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Price: US$949.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: No. 205 of 360 copies signed by Faulkner in blue ink at the colophon. Demy 8vo (217 x 159mm): 67,[3]pp, with four wood engravings by Lynd Ward (including inlaid frontispiece and vignette in colophon) printed in green on laid paper, watermarked "Linweave Milano." Publisher's original tan V-cloth, front cover lettered in black with two inlaid pictorial labels printed from woodcuts, spine lettered in black, fore- and bottom edges rough-trimmed. Issued without a dust jacket. Very minor darkening to cloth, else an excellent example, tightly bound and clean throughout. Petersen A15.1a (the "black lettering on the cover is almost always chipped away"; our is fully intact). Dance 053. Man Working 755. Second and final collection of Faulkner's poetry published during his lifetime, comprising forty-four numbered poems, of which fourteen had appeared previously, wholly or in part. "William Faulkner's new volume of poems is immediately notable for the number of experiments in imitation which it contains. . . . In the first of his forty-four poems, Mr. Faulkner treats of a drawing room full of 'All the Dead Pilots' in a strict 'Prufrock' and 'Portrait of a Lady' idiom. In the third poem he yields to the thrill of hallucination, and he gets it with Hart Crane's meansâ"a dazzling eruption of metaphors on a blank verse norm. In poem IV he writes a complete E. E. Cummings poem and throughout the volume he works in a few patented tricks (even Mr. Cummings's favorite prefix Un-). Almost any student given the anonymous poems XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV would spot them as the work of A. E. Housman." (William Gorman, "William Faulkner, Poet," New York Sun, April 21, 1933, p. 25) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. The Green Bough. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1933.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Limited Edition, SIGNED by Faulkner, this being one of the earliest copies, #3 of 360 copies total. Original cloth binding with designs by Ward fixed to front board. Tanned spine is worn and frayed, the letters rubbed with the "R" in Faulkner largely perished. Early owner's bookplate. Internally, in very good condition.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. A Green Bough. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York, 1933.
Price: US$1199.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A signed limited edition copy, #115/360. Signed by Faulkner to colophon page. Original beige linen stamped in black, with two paper labels by Llynd Ward. Spine area toned, top edge bumped, corners nudged. A tight square unmarked copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Faulkner (William) A Green Bough, number 333 of 360 copies signed by the author, frontispiece and decoration by Lynd Ward, light browning to head, original cloth with mounted illustrations to upper cover, light browning to spine, small water-staining to head of upper cover, small 4to, New York, 1933.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Faulkner, William; Ward, Lynd. A GREEN BOUGH. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1933.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed limited first edition of the last collection of poems published within Faulkner's lifetime. Though the 54 poems of A GREEN BOUGH show the heavy imprint of Swinburne, Eliot and Housman, the traces of Faulkner are there beneath them, with the author's characteristic themes and preoccupations showing through his consciously elevated poetic manner: the measured lines of poem VI ("Man comes, man goes, and leaves behind / The bleaching bones that bore his lust") are the product of the same hand that wrote in SOLDIERS' PAY, "Sex and death: the front door and the back door of the world." 8.5'' x 6.25''. Original tan cloth with black lettering. Two wood engravings by Ward mounted on front board. Frontispiece engraving by Ward. 67, [3] pages. Edition of 360 copies of which 350 were for sale, this copy no. 87. Signed by Faulkner at colophon. Bookplate to front paste-down. Light wear and soil to boards; spine toned; light rippling to frontispiece engraving.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. A Green Bough. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1933.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 67pp, [3]. Beige cloth, title stamped in black on spine. Two labels with figures illustrated by Lynd Ward affixed to front cover, plus mounted frontispiece illustration by Ward. Solid text block, light toning to edges of text block, a near fine example. Limited edition of 360 copies, this being number 97. Signed by the author on limitation page. (Peterson A15.1a). William Faulkner (1897-1962) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, recognized for A Fable in 1955 and The Reivers in 1963. The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Light in August were recognized by The Modern Library on their 1998 list of 100 Best English-language Novels of the 20th Century. Faulkner primarily set his stories in the American South, many of which took place in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Bound inthe original tan cloth with mounted green half-tone illustrations by Lynd Ward. The signed/ltd edition of 350 copies, numbered and signed by Faulkner; this is copy number 300. This is a near fine book with some light darkening of the spine and the edges of the boards as usual. Cover illustrations very fresh. A lovely book.
Seller: Thomas Dorn, ABAA, Canton, GA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William.. A Green Bough.. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1933.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited Edition. #194/360 copies SIGNED by Faulkner on the colophon. Petersen A15.1a. A Near Fine copy in light tan cloth lettered in black at spine and on front cover, with two green label illustrations by Lynd Ward on front cover, a third tipped on the frontispiece, and one small printed one on the colophon. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. 67pp. Faint pale spotting around spine, but the black lettering is clear and not flaked, the text and endpapers clean and unmarked, no bumps or abrasions. This was Faulkner's second and last book of poetry published during his lifetime. Courtly and pastoral verse. Q13438
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. A Green Bough. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. A wonderful copy SIGNED by William Faulkner. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a superb copy of this limited edition of 360 copies SIGNED by the author with a custom acetate cover to protect the book. We buy SIGNED Faulkner First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.