The Town: A Novel of the Snopes Family

Faulkner, William. The Town: A Novel of the Snopes Family. New York: Random House, 1957. First printing. Octavo. [8], 371, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Publisher’s logo on title page. First printing of this remarkable novel about the fictional Snopes family of Mississippi. It is the second of William Faulkner’s “Snopes” trilogy, following “The Hamlet” (1940) and completed by “The Mansion” (1959). Moderate age wear on dust-jacket with spine slightly sunned and sporadic creasing and tiny closed tears along edges. Price clipped. Small inscription in ink on free front endpaper. Dust-jacket in overall fair to good, binding and interior in good+ to very good condition. g. Hardcover. (32334) $50