8vo. Original black cloth, lettered in red, top edge stained red; in dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins (price-clipped as in most copies, some restoration to spine and flap folds, few small areas in facsimile, spine sunned).

FIRST EDITION. In his third novel, Faulkner writes about the northern Mississippi location and characters he knew best. He created fictional Yoknapatawpha County which he populated with characters drawn from his own life and family history. Petersen A5a.