Item #49657 The Wild Palms [Limited Edition, Signed]. William Faulkner.
The Wild Palms [Limited Edition, Signed]
Ex-Army Library copy, borrowed more than 40 times during World War II

The Wild Palms [Limited Edition, Signed]

New York: Random House, 1939. Good. Item #49657

New York: Random House, [1939]. First Edition, Limited to 250 signed copies printed on rag paper of which this is no. 128. Octavo (21cm); publisher's maroon cloth over wood-grained paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; [6],339pp. Ex-Army Library at Camp Blanding, Florida, with extensive interior markings and "Void" rubberstamps to textblock edges, margins heavily rubbed and worn, spine gilt faded, front hinge reinforced with old tape. A Good copy only. Signed by the author on limitation page at head of volume. 

Though arguably a shame to have a Faulkner signed limitation run through any library system, this copy notable for the number of times it was borrowed from the Camp Blanding Library no. 3 by men serving during World War II: 41 times between January 1942 and June 1946.

Price: $850.00