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Lot 37
Sale 6426 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 13, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$600 -
800
Lot Description
FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Wild Palms. New York: Random House, 1939.
8vo. Original half red cloth, tan wood-grain boards (light sunning to spine, some toning to cover edges, spotting to endpapers).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 188 of 250 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Faulkner's Random House publishers selected the title over Faulkner's objections, with subsequent editions printed under the title If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem. Petersen A20.2a.
This lot is located in Chicago.