The Portable Faulkner
Viking Press, 1946. First edition, First printing. Yellow boards in mylared lavender DJ. Book in Very Good condition (binding intact; minimal shelf wear along bottom edge; pages are clean) in Good DJ (creasing to front of DJ; minimal brown staining along spine and back of DJ). All considered, an excellent specimen for (and of) its age.
It is no exaggeration to say that legendary editor Malcolm Cowley's 1946 anthology of William Faulkner's writing secured the writer from possible oblivion. At the time of this book's publication, only 1 of Faulkner's 17 books -- Sanctuary -- was still in print. Many agree that the surge of critical, as well as public acclaim following The Portable Faulkner helped him to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949. As such, this rather rare, 1946 original is a treasure for the serious reader, admirer, or scholar of Faulkner. Item #3824
Price: $800.00