FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1931.
8vo. Original cloth-backed boards, grey and magenta decorated endpapers [first state], top edge stained black (spine leaned and with some spotting); dust jacket (spine and flap extremities toned, splitting to rear joint, a touch of restoration at spine ends and fore-corners).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING. "Sanctuary was written in haste when Faulkner was tired of never selling; like the stories in These 13, it is Faulkner for the non-Faulknerites, determined to shock... The novel was a popular success though attacked by Wyndham Lewis in his 'Men Without Art' and I offer it here for not liking Faulkner better" (Connolly, The Modern Movement, 69). Peterson A8.2.
[With:] Contempo. Vol.1, No. 17. Chapel Hill, N.C., 1 February 1932. Large folio. 2 issues, one printed on green paper and the other printed on white paper. Contains an advertisement for a free copy of Faulkner's Sanctuary with a yearly subscription to Contempo.
This lot is located in Chicago.
