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New Orleans: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc., 1935. First Edition. Faulkner's eighth novel, set in a fictionalized New Orleans during the Great Depression, and centered around the unconventional lives of a group of barnstorming pilots. Basis for Douglas Sirk's 1938 film Tarnished Angels, starring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone. Petersen A16b. Item #5977
First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (19.5cm); blue and black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; [7],8-315,[1]pp. Some rubbing to a few letters on spine, trivial wear to spine ends, with a hint of foxing to text edges and endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with a hint of sunning to spine, light wear to crown, and a touch of dustiness to rear panel; Near Fine.
Price: $2,850.00