William Faulkner • The Hamlet • First Edition First State Jacket Gorgeous Copy

Description: The Hamlet by William Faulkner. First edition in it’s first state jacket designed by George Salter. $2.50 price intact and 10 Random House titles on rear panel. . The Hamlet published by Random House in 1940 was originally written as a standalone novel incorporating revised versions of several short stories previously published under different names. It ended up being book one in a trilogy of novels chronicling the Snopes family. This first novel in the first state jacket is the most scarce of the trilogy. . VG jacket not restored with brilliant coloring throughout. Original published price of $2.50 intact. Slight wear to spine ends and a bit of foxing and soiling. Some tape residue to verso from pervious brodart not affecting the cover at all. . VG book with some toning to title on spine. Spine ends slightly scuffed. Bold top stain, sharp corners, taut binding and free of writing within. An excellent copy. . Random House 1940 . . #williamfaulkner #thehamlet #thesnopestrilogy #thetown #themansion #bookcollection #bookcollector #rarebooks #cormacmccarthy #americanauthors #pulitzer #rarebookshop #yorksc #bookish #bookstore #booksale #usedbooks #modernfirsts

Price: 1500 USD

Location: Clover, South Carolina

End Time: 2025-01-06T17:15:59.000Z

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