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Lot 32

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$400 - 600

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FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Pylon. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.


8o. Folding facsimile frontispiece (creasing to edge). Original half blue cloth, silver paper covered boards, decorated in blue, spine lettered in silver, top edge silver, other uncut (spine sunned).

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 62 of 310 copies SIGNED by Faulkner. Pylon is the story of a group of barnstormers whose lives are thoroughly unconventional. They live hand-to-mouth, always just a step or two ahead of destitution, and their interpersonal relationships are unorthodox and shocking by the standards of their society and times. The novel provided the basis for the 1958 film The Tarnished Angels, directed by Douglas Sirk. Petersen A17.1b.



This lot is located in Chicago.

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