Flags in the Dust

Faulkner, William

ISBN 10: 0394465911 / ISBN 13: 9780394465913

Published by Random House, New York, 1973

About this Item

Random House, New York, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Book is square with tight binding and sharp corners. The interior is clean and unmarked. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $8.95 price, clean and bright in a protective mylar cover. A beautiful collectible copy. Originally published in 1929 as Sartoris in a much shorter version, this is the first publication of the complete text. Edited and with an introduction by Douglas Day. Carefully packaged and shipped in a sturdy cardboard box.

Seller Inventory # 10394

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flags in the Dust
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394465911
• ISBN 13: 9780394465913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Anita Karl, jacket design
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Modern First Editions
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The complete text of Faulkner’s third novel, published for the first time in 1973, appeared with his reluctant consent in a much cut version in 1929 as Sartoris.

About the Author

William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. Faulkner had begun writing poems when he was a schoolboy and published a poetry collection in 1924 at his own expense. In 1950, Faulkner traveled to Sweden to accept the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature. He died of a heart attack on July 6, 1962.