Sanctuary Modern Library #61.2

FAULKNER, William.

Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1947], New York, 1947

About this Item

William Faulkner's novel, first published in 1931, deals grippingly with the difficult subject of rape. The author maintained that he wrote the novel strictly to make money, but it was a success with critics as well as the public. This later edition includes a new introduction by the author. Volume wrapped in jacket with E. McKnight Kauffer illustration to front panel. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 329 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1947 (though 1932 date appears in book). ML #61.2. --- With underlinings and notations in red ink to perhaps as many as 25 leaves in the back half of the book, age-toning to leaves and mild soiling to cloth, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Fair-only price-clipped, brittle dust jacket with complete vertical split, several tears and a few chips and general age-toning but mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; viii, 380 pages.

Seller Inventory # 86476

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sanctuary Modern Library #61.2
• Publisher: The Modern Library / Random House [c.1947], New York
• Publication Date: 1947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair