Absalom, Absalom!

21.0 x 14.5cms, 384pp, first edition, limited issue, number 229 of 300 copies signed by Faulkner. Original quarter green cloth over patterned paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge pages gilt, includes folding map of Yoknapatawpha County bound at rear. Minor rubbing & light wear to extremities, a few trivial marks to boards. An attractive copy, binding bright & well preserved, interior clean & fresh throughout, Faulkner's signature bold & clear, folding map crisp & intact. Provenance: Swann Galleries, New York.