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Auction Details

Auction House Sothebys
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Auction Name Library of an English Bibliophile, Pt.II
Sale Number NO8768
Auction Date Oct 20, 2011 - Oct 20, 2011

Lot Details : Sothebys

Lot Number 52     
Author FAULKNER, WILLIAM.
Title THE SOUND AND THE FURY
Year Published 1929
Place Printed NEW YORK JONATHAN CAPE AND HARRISON SMITH
Description 8vo (190 x 125mm.), first edition, publisher's cloth-backed black and grey patterned boards, top edge stained blue, grey patterned endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket featuring adaptation of Käthe Kollwitz drawing, black cloth chemise in black morocco-backed slipcase, spine slightly rubbed at foot, dust-jacket slightly frayed at edges Paper
Lot Note Massey 322; Petersen A6.2a A fine copy of Faulkner's first great novel
Provenance Vance Jordan, sale, Sotheby's New York, 18 June 2004, lot 295
Estimated Price USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00
Actual Price USD 84,100.00