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William Faulkner. Stated First trade edition, first printing. Dust Jacket: Very Good. Jacket design by Cae Carnick. An unclipped jacket. There is some wear and tear to the jacket. There are two taped areas (from inside the jacket). A small tear on bottom of jacket. Otherwise, a solid jacket intact. Hardcover: Near Fine. London: University Notre Dame Press, 1978. Introduction by Carvel Collins. No writing or markings in the book, 43 pp. 

Illustrations by Faulkner "for a women he cherished." A must-have edition for the serious Faulkner collector. must-have edition for the serious Faulkner collector.

The book is basically an allegorical romance Faulkner wrote for Helen Baird, a woman he wished to marry.

Professor Collins (who wrote the intro) taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Notre Dame. He was one of the first academics to recognize Faulkner as a major literary figure. In 1948, a year before Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for literature, he held Harvard University's first seminar on the author.