First Edition. 8vo, publisher s original red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and upper cover, in the original pictorial dustjacket. (6), 246 pp. An essentially fine copy, bright and clean and in very good order, the edges of the jacket with some evidence of shelving, some overall mellowing. With old library stamp on the front free-fly and pastedown. FIRST EDITION of Faulkner s collection of detective stories. The book collects six of Faulkner s stories about attorney Gavin Stevens; who takes part in the detection and prevention of crime in the Yoknapatawpha county community, and in handling the human passions released by violence in the community. Seller Inventory # 33365

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Bibliographic Details

Title: KNIGHT S GAMBIT

Publisher: New York Random House 1949

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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