The Reivers, a Reminiscence the First Edition Library-Fel

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1st Edition. Title The Reivers; A Reminiscence Author Faulkner, William Illustrator First edition of The Reivers: A Reminiscence by William Faulkner. Format/Binding Cloth Book Condition Used-Fine Jacket Condition near fine Quantity-available 1 Edition First Edition, First Printing Publisher Random House Place of Publication New York Date Published 1962. One of Faulkner's comic masterpieces, The Reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural Mississippi. Eleven-year-old Lucius Priest is persuaded by Boon Hogganbeck, one of his family's retainers, to steal his grandfather's car and make a trip to Memphis. The black coachman, Ned McCaslin, stows away, and the three of them are off on a heroic odyssey, for which they are all ill-equipped, that ends at Miss Reba's bordello in Memphis. From there a series of wild misadventures ensues--involving horse smuggling, trainmen, deputies, and jail. Published in 1962, the last novel by the great writer, this bestselling novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1963. Seller Inventory # 70441

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Title: The Reivers, a Reminiscence the First ...

Publisher: The First Edition Library-FEL, Shelton, CT

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

Book Type: BOOK