(New York: Random House, [1962]).

FIRST EDITION OF THIS PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING NOVEL, THE AUTHOR’S LAST PUBLISHED WORK, AS WELL AS BEING TRULY ONE OF HIS BEST NOVELS AND THE WINNER OF HIS SECOND PULITZER. This novel made Faulkner one of only a tiny handful of authors to be awarded the Pulitzer more then once. Unlike many of his earlier works, it is a more straight forward narration and eschews the complicated literary techniques that were his earlier calling-card, for many readers this contributes to it being one of his best works. It is also a much lighter and picaresque story than people typically associate with William Faulkner, being a humorous coming-of-age story involving horse smuggling, a brothel, and a racehorse! Item #34871

First edition, stated first printing. 8vo, publisher’s red cloth gilt lettered on upper cover and spine with ruling in light red, in the original dustjacket. 305pp. A very good copy in a near very good dustjacket, the text is fine and fresh, a little residue to the front pastedown and fly, the cloth bright with only minor evidence of age, the jacket is handsome though with some light edge rubbing and an abrasion to the surface layer of the paper on the bottom rear.