + 4 pages of advertisements. No signatures or bookplates. One of 2,000 copies.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William. Soldiers' Pay. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First English edition. Preface by Richard Hughes. Green cloth titled in gold. A bit of foxing on the foredge, else fine in a lightly age-toned, very good or better dust jacket with a tiny nick and tear. An attractive copy of the author's first novel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Soldiers' Pay. Chatto & Windus, 1930.
Price: US$1924.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition published by Chatto & Windus in 1930. This is a very good or better copy. The wrapper has small amounts of loss to the top and bottom of the spine. There are two splits to the edge of the inside flap. There is a couple of small chips to the corners along with a tear to the inside lower flap. There are two tiny holes to the spine. Overall though, the jacket is fairly complete and not price clipped. The panels are clean and without marks. The book is in excellent condition, with only a bumped top corner for wear and some light sporadic foxing to the side text block. The dark green top stain is bright and the pages are very clean. Overall a very good or better copy. Faulkner's first novel, originally published in the US in 1926, it wouldn't be until 1930 that it was published in the UK and most likely in a small print run. The novel on the front wrapper exclaims "Not a War Book", it follows a wounded aviator's return home, significantly injured from time served in The Great War. The novel centres around his relationship with a war widow. It is a hard novel to find with the jacket and in this condition.
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom
FAULKNER, William.. Soldiers' Pay.. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: 326 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First UK edition. Slight darkening to top edge, else very good or better; in a bright, unchipped jacket with some very slight tanning to the spine. An exceptional copy. Publisher's prospectus laid in.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. SOLDIER'S PAY. Signed. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$6750.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Signed First English Edition of the author's first novel. The first of Faulkner's titles to appear in England. Preface by Richard Hughes [who also wrote the preface for The Sound And The Fury in 1931, which appeared in similar format]. 8vo., 326pp., 4 pages of ads. One of 2000 copies printed from new plates. Publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt on the spine, top edge stained green. An extremely nice copy in the original cream coloured dustwrapper lettered in red & black showing very light use. Signed by Faulkner in full on the dedication page in black fountain pen, "William Faulkner". The dustwrapper states: "NOT A 'WAR BOOK" on front panel with the Hughes quotation on the back: ". if I were asked who seems to me at the moment the most interesting novelist in America, I should not hesitate in naming one who is not only unknown in England but practically unknown in America also - William Faulkner." Rare Signed. Peterson A2.14.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada