8vo. Folding map at end printed in red and black. Original black cloth stamped in red and gold, top edge stained red; dust jacket (spine a touch sunned, light wear near head with a very minor touch of restoration).

FIRST TRADE EDITION. The novel details the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, and the story is told almost entirely in flashbacks narrated by Quentin Compson (his Harvard roommate). Its groundbreaking technique, along with that of The Sound and the Fury, contributed to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Petersen A18.2b. A VERY BRIGHT COPY.