FAULKNER, William

Pylon

First edition. Lettering on the spine rubbed, and spine slightly sunned, a very good copy in a fine, first issue dustwrapper with a light crease on the rear panel. One of a few books we recently bought from a single collection that had the jackets stored separately from the books. Faulkner's tale of barnstorm aviation, a pursuit which took his brother Dean's life a few months after the book was published. The novel was the basis for the 1958 Douglas Sirk film The Tarnished Angels featuring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone. Although the book has sustained some modest wear, the jacket is unusually bright, with the blue colors exceptionally deep and rich, especially when compared side-by-side to other copies. A considerably nicer than usual copy.

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