A Fable
New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. New York. A Very Good + copy of the first edition, first printing of the trade edition (slight bump to the front board's upper right corner and some minor sunning to the spine head), in a Very Good dust jacket showing some general toning and wear; William Faulkner's allegorical novel set in the trenches of France in World War I. Faulkner himself fought in the War. "The Fable" won both the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction in the same year, making it one of the few books ever to have done so. The work took Faulkner over ten (10) years to write and Faulkner himself considered it to be his masterpiece. Reviews of the book were of like mind. The New York Times stated that Faulkner's descriptions of the war “rise to magnificence” and Poet, Editor, and Historian Malcolm Cowley (who edited "The Portable Faulkner") stated that the work includes, “some of the most powerful scenes he ever conceived.” A Very Good + copy in a Very Good dust jacket.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Random House, New York , 1954, 437 pages. First Edition, first printing. Stated on copyright page. 1st issue DJ with $4.75 price intact on DJ flap and 8/54 on bottom flap. Book is tight. exterior shows slight soiling and a tiny fray hair on rear panel corner. Two small marks to side page edges. Pages lay tight. A small previous owner's namestamp on FFEP. DJ shows rubbing along edges with a couple of tiny chips on spine and edges. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner. Faulkner considered this his masterpiece. VG/VG. Very good + / very good. Item #3147
Price: $45.00