Number | Item | Edition | Condition | Cost |
The Old Colonel had a tremendous influence on Faulkner. For a short time he enjoyed a popularity with his contemporaries. But of his three novels only one was republished in the 20th century. The 19th century printings are tremendously scarce today. | ||||
14-1. | Rapid Ramblings In Europe (1884) | a) first printing, blue cloth | (VG minus/none, as issued) | 500.00 |
b) first printing, olive green cloth | (G plus/none, as issued) | 500.00 | ||
This was issued in at least three different cloth colors (the one I don't have here is gold). It is not known which came first. | ||||
14-2. | The White Rose of Memphis | 1912 Dillingham edition | (G/none, as issued) | 45.00 |
14-3. | an original 22" by 28" oil painting | original | (VG minus) | 2,000.00 |
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14-4. | Men Working (1941) | a) first printing | (F/VG) | 125.00 |
b) second printing | (VG/none) | 25.00 | ||
c) 1975 Yoknapatawpha Press hardbound printing | (VG/VG) | 15.00 | ||
d) first paperback printing (1952) | (VG) | 20.00 | ||
14-5. | Dollar Cotton (1942) | a) first printing in beige cloth, review copy | (VG/chips from top of spine and top of rear panel, other creasing) | 125.00 |
b) first edition in brown cloth | (VG/ none) | 35.00 | ||
One could assume that the beige cloth is the first state since that is the review copy, but it is also possible that both cloths were used at the same time. | ||||
c) first edition in generic library binding | (G plus/ none) | 15.00 | ||
d) first paperback printing (1952) | (F) | 20.00 | ||
d) French edition, paperback original (1949) | (VG/ fair) | 35.00 | ||
This was published only in paperback, with an outer illustrated jacket. The jacket has extensive repairs inside with clear tape, and spotting on the outside. | ||||
14-6. | Chooky (1950) | first printing | (F/G plus plus) | 60.00 |
14-7. | Cabin Road (1951) | a) 1969 LSU Press hardbound edition, signed by John's widow Lucille and son Jimmy | (F/VG) | 50.00 |
b) 1969 LSU Press hardbound edition | (F) | 15.00 | ||
c) 1969 LSU Press softbound edition | (F) | 8.00 | ||
14-8. | Uncle Good's Girls (1952) | paperback original, first printing (1958) | (G) | 15.00 |
14-9. | The Sin Shouter of Cabin Road (1955) | a) first edition, softbound original | (VG) | 15.00 |
b) first edition, third printing | (VG) | 10.00 | ||
14-10. | Ain't Gonna Rain No More (1959) | a) Canadian edition, softbound original | (VG) | 15.00 |
14-11. | "Progress Report" in Collier's, June 14, 1941 | original | (VG) | 20.00 |
14-12. | "Treasure Trail" in Collier's, March 6, 1943 | original | (VG) | 20.00 |
14-13. | "The Treasure Hunt" in Adam, Vol. 9, No. 9 (1965) | original | (F) | 15.00 |
14-14. | "John Faulkner's Vanishing South" with many reproductions of John's paintings, in American Heritage, April 1971 | original hardbound volume | (F, though pages loose) | 6.00 |
14-15. | "The Hate Here Now" in Saturday Evening Post, November 10, 1962: A non-fiction account of Oxford's reaction to the integration of Ole Miss. | original | (VG) | 10.00 |
14-16. | (biography) pamphlet by James W. Webb | original | (VG) | 3.00 |
14-17. | (critical study) "John's Yoknapatawpha" by Redding Sugg Jr., reprinted from The South Atlantic Quarterly, Summer 1969 | original reprint, inscribed by Sugg | (VG) | 15.00 |
See also item 3-8, and item 8-5. | ||||
14-18. | The Great American Writers' Cookbook (1981) | first edition, softbound original | (VG) | 15.00 |
See also item 3-18. | ||||