Lot 237
Lot 237
Intruder in the Dust

William Faulkner, 1948

    Price Realised USD 1,000
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    USD 800 - USD 1,200
    Intruder in the Dust

    William Faulkner, 1948

    Price Realised USD 1,000
    Price Realised USD 1,000
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    Intruder in the Dust
    William Faulkner, 1948
    FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Intruder in the Dust. New York: Random House, 1948.

    Fine first edition of Faulkner’s exploration of the South’s racial problems through the lens of a murder mystery. It tells the story of Lucas Beauchamp, an aging Black man wrongfully accused of a white man's murder. Originally conceived as a short story, the work grew into a novel and was made into a motion picture which previewed the following year. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone; Peterson A26.2.

    Octavo. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer (price-clipped, mild toning to rear panel); custom box.
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