THE WHITE ROSE OF MEMPHIS. A NOVEL BY COL. WILLIAM C. FALKNER WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT CANTWELL.
Published by New York: Coley Taylor - The Bond Wheelwright Company, 1953.
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
AbeBooks seller since March 23, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 28.50
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xxx, [2], 542 pages. Hardcover: H 22cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed; shallow chips and tears at edges and folds; white rear panel soiling with light stain and some faded ink marks; price-clipped front flap also with ink marks; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Black boards with gilt stamping to spine; usual bumping to spine ends and board corners. Reddish-purple top edge. Past owner's ink inscription and notes on front pastedown mostly hidden underneath dj's front flap; Cincinnati, Ohio bookseller ticket John G. Kidd & Son, Inc. at fp's bottom right corner; toning to front free endpaper; past owner's pencil margin marks on pages xxi-xxii, xxvii, xxx, 28-29, 31, 33-35 with no other markings other than scattered light soiling readily apparent upon a cursory perusal; crease to pages 385-386. Binding is firm. A good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket. This uncommon 1953 reprint of the scarce 1881 novel by Colonel William Clark Falkner (1825-1889), grandfather of Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner (1897-1962), features a marvelous Introduction by Newsweek magazine literary editor Robert Cantwell in which he reviews the life of Colonel Falkner and the literary and historical background of THE WHITE ROSE OF MEMPHIS as well as the novel's intriguing autobiographical parallels. Colonel Falkner appears as Colonel Sartoris in various novels and short stories by William Faulkner including SARTORIS, THE UNVANQUISHED, THE HAMLET, and ABSALOM! ABSALOM! Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {Lit Shelf #10}.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE WHITE ROSE OF MEMPHIS. A NOVEL BY COL. WILLIAM C. FALKNER WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT CANTWELL.
- Author
- Falkner, William C. [William Clark Falkner], 1825-1889. Robert Cantwell, 1908-1978 (Introduction). [William Faulkner, 1897-1962.]
- Publisher
- New York: Coley Taylor - The Bond Wheelwright Company, 1953.
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Soft cover
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David Hallinan, Bookseller
Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since March 23, 1998
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DAVID HALLINAN, BOOKSELLER - specializing in out-of-print, uncommon, and scarce books in all subjects. Mailing address is PO BOX 463, COLUMBUS, MS 39703. Inventory available for inspection at a local antique mall generally from 10am-5pm Tuesday thru Saturday.
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