First edition, first issue, with 'Jefferson' for 'Mottstown' on p. 340, line 1. 8vo. Original tan cloth, spine and upper board lettered in orange and blue, dust jacket. New York, Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932.
A superb copy of a novel that contrasts stark tragedy with hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality; featuring some of Faulkner's most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, a lonely outcast haunted by visions of Confederate glory; as well as Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.
A very nice copy, in the slightly sunned and very lightly nicked dust jacket.
Petersen, A13a.
