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Lot 45
Sale 6426 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 13, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600 -
800
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$1,024
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Lot Description
FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House, 1951.
8vo. Original half black cloth, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine (spine lightly sunned, a few tiny spots of rubbing to upper cover).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 142 of 750 copies, SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Requiem for a Nun is perhaps best-known for its inclusion of one of Faulkner's most famous lines: "The past is never dead. It's not even past." Petersen A32.1a.
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