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Faulkner, William. THE TOWN. Random House: NY, 1957.
Price: US$1144.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 x 5", cloth, 371pp, very minor rubbing else very good condition in newer Mylar jacket with minor edge tears. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 450 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY WILLIAM FAULKNER. Vol. 2 of Snopes.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. The Town. Random House, New York, 1957.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Signed, numbered Limited Edition. A clean copy. ; Signed Limited Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, WILLIAM.. The Town. New York: Random House, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. One of 450 numbered and signed copies. About a fine copy in the original acetate dust jacket, which is chipped and torn. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. The Town. Random House, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition (a limited edition of 450 copies, of which this is no. 364) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Fine/fine (apart from a whitish mark at the upper end of the front gutter (between the front pastedown and the front free endpaper), the book is as new and appears unread; the acetate dj has a tiny chip at the head of the spine, but is otherwise fine; the custom-made slipcase is perfect)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. The Town. Random House, 1957.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing of this limited edition. This is number 179 of 450 copies signed by William Faulkner on the limitation page. A wonderful copy. The book is in great shape with light wear to the page edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. The Town. Random House, New York, 1957.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, [10], 371pp. Tan cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Top edge dyed red. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher's acetate jacket, short closed tear at top edge of spine, a near fine example. Signed by the author on the tipped-in limitation page, number 64 of 450 copies. 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.
Faulkner, William. The Town (Signed limited edition). Random House, New York, 1957.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 204 of 450 copies of the signed limited edition. A Fine book in a Very Good+ example of the publisher's acetate jacket with a crack at the rear flap, otherwise in excellent condition overall. This is the second book in the Snopes trilogy. "The second work in the Snopes family trilogy, which includes The Hamlet and The Mansion," The Town presents Faulkner's "vision of the disintegration of the South after the Civil War.Flem's coldly calculated vengeance on his wife Eula and her lover culminates in Eula's suicide and Flem's rise to power in Jefferson, the county seat. Because Flem longs for respect as well as money, he turns against the clan of shiftless Snopes cousins who have followed him.In his hunger for social validation, he denies his own origins and the book ends with the hint that the cousins' revenge will follow" (Britannica). Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. The Town. Random House, 1957.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, number 237 of 450 copies signed by the author. 371 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 450 Signed Copies. The second novel in the Snopes Trilogy. Peterson A47.1 First Edition, number 237 of 450 copies signed by the author.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. The Town. Random House, New York, 1957.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fine in Near Fine glassine dust jacket. First state book with lines 8 & 10 duplicated on page 327. Second book in the chronicle of the Snopes family. SIGNED BY WILLIAM FAULKNER on second front endpaper. Book is on consignment so no electronic payment will be accepted--only checks or money orders. Fiction, Novel, Signed
Seller: Nightingale Books, stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. The town. Random House, New York, 1957.
Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: First edition limited to 450 copies signed by the author (this is copy no. 360); 8vo, pp. [8], 371; fine, tight copy in original beige cloth, and a fine acetate dust jacket.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. THE TOWN. Random House, New York, 1957.
Price: US$2028.00 + shipping
Description: 205 x 130 mm. (8 x 5 1/8"). 5 p.l., 371 pp. FINE CONTEMPORARY BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with filigree cornerpieces, gilt titling, turn-ins with decorative gilt roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Petersen A34c. âJust a breath of wear to the binding, but a near-mint copy, pristine internally. This is a desirable signed copy of the second volume in Faulkner's "Snopes" trilogy, a work written near the end of his storied career. As ANB observes, "Faulkner drew on the history of his region, its brief rise and its rapid fall; on its rich oral traditions, "the rag-tag and bob-ends of old tales and talkings" (as he called them in 'Absalom, Absalom!') that he had begun gathering from the air in his seemingly misspent boyhood and youth; on its customs, mores, folkways, and dialects; and even on its vegetation, geography, and wildlife. Faulkner's fiction conveys a sense of the past and its force.". FIRST EDITION. No. 438 OF 450 SIGNED COPIES.
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William.. THE TOWN.. RANDOM HOUSE., NY, 1957.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED Limited edition. #31 of 450 numbered copies. Fine in tan buckram with unprinted mylar protective wrapper as issued. Second novel in the Snopes trilogy. (B)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. The Town. Random House, 1957.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of 450 copies. A beautiful copy SIGNED by William Faulkner with slight wear to the edges. The binding is tight, with no cocking or leans. The pages are exceptionally clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a stunning copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition. We buy SIGNED Faulkner First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. The Town.. Random House, New York, 1957.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state with the 5/57 at the bottom of the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "11 Nov 57 Best wishes William Faulkner." With the publisher's advance review copy slip dated May 1, 1957 laid in and a copy of the jacket photograph of Faulkner by Phyllis Cerf laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with only light rubbing to the crown of the spine, bookplate. Jacket design by Push Pin Studios. Rare and desirable signed in the year of publication. The Town follows the fictional Snopes family of Mississippi. It is the second of the "Snopes" trilogy, following The Hamlet (1940) and completed by The Mansion (1959).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William; [Manly Wade Wellman]. The Town. Random House, New York, 1957.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing with repeated line on p. 327, second state binding, jacket lacks 5/57 but is priced at $3.95. Signed by William Faulkner on the title page, inscribed to fellow Southern writer Manly Wade Wellman, "To W M Wellman from Bill Faulkner, Richmond 15 December 1958." A very interesting association as Faulkner notoriously made a stink when he was snubbed for a mystery story award in 1946, losing out to Wellman, a prolific genre writer. Rumor has it that Faulkner was drunk and looking to pick a fight with Wellman (a former college football player) until he realized his size. But the feud appears to have been short-lived; Wellman was an admirer of Faulkner's style and wrote critically on it. Upon Faulkner's death in 1962, though, Wellman was offered his position as writer-in-residence at University of Virginia but turned it down. [viii], 371 pp. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with black lettering an green ruling. Near Fine with small ink smudge to title page, slight reading wear, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William.. The Town.. Random House, New York, 1957.
Price: US$22500.00 + shipping
Description: 371 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A near fine copy with some very faint browning to the front endsheet, in a very good jacket with one internal tape repair. Inscribed by William Faulkner to Sally and Duncan Emerich, "sincerely and gratefully and au bon retour." Also signed and dated by Faulkner on the title page, as was his custom. Duncan Emerich was U.S. Cultural Affairs Officer in Greece in 1957, during a visit by Faulkner to that country. With the book comes a seven-page dittoed report of that visit by Emerich and 14 8 x 10" glossy photographs of Faulkner with various citizens and students.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.