FAULKNER, WILLIAM. 1897-1962.Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1931]. 8vo. Publisher's cloth-backed magenta boards, spine lettered in magenta, patterned endpapers, top edge stained black, dust jacket printed in blue and black. Light wear to edges of binding, text block slightly askew, jacket lightly worn and toned, blue faded on spine panel, small chip to top edge of front panel, tear to top corner of rear flap at fold. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, OF FAULKNER'S FIRST SENSATIONAL SUCCESS. When Faulkner first sent Sanctuary to Harrison Smith, he received the reply: "Good God, I can't publish this we'd both be in jail." When galley proofs arrived a year later, a surprised Faulkner replied: "You can't print it like this; it's just a bad book," and set about revising Sanctuary, pulping the galley proofs at his own expense. In the end, his revised text did nothing to alleviate the terror of the book, but the work found its reading audience and became his first bestseller. Connolly Modern Movement 69; Petersen A8b.
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. 1897-1962.Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1931]. 8vo. Publisher's cloth-backed magenta boards, spine lettered in magenta, patterned endpapers, top edge stained black, dust jacket printed in blue and black. Light wear to edges of binding, text block slightly askew, jacket lightly worn and toned, blue faded on spine panel, small chip to top edge of front panel, tear to top corner of rear flap at fold. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, OF FAULKNER'S FIRST SENSATIONAL SUCCESS. When Faulkner first sent Sanctuary to Harrison Smith, he received the reply: "Good God, I can't publish this we'd both be in jail." When galley proofs arrived a year later, a surprised Faulkner replied: "You can't print it like this; it's just a bad book," and set about revising Sanctuary, pulping the galley proofs at his own expense. In the end, his revised text did nothing to alleviate the terror of the book, but the work found its reading audience and became his first bestseller. Connolly Modern Movement 69; Petersen A8b.
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