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FAULKNER,WILLIAM.
Soldiers’ Pay.
8vo, original blue cloth, lettered in yel-
low, slightest wear at extremities, top edges stained yellow; dust jacket, spine panel
moderately faded, 1 inch paper restoration at bottom of front panel, few other smaller
repairs, rear flap with short clean splits along fold extremities, some edge creasing, but still a
very good example with $2.50 price intact of this notoriously scarce and fragile jacket;
internally clean and unmarked; preserved in custom
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morocco slip case with chemise.
NewYork: Boni & Liveright, 1926
[15,000/25,000]
FIRST EDITION OF FAULKNER
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S FIRST NOVEL
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One of approximately 2500 copies, this was
published due in part to his association with Sherwood Anderson and the older writer’s inter-
vention with the publisher, Boni & Liveright. Petersen A2a.
