Soldiers’ Pay.
First Edition of William Faukner's Soldiers' Pay; In the Original Dust jacket
Soldiers’ Pay.
FAULKNER, William.
$18,500.00
Item Number: 81010
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.
First edition of Faulkner’s first book in the rare first state dust jacket with An American Tragedy as the first of five titles listed on the rear jacket panel. Octavo, original cloth. Bookplate, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some toning to the spine and some chipping to the extremities. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare and desirable.
Faulkner’s first novel, Soldiers’ Pay (1926), is among the most memorable works to emerge from the First World War. Through the story of a wounded veteran’s homecoming, it examines the impact of soldiers’ return from war on the people―particularly the women―who were left behind