The Mansion
New York: Random House, 1959.
First edition, first printing. Number 92 of 500 limited edition copies signed by William Faulkner on the limitation page at front. [xiv], 436 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth over beveled boards stamped in gilt, blue topstain, dark blue endpapers. Near Fine with very light wear to covers, light toning to contents, and fading to topstain. In original acetate jacket, lightly rubbed and yellowed with three small chips to upper and lower edges.
A fantastic copy of the third volume of Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy, which charts the rise and fall of a postbellum Southern family. Faulkner ensured the value of his signed limited editions by refusing to sign the books that fans tried to hand to him in elevators and on the street.
Price: $2,000